Three Great Self Publishing Resources
I’ve been reading a lot of materials lately about self-publishing and marketing. Tell me you’re surprised! Three outstanding books that have really helped me to get started on the pathway to self-publishing to Kindle.
The Self Publishing Toolkit, by Daphne Dangerlove
Summary from Amazon:
Self Publishing, Simplified!
Tired of slogging through multiple books while trying to figure out the best way to publish and promote your book on Amazon?
Help is here.
The Self Publishing Toolkit has everything you need to self publish your ebook on Amazon.
You’ll learn:
- what you must do before you hit publish.
- how to master social media and still have time to write.
- critical pre-publication tasks will help you get your book in front of the right readers.
- practical strategies for selling your books (no complicated or ‘black hat’ strategies here!)
- why an email list is critical to your success and what to with it once you have it.
This book was excellent, and comes with a pdf workbook and resource guide. Very detailed instructions on how to set up your website, Twitter accounts, how to market and use your KDP free days, etc. I did a lot of highlighting!
How to Publish a Best Seller on Amazon.com, by Nicolas Black
Summary from Amazon:
This is the ultimate How to book for publishing and launching a successful ebook on Amazon, maximizing your downloads, and generating a consistent income from your ebook. You’ve put all the effort into writing it, now it’s time to see some of the rewards. This book follows, “How to Write a Fiction Novel in 30 Days or Less!” Amazon is the biggest marketplace in the world.
This how to book describes the steps you need to take to maximize your visibility not just on Amazon, but also on Google. Let Amazon and Google work as a team to build velocity behind your books, catapulting your ebook downloads into the best seller lists.
The problem for most people is, they don’t fully understand the KDP program, and all of the wonderful benefits that it offers to publishers and authors. In fact, most people who don’t own a Kindle, don’t understand what the Kindle and other Amazon ebook reading products really offer in terms of the opportunity to writers and publishers of ebooks.
This was a great book as well, and after reading it I had to also read another of Nicolas Black’s books:
How to Write a Fiction Novel in 30 days or less
Summary from Amazon:
This is the ultimate How to book for publishing and launching a successful ebook on Amazon, maximizing your downloads, and generating a consistent income from your ebook. You’ve put all the effort into writing it, now it’s time to see some of the rewards. This book follows, “How to Write a Fiction Novel in 30 Days or Less!” Amazon is the biggest marketplace in the world.
This how to book describes the steps you need to take to maximize your visibility not just on Amazon, but also on Google. Let Amazon and Google work as a team to build velocity behind your books, catapulting your ebook downloads into the best seller lists.
The problem for most people is, they don’t fully understand the KDP program, and all of the wonderful benefits that it offers to publishers and authors. In fact, most people who don’t own a Kindle, don’t understand what the Kindle and other Amazon ebook reading products really offer in terms of the opportunity to writers and publishers of ebooks.
Why would I want to read this book when I’ve already written a truckload of novels? And have already figured out that I can easily write a novel in 30 days, thanks to NaNoWriMo? I found lots of gems of writing advice that I could use, and lots of information on preparing your book for publishing and beginning marketing. Certainly a worthwhile read.
