kindle publishing faqs - kindle book in a weekend
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How Much Shorter is a Kindle Book Compared To a Regular Book?
• Conventional book: 50,000-80,000+
• Kindle book: 10,000-12,000 words
• Many are shorter
• No minimum length
What Percentage Of The Sale Do I Get?
• Depends on what selling price you set:
– Up to $2.99-$9.99: 70%
– 35% if the price is below $2.99 or above $9.99.
• These figures are huge compared to the 8-12% typical for traditional publishing royalties
How Can I Make Money With Kindle Books?
You need the following:
1. Quality
2. Quantity and a
3. Hot Niche
How Can I Make Money With Kindle Books?
1. Publish a book in a category where there is a high demand
2. Create a quality book– It covers the content, – Good internal appearance and – Quality cover
3. Have several books on Amazon. When people search your book, Amazon shows your other books too.
This helped John Locke become a millionaire from his Kindle sales of his 7 books in less than a year!
What Is The Best Kindle Book Creating Software?
Sigil:
– pro: free, easy to use,
– con: doesn't output Kindle-ready format, need to use Calibre for conversion
Scrivener:
– pro: affordable tool if you're considering different ebook formats, outputs Kindle-ready format
– con: not terribly intuitive
What Is The Best Kindle Book Creating Software?
InDesign: – pro: huge flexibility, with correct Amazon plugin,
produces Kindle-ready format,
– con: price, complexity
Word:– pro - used properly, cleanest way to create Kindle
book
– con: if you can't use Word properly, you'll screw it up
Google Drive:– Free, outputs in Word format
Can You Put Hyperlinks In Kindle Books?
• Yes you can, either in the body or at the end
• Just test them to make sure they all work
How Do You Format A Book For Kindle?
• Use Word
• Avoid these:
– Tabs
– Tables
– Extra spaces
– Spaces to indent
– Extra page returns
• Ensure TOC created from H1 header tags
Can You Publish On Kindle And Sell Elsewhere?
• Yes, Amazon does not force exclusivity …
• … unless you are registered in KDP Select
What is KDP Select?
• Kindle book Lending library
• Amazon PAYS You for readers to borrow your book for free
What Is The Biggest Mistake Kindle Authors Make?
1. Not researching whether there's a market
2. Formatting problems
3. Unprofessional cover
4. Poor grammar & not spell-checked
What Should I Price My Book At?
• You need to test prices
• Can change price once uploaded
• $2.99 is the most common price point - and still attracts 70% commission
• This year's research shows that $3.99 has almost as many sales
What Do I Need To Publish On Kindle?
• Your content, correctly formatted and spell-checked in a Word doc
• Cover image
• Description (4000ch)
• Two categories
• Selling price ...
How Do I Ensure It Will Sell?
• Good cover image,
• Author Central,
• Get good reviews
• Do your research - have a hot niche,
• Create a list on Listmania
How Do I Create Content?
• Write it!
• Dictate & transcribe, then edit
• Run a webinar and get it transcribed
Why Publish On Kindle?
• 26.5 million Kindles worldwide
• Plus Kindle readers for
– PC
– Mac
– iPad
– iPhone ...
Where Do I Start?
1. Start with Research ...
2. Plan your book - what chapters will you have?
3. Decompose each chapter - what exactly does it contain?
4. Start writing chapter one and continue
5. Top and tail the book
How Long Does It Take To Write A Book?
Book of 50,000 words
• 20 wpm typing
• = 42 hours just typing
• = 21 days at 2 hours a day just typing
• Double that if you're a normal slow typist = 42 days, every day
• Plus planning = 2 days
• Plus fomatting = 2 days …
• 2-3 months if you do it conventionally