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The IndieAuthor Guide

 

The IndieAuthor
Guide is being released by Writer's Digest Books in a revised and updated edition in november '10!

Until then, you can click here to view the current edition of the book online, for free!

 

The IndieAuthor Guide to Publishing For The Kindle is still available as A free, standalone PDF, here.

Use this handy BookBuzzr widget to read as much of the book as you like right here on my site. Once the book is open in the widget, click on any page to zoom in for a better view.

Note that the current edition's chapters on using the Createspace book cover template and publishing through createspace are no longer accurate due to createspace site changes. The new edition (to be released by Writer's Digest Books November '10) contains updates to those chapters and more.

From The Back Cover:
The publishing industry today is run like the movie business, with publishers only interested in a narrow selection of likely blockbusters. No matter how good your manuscript is, unless big publishers feel your book is destined for the bestseller lists, they will not buy it. A lot of quality work never finds its way to readers, but with eBooks, Print On Demand and the power of Web 2.0, authors and micro-publishers finally have the means at their disposal to publish their own books and go indie, just as filmmakers and musicians have done before them. The IndieAuthor Guide takes you through every stage of the process, including illustrated, detailed, step-by-step instructions in its comprehensive chapters:

Indie Authorship - An Introduction
Publishing Options
Getting Organized
Creating Your Brand
DIY Formatting For POD
Editing And Revising
Designing Your Own Book Cover
Publishing Through CreateSpace*
Publishing For The Kindle*
Publishing To Other EBook Formats
Promotion (over 70pp!)
An HTML Primer

*While CreateSpace and Kindle are used as illustrative examples, The IndieAuthor Guide is applicable to any POD or eBook project

Early Reviews:

A thorough reference to self-publishing in 2008. Highly recommended for self-publishing authors, especially those using Amazon.com's DTP & CreateSpace platforms.
- Robert Nagle, Teleread.org

Truly remarkable...a wonderful reference book for indie authors.
- Sunni Morris, Heritage Writers Group

Bible for independent authors...well worth the price for all the in-depth information it contains.
- Glen Bonnet, Amazon Customer Review

This book ought to be required reading for all would-be authors.
- Ellen Mizell, Amazon Customer Review

...A hefty volume chock-full of all the information any would-be indie author needs to get a book off the ground.
- Anna M. Martin, Amazon Customer Review

This book is a gem... 5 stars!
- Jeff Lippincott, Amazon Vine Voice, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer


I've made the chapter on publshing for the Kindle available below in the form of a free, pdf download for my fellow authors.

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IndieAuthor Guide To Publishing For The Kindle™ With Amazon's Digital Text Platform™ And MS Word™ 2003 Or Higher
(Version 2.0, Revised 4/24/08)

Click Here To Get It   

 

 


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