Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Publishing for Kindle

If you’re thinking of e-publishing (perhaps that NaNo you’re working on now?), here’s an article that might be helpful. It’s called “How to Publish a Kindle eBook.” The post is on Blog Kindle, Daily news About Kindle, eBooks, eInk and other related topics.

Step 1: Create an Account
Step 2: Format your eBook
Step 3: Upload Your Book
Step 4: Promote it.

Within the article, you’ll find some basic tips, such as do your editing before you upload your book – Kindle will NOT edit for you.

Also, he recommends “Unencrypted Mobipocket” as the “ideal” format for Kindle.

He even tells you how to “test” your book, save yourself some trouble, and see how your book will look on the Kindle, before you upload it.

Easy, right?

25 comments:

  1. Fantastic link and very useful info. Thanks Helen.

    Judy(South Africa)

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  2. It DOES look easy. As usual, very helpful tip and post, Helen!

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  3. Thanks Helen, for such informative news. I've recently published through Smashwords. Yes, I'm going inde (with my current project, anyway) and they check my editing and format before shipping to Amazon. I think it is a pretty good thing, and free. And I retain all rights to the work.

    I think, while they've made it easy to publish for Kindle, it is still a long hard road to properly edit and rewrite a piece of work.

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  4. Sounds easy!
    Happy Thanksgiving, Helen.

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  5. It IS an easy process...once you understand it. It's the understanding part that carries pitfalls. LOL! Good of you to provide links, Helen.
    Have a happy Thanksgiving!

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  6. JL, I hope you have good sales. Let us know how it goes.

    You really do have to spend time editing. Don't rush or the sales will suffer, not just for this book but for future books.

    Hi Laura. I just this morning finished reading Don't Fall Asleep.

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  7. some good info in there. Not as easy as it sounds. Especially the editing and promoting.

    Have a great Thanksgiving Helen!

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  8. I'll take your word on the easy part, and I will be filing this info away. You never know, right?

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  9. That is so useful, thank you for the link. Easy is never easy for me, but I will take a look. ;0

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  10. It seems to be getting easier and easier, but I'm still not sure I'm ready.

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  11. Just had a look...needs to get easier for me. LOL :)

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  12. Looks very simple. Does it work all over the world or just in US?

    Cold As Heaven

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  13. Hi Helen .. I like Laura's words .. It is easy .. if you understanding .. and often the understanding is the tricky part .. good party game for Thanksgiving?!

    Thanks for the tip and link - everyone seems happy -

    One day I shall get there! Have a great Thanksgiving .. Hilary

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  14. I'm not sure about that, Cold. He doesn't say if the platform for Kindle is different in different countries.

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  15. Probably easy for some.
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  16. Great link! Thanks for the info, Helen.

    Happy Thanksgiving,
    Monti
    NotesAlongTheWay

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  17. Thanks for the tips. I uploaded my book to Kindle and everything went smoothly. Very easy and straightforward.

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  18. Terrific link - thanks so much :)

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  19. Happy Thanksgiving Helen.

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  20. The whole idea scares me. I believe I could do it, but it's still scary.

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  21. Thanks for finding and sharing this, Helen. I needed to learn how to test before uploading a book to Kindle.

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  22. Thanks for the information. Boy, it sounds easy, but I'd like to play first. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  23. Kindle is not so difficult but I've problem with smashbooks still.

    My Darcy Mutates

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  24. Am glad to have this link. Thanks.

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