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By Shannon Yarbrough on February 3, 2012
My personal adventure into the Amazon Forums and an account of a 5 Day Free Promotion in KDP Select!
Posted in Kindle, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon forums, amazon free, amazon kindle, amazon kindle publishing, amazon reviews, decemeber kdp fund, free kindle promotion, kdp select free promotion, Kindle, kindle direct publishing, kindle kdp, kindle lending, lending library fund |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 13, 2012
As an author whose books are available on Kindle, I often feel like I’m left in the dark when it comes to finding out important information when I visit the KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) dashboard and check out the Amazon FAQ sections or even the Kindle community forum. I often find good information, but just enough about the big highlights, and never an answer to my real question. I feel like Jeff Bezos is the man behind the curtain, or a magician and maybe I’m just giddy with excitement over what the outcome will be. Patience, Shannon, patience!
Posted in Announcements, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon kindle, amazon kindle publishing, decemeber kdp fund, jeff bezos, Kindle, kindle direct publishing, kindle kdp, kindle lending, lending library fund |
By Shannon Yarbrough on November 1, 2011
Is November here already? That means only 15 days till the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, their android based tablet available for pre-order for $199. It’s the first color version of Kindle, despite it really just being an iPad with Amazon’s name on it for half the price and obviously intended to rival the Nook which has been in color for quite some time now.
Posted in Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon kindle, amazon kindle fire, android kindle, kindle app, kindle fire, kindle fire app, kindle fire features, kindle my book, my book on kindle, new kindle, sell my book on kindle |
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 May 8, 2010
Back right around the time when Amazon.com first bought CreateSpace, and Kindles were still on the drawing board, Amazon came up with a brilliant idea called Amazon Shorts. This program gave authors a chance to upload short stories and sell them for .49 cents each, and gave authors like me the chance to rake [...]
Posted in E-publishing, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon dtp, amazon kindle, amazon shorts, amazon.com |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 21, 2009
Well, we wondered how long it would take before someone else entered the Ereader race with Sony and Amazon. This week, we got our answer! For the past year, Amazon has owned the market with its Kindle, Kindle Deluxe, and the release this week of a new Kindle with U.S. and International Wireless access. With the latest version, Kindle also went global.
Posted in Announcements, E-publishing, News, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon kindle, amazon.com, B&N nook, barnes and noble, ereader, Kindle, nook, nook ereader |
By Shannon Yarbrough on February 24, 2009
Today marks a day on the E-Calendar that many of us have been talking about the past year. It quite literally snuck up on us overnight, but the Kindle 2 is here and became available today. With 37 reviews already (the majority posted yesterday), it’s averaging 3.5 stars with a mixture of emotions all across the board. 17 reviews give it 5 stars, 11 are stuck in the middle, and 9 give it only 1 star.
Posted in E-publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon kindle, amazon kindle 2, amazon.com, e-author, e-book, Kindle, kindle 2, kindle ereader |
By Shannon Yarbrough on November 13, 2008
Many of us are still boycotting Amazon due to the huge Booksurge/POD war that has been taking place this year. Many of us have moved forward and tried to find other venues for selling our books outside of Amazon. I hope it’s paying off for those of you out there pounding the pavement.
Posted in POD Diary, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon kindle, amazon.com, book royalty, kindle sales, lulu book review, POD, POD Diary |
