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 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 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 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 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 November 22, 2009
For those who might have missed it, best selling author John Grisham was on the Today show this morning to plug his new book, Ford County, but also had a thing or two to say about the recent web war with book pricing that’s been taking place amongst Amazon, Wal~Mart, B&N, and Target. He believes printed books are an endangered species and that the surge in popularity of EBooks isn’t helping.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon, amazon.com, book agent, book pricing, book war, cheap book, ebook, ford county, internet book, john grisham, Kindle, print on demand publishing, traditional publishing, walmart books |
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 October 7, 2009
This week Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com, announced that Amazon’s Kindle E-Reader is about to go global. The Kindle with both U.S. and International Wireless will become available October 19th for $279.
Posted in Announcements, Kindle, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon, amazon.com, international kindle, Kindle, kindle ereader, kindle wireless, u.s. kindle |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 28, 2009
Operation eBook Drop began with author and army veteran Edward C Patterson after a chance encounter with a soldier stationed in Iraq who mentioned having a Kindle, but not being able to download any books.
Posted in E-publishing, LK Gardner-Griffie, News | Tagged ebooks, Edward C Patterson, Iraq, Kindle, LK Gardner-Griffie, mark coker, military, misfit mccabe, Operation eBook Drop, smashwords, soldiers |
