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The ‘No B.S. Guide’ to Self-Publishing — Part Seven

11/29/2022 by Debbi

Image by Markus Winkler from Pixabay

Ebooks

Amazon

When it comes to ebooks, Amazon has been and continues to be the undisputed king of ebook sales. You’ll sell more downloads there than anywhere else on the Internet. At least, I guess you still can. There are actually books I’ve sold through other retailers that are not selling at all on Amazon. I have no idea why. In any case, you can create an account to publish on their digital text platform here: https://dtp.amazon.com/mn/signin.

When you sign up with Amazon, you have a choice between joining KDP Select (publishing only on Amazon) or staying completely indie.  Choosing to be Amazon exclusive (available on Amazon only) or uploading your work to other publishing platforms. The exclusivity period runs for 90 days at a time, with the option to re-up as often or not as you choose.

However, don’t limit yourself to Amazon. When I first self-published, Amazon was the only game in town. Now authors and readers have other options.

You can publish directly to different retailers or use a distribution service.

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National Book Lover’s Day

08/09/2022 by Debbi

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Today is National Book Lovers Day.

To quote from the article:

Book Lovers Day appreciates the medium that has withstood and preserved its importance in time — literature. Our love for books knows no bounds — someday we’ll write a book on it.

The modern book is made by binding paper, but before the invention of paper, books came in the form of tablets, scrolls, and engravings. Every civilization had its own way to document events. Some time in 3500 B.C., the Mesopotamians would make markings on clay tablets using a pointed device, made from the stem of the reed plant, called the calamus. These writings on the moist clay were called ‘cuneiform.’ Approximately 20,000 of these tablets were discovered in modern-day Iraq.

And here’s how books are made! By the Big Five publishers, that is. 🙂 And other publishers with huge print runs.

Of course, you could always do this. I would, but my office is so crowded, it barely holds my computer, my desk, and the growing stack of books I’ve been reviewing.

And I’m working as hard as I can to achieve this! 🙂

PS: Here’s something you might want to check out.

And don’t miss this! 🙂 Speaking of … 🙂 I wonder how many of those were written in-house.

More to come on that.

Finally, in even more interesting news.

 

Indie Authors and Ebooks: You Have the Right to Choose

09/14/2021 by Debbi

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Ebooks have unquestionably been the reason so many indie authors have been able to break into publishing. This is a quick overview of the online retailers one can choose from to publish and distribute one’s ebooks.

And remember the importance of distribution? We’ll talk about that more later.

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Another Life Update: Show Me the Money

08/31/2021 by Debbi

Image by Jan Vašek from Pixabay

The above image is clearly not a photo of me, but it does seem to capture the feeling I got after reviewing my various revenue streams for August 2021. I found out the most amazing fascinating things.

Hi, everyone. This is a quick update. Yeah. I’ve been looking at my finances.

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Welcome to my writers' corner of the Internet. I'm a novelist, who also writes short stories and screenplays. I hope to share the benefit of my experiences as an indie author with dystonia since 2009. I also post a lot of book reviews, because I love to read and learn new things. I hope to share that knowledge with you.

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