My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in Amazon, Books, CreateSpace, Printers on Aug 23rd, 2010
In this post I’ll cover what you have to do before setting up a title with CreateSpace. Write the Description Before starting the process, write the description of the book that will appear on its Amazon listing (and on other online stores, depending on distribution). This can be the same as the back cover copy, [...]
Posted in Amazon, Books, CreateSpace, Printers on Aug 20th, 2010
I’m publishing a short story to the Kindle, one that’s fallen into the public domain. I wasn’t planning to take it to print, but then I figured doing so would offer me the opportunity to try out CreateSpace and see how it compares to Lightning Source. Reasons to Use Lightning Source Lightning Source distributes to [...]
Everyone was excited when the Kindle 70% royalty went live. But now folks are grumbling. Why? Because of the fine print. Amazon doesn’t pay the 70% royalty based on the list price, which is the price the publisher set. It pays it based on the price in effect when a copy sells. To match sale prices [...]
The Canadian government has approved Amazon’s request to have a physical presence in Canada. Not everyone is happy about it. At the end of this post, I’ve linked to several articles that offer the facts and various viewpoints. As a consumer, I hope this means Amazon.ca will improve. I’m an Amazon junkie. I purchase 99.9% [...]
I see this question asked a lot “out there,” especially for Canada. You see, as I’ve mentioned in other posts, Amazon.ca is a scaled down version of Amazon.com. If you want to publish to the Kindle and go to Amazon.ca, you won’t find what you’re looking for. To publish to the Kindle, you must use Amazon’s [...]
