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Why you shouldn’t just sell on Amazon or B&N

After your journey to plot, draft, edit and finish your story, now is the time to consider what direction to publish your novel. EPublish? Publish traditionally? After all, the idea is to get your accomplished work out to the public, for your audience to enjoy your story. Let’s consider all options.

“When making wise decisions, you first need to know the facts. While many self-published authors take the easy road, selling solely on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and or through retailers who have deals worked out with their printer, this isn’t always the best decision.

If you look at commerce as a whole, those who sell on multiple channels have 91% greater customer retention than those with a single platform for processing orders. The more sales channels you open, the higher your odds of building a solid fanbase.

But, you can’t just offer your book on a million different websites without a robust sales “platform.” You need a plan that automates and integrates multiple fulfilment channels and makes it easy to keep track of your inventory, orders, and delivery. It shouldn’t matter where your orders come from. Here is some advice to streamline your operations.” More…

Is EPublishing  A Good Idea?
Want to grow your audience? Have a message you know you should share with the world? If you’re a blogger, writer, and/or an entrepreneur, you might be thinking about self-publishing a book.

A book in itself is unlikely to make or break you, but it is a powerful extension of your business or blog. More…

Be careful when you self-publish you work. Yes, this way can get you your audience, but there is still much work to get your audience. This path is cheaper than traditional publishing, but there is no guarantee of success. You need to put extra effort to get your e-book in your readers e-reader. Do not get discouraged, just prepare to work.

“If you’re looking for help creating convincing characters, bleeding words onto the page, and editing your work, then you’ll need a different set of instructions: We’re not going to cover the whole process of writing a book from scratch. Instead, let’s assume you’ve already written your masterpiece and put it in a digital text-based format like Microsoft Word. Once you’ve reached that point, here are the next steps you need to take to send your literary baby out into the world.

Choose your platform
Your first step is to decide where you want your ebook to live. If you just want to share your brainchild with family and friends, you might opt for a simple file-sharing program. For something more professional, you can choose to publish your ebook on a variety of different platforms, reaching a potential audience of millions. Here are a few of your options.” More…

Search for Examples of Ebook Creators
“Simply make eBooks in Kindle and Epub formats: publish on any eBook distribution website, including Apple iBooks, Amazons Kindle, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo and more. Your readers can use iPads, Kindles, Android tables, Macs, Phones and PCs. You can also make PDFs perfect for sending to print-on demand services.

Buying an eBook is not serious as it looks, though writing, editing and formatting itself can take time. If you finally working to self publish your eBooks in various formats and searching for free eBook publishing program, then you may have dissatisfaction seeing the outcomes.” More…

EPublishing is still a viable option. Don’t get discouraged if you send you work out to Amazon or B&N and don’t see the dollars rolling in. Get the word out about your story to your readers. Use social media to let everyone know you’ve published. Keep working, keep broadcasting.