My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in eBooks, Smashwords on Nov 21st, 2011
Since I posted a few times about Smashwords and BookBaby, I thought I’d also mention another formatting and distribution service: eBookIt.com. For $149 ($249 if your source file is a PDF), eBookIt will convert your file and distribute it to the usual places. Of course, it will also take a cut of each sale, 15% [...]
Posted in ePub, Kindle, Smashwords on Oct 13th, 2011
Many writers want to get in on the eBook revolution, but they don’t know how to convert a Word file to an eBook, or how to format a file so that Amazon and Smashwords won’t horribly mangle it during their conversion processes. If they want to upload to a venue that only accepts ePub files, that’s another format [...]
Posted in eBooks on Jul 17th, 2011
In my last post, I said that, over the lifetime of a book, it could be cheaper to go with BookBaby because you pay an upfront fee per book and that’s it. BookBaby doesn’t take a cut of each sale. Keryl Raist over at To Publish or Not To Publish wrote a post comparing royalty rates [...]
Posted in Smashwords on May 8th, 2011
If you’re a Smashwords author, you might be missing out on behind the scenes information from Mark Coker, Smashwords’ CEO. We all sign in and rush to our Dashboards or the Sales & Payment page, so it’s easy to miss. If you haven’t already, visit the Site Updates area. Mark posts news and information several [...]
News: 1. The 70% Kindle royalty came into effect yesterday, but you have to opt-in to get it. Unfortunately, you have to do it on a per-title basis. To bump your Kindle royalty from 35% to 70%, head on over to Amazon DTP, go to your bookshelf, and edit each book’s details. 2. Smashwords is running [...]
