Sentences with phrase «first self published ebook»

David, Make it the first self published eBook, set the price at $ 39.50 and watch the $ $ $ role in.

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Nancy was named one of the top 10 Trainers to follow by Self Magazine and recently just published her first ebook on her nutritional plan «Nancy's bible diet».

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

Los Gatos High School English 9 Honors students collaborated with the Los Gatos Library and Smashwords, a distributor of self - published books, to create and publish what they believe to be the first self - produced ebook by a high school class.

Raleigh, NC (December 21, 2011)-- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablets.

Self - publisher identities day after Christmas as highest traffic day for new eBook downloadsRaleigh, NC (December 21, 2011)-- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablSelf - publisher identities day after Christmas as highest traffic day for new eBook downloadsRaleigh, NC (December 21, 2011)-- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablself - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablets.

It is particularly important if you plan to self - publish more books or eBooks in the future, as you want to make a good first impression that you can then build on.

First, I took a look at the eBooks Compiler at http://www.ebookscompiler.com because someone asked about it on one of the self - publishing lists.

7 tips for writing and self - publishing your first ebook post on Dan Schawbel's Personal Branding Blog

Because she was able to demonstrate that she had built a platform and had successfully self - published her first book, within a month she had a signed contract with John Wiley and Sons to publish her next book in 2006: From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products.

Here is Part I of my tips for my earlier self and therefore, all new indie authors who are about to publish their first ebook (or even afterward).

Amazon, ebooks, Kickstarter, self - publishing... the publishing industry looks very different today than it did five years ago when the first Kindle launched to mixed reviews and self - publishing was synonymous with vanity publishing.

While there was some anger from the indie publishing community at the thought that self - published authors would lose the control over their books that makes them independent in the first place, the number of authors who signed up caused the number of borrowable ebooks to skyrocket.

Treat Your eBook as Your Readers First Date > http://t.co/a9o4OOBRT0 < Self - Publishing Tips for Indie Authors

You'll also learn how one self - published writer published his very first book ever on Kindle and just 11 months later had sold over 250,000 ebooks!

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For our first season we'll be hitting big ticket topics such as a commentary on the current publishing landscape, how to optimize your book metadata for sales, how to sell your book to indie bookstores, ebooks vs. print books, and how much it costs to self - publish.

When I published my first book a few years ago, I wrote a short, free ebook about the technical aspects of self - publishing an ebook — subscribers to this site have access to that book.

He traditionally published a few books several years ago, and he's self - published a few ebooks since then, but this is his first self - published print book to be sold direct to his fans (he has over a million readers on his blog).

Seemed like a big time dud but deciding to self - publish my first eBook led the way to me writing and self - publishing 126 eBooks under the Blogging From Paradise name.

The explosion of ebooks onto the Internet, starting with the first Kindle device in November 2007, has put power into the hands of authors, who can now self - publish their own ebooks.

I have just self - published my first fiction eBook.

If you do decide to first try for a traditional publisher without self - publishing the ebook, that option is always available to you at a later date.

This announcement comes along with Lulu's distribution of French - language content to the iBookstore as well, which officially makes Lulu the first self - publishing company to offer eBook distribution for both English and non-English content.

Write and self - publish your first eBook on Amazon Kindle.

This program is so important to Amazon that it used to be the first thing Amazon would ask authors when they began the process of self - publishing ebooks: Do you want to enroll in KDP Select?

You may self - publish the ebook first with the thought that perhaps a traditional publisher will then pick up the rights to publish the physical book.

Although your work is copyrighted from the first stroke of the keystroke, you may want to pay to officially register your copyright for your self - published or e-published ebook.

Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller The explosion of ebooks onto the Internet, starting with the first Kindle device in November 2007, has put power into the hands of authors, who can now self - publish their own ebooks.

Kerry Wilkinson is a 31 - year - old sports journalist from Lancashire who self - published Locked In, his first crime novel in the Jessica Daniel series, as an ebook.

While Hachette was fighting for expensive ebooks, other publishers were learning from self - published works and really competing with indies for the first time.

There's so many ebooks that are already available at a low price on the Kindle, and I've seen a few first - time authors crashing past the expensive new releases with their own low - priced, self - published ebooks.

Since 1997, Smith Publicity has promoted thousands of books / ebooks from every genre from New York Times best sellers to first time, self - published authors.

He self - published his first ebook, Single, in 2006, a collection of two of his previously published stories — a radical experiment at the time.

In less than fourteen months Stephen has built a Facebook fan club of more than 3,300 members, successfully self - published his first novel as a Kindle ebook and recently signed a publishing deal for his second book.

February 2016 Author Earnings Report: Amazon's Ebook, Print, and Audio Sales Two years ago, the first Author Earnings report revealed the growing market share of self - published ebooks.

Yes, considering that when I first started writing, ebooks weren't considered «real» — even if from a publisher — this change to accepting ebooks and self - published ebooks is huge.

Ebooks weren't around when I first started in the self - publishing industry, so that was and still is a huge learning curve for me.

When GoodEReader first reported on ebook distribution startup BiblioCrunch at this year's Digital Book World, at first glance the company's approach to ebook publication may have seemed a little out of place in the current self - publishing atmosphere.

Amazon offers two platforms for self - published authors, the first being the Kindle Direct Publishing site that helps authors post their works to the Kindle store as ebooks, the second being the print - on - demand service CreateSpace.

It's an accepted fact that romance fans dominate the digital market, as shown by the high numbers of ebooks sales, the romance publishers who've established ebook - only and digital - first imprints, and the success stories of bestselling self - published romance authors.

In the case of Scholastic «s publication of Suzanne Collins» wildly successful Hunger Games trilogy, print books should have accounted for a higher percentage of sales, given the prevalence of print over digital in that demographic; at the same time, ebook sales of E.L. James» 50 Shades of Grey trilogy and the anonymity of digital purchases — coupled with the self - publishing numbers from the first go - round — made ebooks seem to be the clear frontrunner.

Currently, Kobo's ebookstore carries self - published titles but those manuscripts must first go through an ebook distributor.

Many authors are finding themselves in the position of self - publishing their first or second ebook.

As part of its Choosing a Self - Publishing Service 2014 guide, Alli examined the opportunities authors have for assistance in publishing their works, and has awarded ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Service AwSelf - Publishing Service 2014 guide, Alli examined the opportunities authors have for assistance in publishing their works, and has awarded ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing ServPublishing Service 2014 guide, Alli examined the opportunities authors have for assistance in publishing their works, and has awarded ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Servpublishing their works, and has awarded ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Service Awself - publishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Servpublishing platform Smashwords its first ever Self - Publishing Service AwSelf - Publishing ServPublishing Service Award.

When I decided to self - publish my first novel, I did some research and realized that Word was not very good for formatting output for the Kindle and other ebook devices or sites.

Since she plans to continue self publishing eBooks between now and publication of the first St. Martin's book next year, she can continue to grow her audience and make some money.»

Now it looks like I'm within shooting distance of reaching 10,000 ebook sales in my first year of this self - publishing experiment (* crosses fingers *).

In the first paragraph of the so - called article, Kozlowski talks about self - published authors with «insistent need to spam social media and pump out a copious amount of horrible ebooks...» He complains that self - published books are found right there along with what I assume he thinks are «real» books on Amazon and other online retailers.

If it has zero reviews and the authors aren't giving away review copies or soliciting reviewers; if the book cover sucks; if the description is poor; if the first few pages have weak beginnings or spelling or grammatical errors — and I'd guess that fully 75 % of self - published ebooks have these problems — then of course the books will sink and visibility will be an issue.