1. Kindle and Amazon. The New Way to Publish Content Directly

    I went to a meeting yesterday and discovered that the whole Kindle excitement is more than just a way to read thousands of books without buying a hard cover old style book. It is a cool, new way to get your content out to the masses.

    Hmm, what you say? But I am doing that with my blog.

    Well, the whole blogging thing is a tad cluttered. The endless amounts of tweaking and commenting on other peoples blogs for backlinks and keyword analysis and getting links is all so exhausting and tedious. But, it does work! It helps you get traffic to your site from people who would like the content and perhaps follow your blog and maybe buy an ebook from you.

    Wait a minute. Did I just say buy an ebook?

    So, why not just publish your ebook directly onto Amazon and see what happens?

    Why not?

    With a direct publish to Amazon’s platform and highly visited site, you will simply reach more interested people directly searching for your topic. Amazon reviews are very credible and people look in this area to see if they want to purchase your book for $8.99 or whatever you decide to sell it for online. And by selling online you could literally give it away in the beginning - say for .99 cents and then when you have enough awesome reviews - you can raise the price to $8.99 or so. And all this is instant. You don’t have to wait a long time for a price change, or to have additional book space in Barnes & Noble or wherever.

    There are stories to tell, things to say. 

    I will post the link from the presenter I saw yesterday because I found him to be very genuine, not pushy and factual and helpful to get the word out about this type of “ebook” publishing - direct to Amazon. His angle? He will help you get your ebook format to be seen easily on the current three formats: Kindle, iPad and Nook. Evidently there are some formating issues that you must deal with yourself (Amazon is not there to assist you) and having his help is worth it to move forward faster in your quest to publish.

    Me? Yes, I have an ebook in my head that I have been delayed in writing. Maybe it was because I did not know where to put the content. I know now. I will publish it to Amazon and (hopefully) receive royalty checks for years. (I am an optimist! :-)

    I hope I have opened your thoughts to this new way of publishing your work directly onto Kindle. I think it is a neat wave we could all ride for a little while until something new emerges. Then we will readjust - that’s what we do online - we change as technology improves our devices.

    But for now - let’s start writing our special stories fit for the growing Kindle audience.

    Good luck and happy writing. (Happy profits too!)

    • Brian Schwartz will help you format your content into an easily readable format that makes your table of contents easy to navigate and your formatting makes sense. See his site at KindleExpert.com  again, I found his presentation to be informative and thorough - a genuine type of guy. Give him a call and see if he can assist you with your Kindle to Amazon publishing quest. (I receive no affliate type of commission for mentioning his site).
    • My other business blog is GetYouStartedeMarketing.com where I offer advice, counsel and my services for small business owners looking for internet marketing assistance. - Jan Rossi
    • Just found a another new blog post that might be of interest to you as well entitled “The book is dead - long live the ebook” by Peter Dabyshire. It’s a great read and gives you additional insight into this new world of self-publishing direct to Kindle and Amazon.
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