By Shannon Yarbrough on March 26, 2011
I recently upgraded my Kindle to an iPad about three weeks ago. I’ve been blogging about the iPad on my author blog, but I thought I’d cross post the information here for those who are interested. Here’s my first post from March 13th of this year:
Posted in E-publishing, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged ereading on ipad, ipad, ipad vs. kindle, Kindle, kindle vs. ipad |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 24, 2011
With the release of a new newsletter this past week, Amazon DTP (Digital Text Publishing) changed its name to KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) which is a good move on Amazon’s part and brands their online publishing program. I did always think DTP led to the possibility that maybe we’d be able to do something else here outside of Kindle one day. And here’s the intro from telling how the newsletter came about:
Posted in Announcements, E-publishing, Kindle | Tagged amazon kindle publishing, KDP, kindle direct publishing, kindle newsletter |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 29, 2010
For $69, CreateSpace is now offering file conversion to prep your book to be uploaded to Kindle. CreateSpace will convert your trade paperback book* into an eBook format that maintains the formatting and design elements used in your trade paperback book. You will also receive a JPEG thumbnail of your book’s cover. Both files are [...]
Posted in CreateSpace, Kindle | Tagged CreateSpace, createspace formatting, Kindle, kindle formatting |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 19, 2010
This Fall marks the release of my own new book, Are You Sitting Down?, which is already available on Kindle. Unfortunately, the paperback edition is still weeks away, but at this point in the industry, I’m not rushing it. I’ve already made more of a niche for myself amongst E-Readers at this point in my writing career, more so than I will probably ever see in paperback sales alone. And I’m not alone. We’ve soapboxed enough about the Kindle, but in case you still aren’t convinced by the E-movement, then check out this story from author J.A. Konrath: eBooks and The Ease of Self-Publishing. Today marks the Kindle release of Draculas, a horror novel that he wrote with Blake Crouch, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson.
Posted in E-publishing, Kindle, Self-Publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged blake crouch, draculas, epublishing, f. paul wilson, halloween kindle, horror kindle, j.a. konrath, jeff strand, kindle publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 7, 2010
I came across a recent discussion on a review of Sara Gruen’s Ape House at Amazon with remarks to publishers setting the price of Kindle Ebooks to the same (if not more) than the list price of the actual hard copy book itself. For example, the list price of the hardcover book is $26.00. Amazon discounts it by 42% making it $14.99.
Posted in Kindle, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon pricing, ape house, e trend, ebook price ware, ebook pricing, etrend, kindle price war, kindle pricing, sara gruen |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 5, 2010
It is nice to be able to celebrate the good news of a friend, and I am very happy to say that we have reason to celebrate. The landscape of publishing is changing, in particular with the advent of the ebook, and self-publishing is increasingly becoming a viable option, and one which is beginning to grow legs as a door opener for other opportunities, as Boyd Morrison proved with his book The Ark, as was discussed in previous post Who Needs a Publisher Anyway?
Posted in Kindle, Linda Welch, LK Gardner-Griffie, Success Stories | Tagged agency, along came a demon, amazon, Kindle, Linda Welch, Robert Gottlieb, The Demon Hunters, Trident Media Group, Whisperings |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 2, 2010
Check out this article by Isia Jasiewicz from The Books Issue of Newsweek (first posted only July 30th, 2010): Boyd Morrison was finishing a Ph.D. in industrial engineering when he wrote his first novel. Five agents rejected it. Nine years later he tried again, and this time he did get an agent—after nearly three years [...]
Posted in E-publishing, Getting Published, Kindle, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged amazon kindle, bob young, boyd morrison, E-publishing, isia jasiewicz, j.a. konrath, john edgar wideman, kindle publishing, Lulu, philadelphia fire, the ark, whiskey sour book, who needs a publisher anyway |
By Shannon Yarbrough on July 24, 2010
As the market and competition starts to catch up with Amazon.com’s Kindle, it’s no surprise to see that they expanded their E-book availability beyond the Kindle device and also lowered the cost of the devices themselves .
Posted in E-publishing, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon dtp, amazon kindle, amazon.com, kindle author, kindle device, kindle ereader, kindle for pc, kindle royalty, publish to kindle |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 30, 2010
Along with a new look to the Amazon Kindle DTP Support Screen (which no longer says it’s in beta), Amazon Kindle also launches its 70% royalty option today. Here are details from the Community forums which were posted back in early May: In January, Amazon announced details of a new program that will enable authors [...]
Posted in Announcements, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged Kindle, kindle 70% royalty option, kindle DTP, kindle royalty, kindle sales |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 24, 2010
In March 2009, I began writing an article for LLBR about how to market your book on Amazon. The result of that article turned into a longer project that I decided to publish as a small book. Taking advantage of Lulu’s free ISBN at the time, I released it as a 93 page guide that included my POD Diary which I wrote throughout the first year of marketing my book, Stealing Wishes.
Posted in Announcements, Educational, Kindle, Lulu, Marketing, POD Diary, Promotions, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged book marketing, lulu pocket guide, marketing and selling, marketing on amazon, POD book, pod guide, pod pocket guide, print on demand amazon, print on demand book, print on demand guide, selling on amazon |
