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At Caligraphics we do web development, business cards, ads, logos and anything else that comes along, but for the last seven years we've been specializing in ebook covers, and we've done nearly 800 covers for Smashwords and Amazon writers.

If someone did make an ebook out of all of this, I don't think anyone would call the person who compiled the information a «writer» or an «author» because those words already have established meanings which are very well known to people who craft the English language for pleasure or profit.

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How do you acquire quality ebook writers to write your Kindle books, if you are using any?

This myth is logical because of how indie publishing came about with the ebook revolution and then slowly indie publishers (writers) started understanding that with a little extra work, they could do a paper book.

He goes through the patents filed by Amazon and Apple and doesn't quite find a solution, but believes that publishers and writers will find a common - ground that allows for used eBooks to help writers make a living, while also making their work more available and affordable.

Many writers want to get in on the eBook revolution, but they don't know how to convert a Word file to an eBook, or how to format a file so that Amazon and Smashwords won't horribly mangle it during their conversion processes.

It would seem that Amazon is not content with controlling more than 50 % of the ebook market they also want to control the reviews and thereby control which writers sell and which don't.

In the old days of traditional publishing this really didn't matter too much but since the arrival of ebooks and self - publishing that has all changed; even a writer with a traditional publishing deal is expected to carry his / her weight of the marketing effort.

And that's a good thing, but that does NOT mean that because a few dozen or a few hundred or a few thousand writers do this that traditional publishing won't still dominate that $ 39.9 million sales of ebooks in September.

At a host of online sites, a writer can find and hire talented freelance help to produce great book covers, to design and lay out her print edition, and to format her ebooks (which she can also learn to do easily for herself).

Wattpad has done everything it can to promote and encourage writers onto the mainstream publishing scene including founding Wattpad Studios which helps aspiring authors connect with television and film companies and «Sourcebooks» to forge major publishing deals and establish print editions of their eBooks.

I bring this up because in reading one of the Hachette versus Amazon articles the writer pointed out how much gaming is already being done by the Big Publishers, such as buying ebooks themselves to increase the subsequent print order from Amazon.

Dean, how do you feel as a professional writer about allowing «sampling» of your ebooks?

I have done around 150 ebook covers for Smashwords writers so far.

Many ebook companies that allow authors to market their manuscripts directly make it difficult to weed out «writers» who are looking for a bit of extra cash or who don't keep their readers in mind.

Smart Author is Coker doing what he does best: teaching writers how to successfully publish ebooks.

You won't have to do as much editing with these writers, as they will be plenty use to using their spell checkers, and you'll probably get your ebook in as little as 3 - 6 months.

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In this digital age, many small publishers and writers are doing POD and ebooks, not substantial print runs.

With this new program not only do we want to know about the digital submission process for your ebook, but also what you have done to market your book and hopefully inspire other aspiring writers to avoid the pitfalls you have experienced.

Harlequin will extend its iconic series brand with Harlequin - E, a digital first series program that allows writers the chance to turn out - of - the - box ideas that don't fit into existing series romance lines into ebooks.

The writer co-ops that are working well, whatever they actually call themselves, work well because they restrict themselves to fellow authors of similar calibre and don't open themselves up to everyone and anyone who can thrown an ebook together.

Dana Sitar presents The Ultimate Guide to Writing Your Manifesto posted at A Writer's Bucket List, saying, «Hone your self - publishing skills and build your author platform by creating a manifesto ebook that tells people who you are, what you do, and why you do it.»

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As a writer, does it make sense to allow your eBook to be resold?

Not only does Stephen Leather, Britain's leading «independent» writer, estimate he has occupied the number one spot on Amazon.co.uk's Kindle ebook bestseller lists for «90 % of the last three...

Not only does Stephen Leather, Britain's leading «independent» writer, estimate he has occupied the number one spot on Amazon.co.uk's Kindle ebook bestseller lists for «90 % of the last three months», he is also selling «somewhere in the region» of 2,000 ebooks a day — and making big profits in the process.

However, I appreciate your open offer to help newbie writers and I wonder if I could trouble you for some advice that I don't think you had in your free ebook about publishing.

However, with a projected estimate of over 500,000 new ebooks being published in 2015 alone and the future bringing more and more new indie writers to the scene, we have to do what we can to get noticed.

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«Every single move Amazon has made resulted in MORE money for all participating writers, MORE ebooks for all readers, and MORE opportunity instead of a monopoly (if you follow me at all, you know I'm a contrarian and I see huge, huge opportunity in the other markets now, which of course will have to do something to counter Amazon's big move.)»

I can't imagine the publisher being happy to do editing and such on a book and then just handing an epub / mobi version over to the writer to use with their own rights, but on the other hand I can't imagine a book having slightly different edited versions between the ebook and the hard copies.

I've known more than a few readers (not writers) who have told me they are «done with indie published books» (* not * ebooks) after purchasing one too many stinkers.

I think many writers are now doing an ebook first, but I'm sure it can work either way.

«Before I first acquired a Kindle, exactly one year ago, I didn't usually buy books while under the influence of alcohol... Because I am a writer, people sometimes ask me how ebooks have changed the literary landscape.

Unlike many of the tech companies, BB eBooks does not purport to know what is best for writers.

Guys like Joe have already proved that it's not economical for the publishers to do EBooks, it makes more sense for the writer to do it directly, with maybe a bit of assistance from an Agent, or someone else to do some of the grunt work.

Writers who sail through the idea - generation and researching stages sometimes come to a sudden halt here, but writing the first draft of your ebook doesn't need to be daunting or difficult.

I have invested an enormous amount of time and effort into my 14 novels, however I did despair as I have only published 4 so far There is a freebie novella in process and I have always included extra material in my ebooks some more will help including links to OTHER WRITERS not necessarily in my genre.

Depending on your budget, you can partner with ebook blogs to promote your books like GoodReads, IndieReader and Whattpad or you can choose websites to do the same such as Write Globe, Writers Support.

I then got challenged by writers in my country to publish an eBook and look at it from the other side... (hmm why did they push me out of the boat first...) What you write about puts into perspective what I have been mulling over for a while.

Many would - be eBook writers are already writing; they're just doing it in journals and diaries.

I «met» author and technical writer Sherry Snider in a Facebook group for self - published authors, where she invited me to join a group she started, «What do ebook authors sign?»

Much emphasis is placed on what you can and should be doing to write and market your eBook, but these common mistakes trip up too many writers.

Amazon doesn't care how a writer uses their free days — provided that the ebook is locked in and available for sale only through Amazon for 90 days.

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