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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.
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
Indie Authorship - An Introduction
IndieAuthor
Guide To Publishing For The Kindle™ With Amazon's Digital
Text Platform™ And MS Word™ 2003 Or Higher