E-publishing should have its biggest year yet in 2012. Are you prepared? Today I discuss what’s been happening, especially with Amazon and the KDP Select program, as well as what’s helped me have my best earnings months for the last two months. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Show Notes: Lots of new e-readers for Christmas Discussing the Amazon
Today’s show discusses pricing for ebooks and the POD (print on demand) paperbacks most of us will be dealing with when we self-publish. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Show notes: Paperback pricing Upfront costs are low with POD, so no need to pay for an entire print run or anything crazy. My POD publisher is CreateSpace, and I’ve
The fourth episode of the Savvy Self-Publishing Podcast is up, and we’re doing an overview of the book selling basics. How do you get people to find your books? How do you entice them to buy them once they find them? And how do you make sure fans know to come back for more? It’s all covered today. [Audio clip:
The third episode of the podcast is all about setting up an official author website and blog. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Show notes: Why you want to get off Blogger, Livejournal, WordPress.com, etc. Getting your own domain name and investing in web hosting (costs less than $100 a year). The host I recommend (very affordable, $7 a
This week’s episode is for folks new to e-publishing. It covers the five steps to turning your first book into an ebook, and getting it online where people can buy it (the last step covers promotion, so it may be worth a listen even if you’ve already e-published). How to E-Publish Your First Ebook: [Audio clip: view full post to
Here we go with my first attempt at a podcast. We’ll see if I can actually figure out how to get it into the iTunes store where people can download it and subscribe. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Here’s what the show covers: Three reasons why it’s a great time to self-publishing: The new popularity of ebooks and
