Information Sells

Amazon has just released the Kindle for PC It’s free. This isn’t hardware – it’s software that you run on your laptop or desktop computer (Windows only for now) that allows you to read Kindle encoded eBooks. This is good news. I’ve finally been able to check  MobiPocket books that I created for a handheld Mobi [...]

Would you like to learn to design and publish your own book with no up front investment using tools you already own? Ghost Leg Press and The Web Sellers’ Circle are sponsoring a class that will demonstrate how to do exactly that – and the class is free. Amazon’s CreateSpace makes it possible to publish [...]

I recently taught a class for Do It Yourself Publishers. I love teaching this class, because it has become so easy for aspiring and first time authors to get their books on Amazon. In the class, I encourage new authors to explore all their options, including ebooks and audio books. Invariably, someone is intrigued by [...]

Tags: DRM, ebooks, ereader

Do you want to sell more of your self-published books?  Then you need to be listed on Amazon. Until recently, that meant you had to use a service like Lightning Source to slip in through the side door via Ingram or you had to pay for the privilege by buying a “distribution package” from one [...]

Tags: amazon, cretespace, self publishing

You are probably familiar with the idea of the the Long Tail by now. Chris Anderson’s book, The Long Tail, not only made the concept famous, but explained it quite clearly. If you’ve read the book, however, you may have been left wondering: what good does this do me? Amazon may make millions by selling [...]

Tags: backlist, information products, long tail

Would you like to find some expert advice on how to sell your self-published books? Booksurge, the Amazon-owned subsidy publisher, hosts monthly webinars with book industry and self-publishing experts. They’ve discussed topics such as library sales, specialty markets, tradeshows, and holiday promotions as well as offered tips for best practices for manuscript submissions. The next [...]

Tags: amazon, Booksurge, self publishing, webinars

Create Space has extended their Free Upgrade to Create Space Pro until the end of the year.

Tags: amazon, Create Space, self publishing