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Monday, December 1, 2008

Pieces of Eight - The Amazon Product Page (Kindle)

Now you have submitted your manuscript for publication for the Kindle on Amazon.com. You've been told it will take between 12 and 72 hours before it is live. So what does LIVE mean? It means that the product page will be available in some fashion. In order to know what's there, what's complete and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Launching your Manuscript on the Kindle - Let's Do It!

You're armed for bear. If not, re-read the last post and get armed. You should have already registered on DTP before starting (I will assume you have). Now, go to http://dtp.amazon.com/ and sign in. If you've been there before, it's just a button press. Click on Add a New Item and you will see a 3... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Launching your Masterpiece on the Kindle (Start Your Engines)

Before you start Kindle lauching process, go to http://dtp.amazon.com/ and read the terms of agreenment (the contract) and sign up as a Kindle author. This will allow you access to your DTP Dashboard. (DTP = Digital Text Platform). Next step is to have a manuscript ready for upload. This can be one... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Adding Pages for Kindle Manuscript Preparation

You now have a basically clean manuscript ready for publication. Indie-Publishing this work only needs a few more formatting ticks. First, for the Kindle and then, for POD. My usual modus operandi is to prepare the Kindle version fisrt. The front page contains the cover art for my novel. On the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Manuscript Preparation - One

Preparing a manuscript for Indie Authoring depends on the place and formats you will be using (POD and eBook), but since I go CreateSpace and Kindle, I have set-up a rhythm which take a few weeks to prepare for a launch. I also own a Kindle, so I get a view of how the manuscript looks on the device.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Just in Time, I've Caught you Just in Time

... or so the old song goes. There is nothing like a good old brick and mortar bookstore for browsing and touching and wishing and hoping. I'd be the last person to eschew the experience of the stacks. I remember Mendoza's in downtown Manhattan, where the aroma of books (which in my novel Turning... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Deciding What to Publish

This entry will be short and sweet. It's part of the prerequisite to Indie-Publishing. If you have only one book in your personal catalog that has been talent validated, thoroughly edited and ready to shoot the rapids, then this is a moot point. However, your first Indie book must be sufficiently... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Publishing Trends - Sunrise and Sunset

You might think I will now trash the traditional publishing world and sing the praises of Print-on-Demand (POD), but I shall not. This is a brief entry to say that authors misunderstand the current publishing processes and trends. They think they need query lettrs, agents, publicists and a host of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Editting - Grandma and Spielling Countt

The last of the non-technical pre-requisites has to do with taking the responsibility of editing from the "dead-tree" houses, perhaps the one major service that traditional publishing gives you (if they give it to you). Writers are notoriously poor copy editors, especially for their own work. (We... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

We know why you write - so, why do you want to be published?

The second hallmark of becoming an Indie-Author is as core as having the talent chops validated. It has to do with your motives, ulterior or otherwise. You must ask yourself the question - Why do I want to be published? Wouldn't I rather just write a few articles and blog away in quiet obscurity?... Sign in to see full entry.

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