Book Authors: Publishing Is Changing at the Speed of Light

If you're a book author, your head may be spinning at the changes in the book publishing industry thanks to the power of the Internet.

The announcement of Laurence Kirshbaum to head Amazon publishing is a major event. I expect this to cause a seismic shift in book publishing. (You can read the news article I wrote about this on Technorati.)

In my opinion, what all the changes mean to book authors is that the publishing landscape is even more confusing and fragmented than ever.

It may seem easy to self-publish: You can go to Amazon's CreateSpace.com and then you can use Kindle Direct Publishing to get your book as a Kindle version on Amazon.

But what about Barnes and Noble's Nook ebook platform? And Sony's? And the other ebook platforms?

Given limited financial resources and time, how do book authors decide where to publish their ebooks as well as where to transform their books into ebooks? If you have any personal recommendations, do leave these in the comments section below.

One place for help getting your book on the Kindle platform is self-publishing coach Shelley Hitz's Kindle template. (This is NOT an affiliate link.)



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Phyllis Zimbler Miller (@ZimblerMiller on Twitter) has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and is the co-founder with Yael K. Miller (@MillerMosaic on Twitter) of the social media marketing company Miller Mosaic LLC.

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