Indie Author's Toolbox: How to create, publish, and market your Kindle book - Hardcover

Vulich, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1312315970 ISBN 13: 9781312315976

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2014

Synopsis

Are you having trouble picking the topic for your book? Maybe you have finished writing your book, but you have got questions about the mechanics of listing it on Amazon - How do you write a compelling description? How do you know you have got the right cover? What are keywords anyway, and why do they matter? 

Have you just published a new book to the Kindle store, and found yourself wondering what's next?

You are not alone.

Publishing your first book or even your tenth book on Kindle is a daunting task. As an Indie author you are going it alone, or with limited help, and that means everything about your book is left up to you. You need to choose a topic that's going to sell; write a compelling story that keeps readers flipping the pages; make sure it is edited properly - typo free, formatted for a variety of Kindle devices and other e-readers. And, then, there's the matter of creating book covers, writing descriptions, choosing keywords, and let's not forget about getting reviews.

Being an Indie Author can be scary at times. That is what this book is all about, helping you through the maze of publishing your book and getting it discovered on Kindle.

As a bonus, I include interviews with four experts on Kindle Publishing.

• Buck Flogging 
• Steve Scott
• Martin Crosbie 
• Rob Parnell 

If you want to sell more books, Indie Author's Toolbox is your ticket to success.

                                    

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P.S. This book also contains tutorials for self-publishing your book on:

• Smashwords
• Draft2Digital
• Barnes & Noble
• Audible (ACX)
• CreateSpace
• Google Play and Google Books
• Lulu
• Babelcube
• Kobo
• and more

About this title

About the Author

Short easy to read solutions to your self-publishing problems. 

Most of my books can be read in under an hour. The information in them can be put to work immediately to help you sell more books on Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kobo, and in the iStore. 

Book marketing is not a mystery. It does not even have to be difficult.

It is really all about getting started. 

Many people I have talked with have this crazy fear about writing a book. They want to put the cart before the horse. The go crazy marketing, blogging and building a social media presence before they take care of the basics.

That is where my books come in.

They slow you down and walk you hand-in-hand through getting started. They show you how to find a subject that readers want and need, how to optimize your author profile on and off of Amazon, and how to move beyond Amazon to reach entirely new markets.

My goal is to help you over the speed bumps so that you can be more successful from the get-go.

What are you waiting for? 

Let Indie Author's Toolbox help you grow your author brand.

From the Inside Flap

So You Want to Write a Kindle Book

Have you ever kicked around the idea of writing a Kindle book?

It is ok. You can admit it. Let me share a secret with you. I did not tell my wife, or kids, or anyone I had written my first book until it had sold over 100 copies. The day it hit number two in the eBay category on Amazon, I finally figured what the hell - no better time than now.

Can I share another secret with you? It is a year and a half later, and none have read one of my books yet. I am beginning to think they never will. It does not really matter, though. I have written twenty more short books since then and sold over 10,000 copies on Kindle and another 2400 paperbacks. So I still get the last laugh, there are people out there reading them.

What I am trying to tell you is that if you have got a book in you - let it come out.

Don't worry about what other people think.

If you are really worried about it, you can publish your book under another name while you are testing the waters. Amazon does not care whose name you put on your book.

I recently started two series under different pen names.

It is sort of exciting and even liberating in a way because I can say whatever I want, because nobody is going to know it is me. What I have got to hide, I am not sure. One of my titles is Get Off Your Lazy Fucking Ass and Get a Job Already. Hard to believe, but one of my reviewers started off their review saying "...despite the cursing..."

Here's a thought. Write your book. If you only sell one copy, that is one more than you would have otherwise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1312315970
• ISBN 13: 9781312315976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136