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Alun Richards

Kindle Publishing FAQs

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

How Much Does It Cost To Publish On Kindle?

• Nothing, free of charge if you do it yourself

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

Do I Need To Buy My Own ISBN?

• No, Amazon provide you with an ASIN FOC

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

Isn't Getting Good Cover Graphics Expensive?

• Go to Fiverr

• Seach for Kindle covers

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

Kindle Weekend

• Write & publish your Kindle book …

• … in a weekend

• alunloves.it/kindleweekend