Hello everyone!
I know it's been since February since I've posted anything, but I've been busting my ass working on my book Confessions of an Internet Pornographer. It is finally out in paperback. I've priced it as low as possible, $9.99 on Amazon.com. I've had a good experianc working with Amazon which is the topic of this post.
First of all, Amazon does not publish the book, the website you will be doing business with is named Createspace. As a matter of fact, when you are finished and pricing you book, you will get a bigger royalty for copies purchased at Createspace, than at Amazon.com. I guess as an incentive to send shoppers to them. However, once you publish at Createspace your book will be listed on Amazon in a couple of days, without you doing a thing.
The program is easy to use. I've spent the better part of the last two months formatting the book. I had to chose margins, cover color, everything. Luckily, I could make changes regularly, and they've added a way to view the proof of your book online. You can also order hard copies at cost. When you are finished the program editor will show you where problems exists on a page. They provide a lot of help. Best of all it's FREE to place your book on what will soon be the worlds biggest book publisher.
Another great thing about Amazon is that you are an instant International author. The minute you publish your book it's available in the US, England, Germany, Italy, and Spain. I was looking at my stats the other day, and sure enough, I made a Kindle sale in England and Germany. I've actually sold over a 100 copies of my Kindle book in the UK. Thank you great Britain! Amazon lets you set the U.S. price, and it will do the currency conversion for you. I am definitely recommending Createspace. My experience with Amazon, both when publishing my novel as a Kindle book and a paperback, have been smooth.
Until next time, I will continue writing into the wind.
Luis Mario
I know it's been since February since I've posted anything, but I've been busting my ass working on my book Confessions of an Internet Pornographer. It is finally out in paperback. I've priced it as low as possible, $9.99 on Amazon.com. I've had a good experianc working with Amazon which is the topic of this post.
First of all, Amazon does not publish the book, the website you will be doing business with is named Createspace. As a matter of fact, when you are finished and pricing you book, you will get a bigger royalty for copies purchased at Createspace, than at Amazon.com. I guess as an incentive to send shoppers to them. However, once you publish at Createspace your book will be listed on Amazon in a couple of days, without you doing a thing.
The program is easy to use. I've spent the better part of the last two months formatting the book. I had to chose margins, cover color, everything. Luckily, I could make changes regularly, and they've added a way to view the proof of your book online. You can also order hard copies at cost. When you are finished the program editor will show you where problems exists on a page. They provide a lot of help. Best of all it's FREE to place your book on what will soon be the worlds biggest book publisher.
Another great thing about Amazon is that you are an instant International author. The minute you publish your book it's available in the US, England, Germany, Italy, and Spain. I was looking at my stats the other day, and sure enough, I made a Kindle sale in England and Germany. I've actually sold over a 100 copies of my Kindle book in the UK. Thank you great Britain! Amazon lets you set the U.S. price, and it will do the currency conversion for you. I am definitely recommending Createspace. My experience with Amazon, both when publishing my novel as a Kindle book and a paperback, have been smooth.
Until next time, I will continue writing into the wind.
Luis Mario
