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Book Promotion

Promoting Your Self-Published Book with a Kindle Edition

Amazon recently introduced the Kindle 2. 

If you are a self-published author and you have not heard of Kindle, click here for more information.

Why should you offer a Kindle edition of your book?

An ebook edition of your self-published book can help with the promotion of your hard copy format.  Keep in mind that distribution of an ebook is quicker and more affordable.  By giving people a choice between your ebook and your paperback, you offer them two different price points.

If you have an ebook edition of your book, perhaps you are already using it to promote your hard copy format on sites like Amazon’s Kindle Store.  If so, don’t worry, the Kindle 2 is compatible with all of the Kindle books already in the Kindle store, so you do not need to submit another format.

If you don’t have an ebook edition, you should consider getting one and submitting it to Amazon’s Kindle store.  Now is a great time to do that since Amazon is currently promoting the new Kindle 2.  Here’s where you can submit your ebook format for Amazon’s Kindle store: dtp.amazon.com. 

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion

Become an Amazon.com Bestseller! – From one Self-Published author to another

Sally Shields is a speaker, radio personality and author of the Outskirts Press #1 Amazon.com bestseller, The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-in-Law!

This Bestseller Strategy is so powerful, yet so simple, it turned Sally’s book into a bestseller overnight, and she is passionate about helping others do the same.

So many authors can benefit from this type of knowledge, as the publishing industry has changed so much. Even if you are signed with a top Publisher such as a Simon and Schuster or a Wiley or Random House, unless your are Deepak Chopra or Wayne Dyer, you are going to have to do your own publicity.

With this program, you will discover one of the most powerful almost zero-cost internet strategies that will help you gain massive visibility, credibility and prestige, boost your sales, get the media and influential industry insiders such as literary agents, book editors, and foreign rights buyers to sit up and take notice!

A 5 week mentoring course with bestselling author Sally Shields— 100% money-back guaranteed. If you’re ready to reach more readers with your message and your book, this may be just the course you have been looking for. Begins in early January.

www.sallyshields.com/coaching/

Choosing a Publisher, Self-Publishing

Writing for Self-Publishing: Ask the Book Doctor

E-Books

Q: I am working on formatting and editing a nonfiction book designed to be both an e-book and a published hard-copy book. I will also likely end up doing the work to get this work accepted by a publisher. Can you tell me, have e-books become popular yet, or is the core of publishing still in paper and not looking to move forward?

 

A: Most publishers I know that help authors produce e-books and printed books are not traditional publishers; that is, they produce print-on-demand books and do not stockpile books or distribute them to stores. They simply print one at a time when they are ordered, so there’s no major investment on their part and no advance on royalties to you. Basically if you sell a book, you get a percentage of the profit, but if you yourself don’t sell it, the printer won’t go to any trouble to sell it for you.

 

As far as the popularity of e-books, several companies have tried to produce machines (Kindle and others) to make e-books more attractive to readers, but still e-books lag far behind printed books when it comes to sales. Still, after an e-book is created, you incur no further cost to reproduce and distribute it when sold, so e-books can provide one-hundred percent profit to authors who have a client base and can promote their own books or sell them through their own Web sites. 

What would you like to ask a book doctor? Send your questions to Bobbie Christmas at Bobbie@zebraeditor.com. 

Choosing a Publisher, Self-Publishing

Statistics Suggest Good News for the Self-Publishing Author

Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, recently released 2007 book publishing statistics compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output  last year increased slightly from 2006 to almost 300,000 books. That’s over a quarter of a million books published in one year alone.

Here’s another interesting statistic, while traditional book publishing was basically flat last year, there was a staggering rise in the reported number of on-demand and short-run books to 134,773, pushing the grand total for projected 2007 U.S. book output to 411,422 books. In fact, Bowker has planned to separate this particular output from its traditional reporting and has begun tracking the On Demand industry segment separately.

What does this mean for you? To begin, your book may not stock in every bookstore. Or any bookstore. And it’s entirely possible that you may not want it to.

As a self-publishing author, these statistics undoubtedly suggest your sales opportunities will continue to grow and become more profitable. Sales are shifting from offline to online. More and more people are becoming comfortable with (and even accustomed to) shopping online. Selling books online is more cost-effective than selling through a typical bookstore, and that means more money in your pocket. It’s no coincidence that Amazon’s book sales numbers mirror the same increases on an annual bases. That’s good news.

It’s been said before on this blog, make sure your self-publishing choice lets you set your own retail price, royalty, and discount to take maximum advantage of shifting consumer trends.

Something to keep in mind as you wrap up your writing and begin the publishing process.

Have fun and keep writing

– Karl Schroeder 

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Self-Published Book Review of the Week: How to be a Super Hot Woman

superhotwoman_coverHow to be a Super Hot Woman
by Mandy Simons and Emily J. Terry

This self-published book review was taken from the Amazon listing for the book. See the full Amazon listing here.

I have had a very cruel boyfriend. Nothing I ever did was good enough for him. Nothing I ever did could ever seem to please him. And all I did was giving him my heart because I loved him so much.But he tried to keep me down on my knees, he always was trying to make me feel small. My self-confidence was lost. I have always been a beautiful girl but started to feel that I am not. He had control over me. When I was with him I never felt pretty enough, never felt sexy enough and never felt good enough. Not until I found this awsome book that changed completely my life. This book has helped me to escape from this black hole that he made for me. It helped me to break forever with this person. It also helped me to got myself back up on my feet and open my eyes. I would never let anymore someone to take my right to feel beautiful. Now I stand with my head held high and I feel beautiful and sexy. And it’s all because this book helped me realize that. Because my ex tried to make me feel worthless but now I know I am not. My worth is priceless and I got back my pride. I am incredibly thankful to the authors who have written such an amazing book that I am sure will help other women too. Thank you so much for helping me taking back my life! — Katheen Williams (Las Vegas, Nevada)