My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in Amazon, Book Promotion on Dec 3rd, 2011
If you have at least one book available at Amazon, you can request an author page through Amazon Author Central. When customers click on your name on one of your Amazon pages, they’re taken to your author page, where you can add a biography, your books, video, your blog’s feed, and other information. You can [...]
Posted in Amazon, Books, CreateSpace, Printers on Oct 15th, 2010
Finally, my last post about CreateSpace. I left off at the point where I’d ordered a proof and was waiting for it to arrive. When it did, I discovered a missing word when I proofread the story. Can you believe the word was ‘a’? Normally I would have let that go, but since the book [...]
Posted in Amazon, Formatting Tools, Kindle on Oct 1st, 2010
Amazon just released a plugin for InDesign that allows you to generate Kindle books from your InDesign files. Coincidentally, I’m in the process of proofing a fantasy novel that I typeset using InDesign, and I’ll be creating the Kindle version of the novel next week. So when Amazon’s press release arrived in my inbox, I thought, “Perfect timing! Maybe I can [...]
Posted in Amazon, Books, CreateSpace, Printers on Aug 30th, 2010
CreateSpace offers a number of distribution options, but you can treat it as just a printer, too. You can publish a book under the standard plan, or upgrade it to the pro plan. You can also pick and choose which distribution channels you want to use. You’re never forced to distribute your book anywhere. You [...]
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, [...]
