I'm still learning
a lot about eBook publishing, and will hopefully learn more as I go along.
Not exact matches
Finally, a
lot has been said this year
about the quality or rather the lack of it, in the vast majority of self -
published ebooks.
But with so many options available today (self -
publishing,
ebooks, traditional
publishing, print - on - demand, etc.), if you want to
publish a book, then you have a
lot to think
about!
Secondly, there is a
lot of misunderstanding
about eBook publishing that contributes to the Grand Illusion, including believing it is a tool that is only used, or mainly used, by the self -
publishing fraternity, and therefore exposes some of the Grand Illusion's dynamics relating to group behavior.
There is a
lot of confusion
about what size to make
ebook covers and what type of files are needed by different
publishing platforms.
But while self -
publishing can be surprisingly fast and easy — one could take a Word document to retail
ebook in
about three minutes, if pressed — it's definitely not a fast and easy path, and there's
lot of effort and knowledge required to be successful.
Margaret Harrison [00:02:07] Oh thanks, well so, yeah, I've worked my whole career in
publishing and I started out on the
ebook side working for OverDrive, a major distributor of
ebooks at public libraries, and focusing on
ebooks, so much of it is
about the metadata, not just getting books into channels but also making sure those books, as Justine said, can be discoverable, can be found, and so I started spending a
lot more of my time on metadata, and I'm a curious person so I got to know a
lot and here I am
I don't know
about any other self -
publishing author, but my
eBooks look a
lot different from my paperbacks.
There's a
lot of talk
about how there's more competition in the Kindle Store and elsewhere these days — more independent authors
publishing and also more Big 6 backlist books being put out in
ebook form, but if you can cultivate a fan base that enjoys your work and will try a
lot of what you write, then you can do this for a living, providing you're able to
publish regularly and keep getting more stuff out there for readers to consume.
There's
lots to learn though and reading
about those who've found success self -
publishing eBooks will hopefully mean I can avoid (at least a few) mistakes along the way.
It took a me
lot of time, research, and tenacity to find out how a Canadian should best go
about publishing to print,
eBook, and audiobook (Canadians can't use ACX!).
In the process, I learned a
lot about self -
publishing ebooks, from formats to ISBNs to imprints to copyrights to pricing to working with Apple.
Since then, she's
published two other
eBooks to complete the trilogy, and she's currently selling
about 2,000 books a month and earning a
lot more than most authors ever make.
There is a
lot of confusion buzzing around
about the terms Self -
Publishing and Digital
EBook Publishing.
Writing non-fiction can be a great way to establish yourself as an indie author, because you can
publish eBooks on topics you either already know a
lot about or have a deep desire to learn
about.
I have spent a
lot of time thinking
about this and observing how other authors approach their
eBook publishing, and the more I examined it, the more I have noticed that there are generally two reasons for it.
A
lot of the focus on Hugh Howey's books has been
about the Cinderella story of his
publishing career,
about how he made a killing as a self -
published ebook - only author and now one of the Big Four - and - a-Half picked up the print rights to his books.
Like a
lot of people, I am in two minds
about eBooks: I can see their convenience, ease of access, and eco-friendliness (eco-cost of
eBook and downloading vs
publishing / distributing lumps of inked wood pulp).
The story behind Ellora's Cove establishment as one of the first
publishing companies speaks awful
lot about how
eBook has revolutionized the community.
I had been hearing
about Amazon and
ebook publishing, and I decided that since I'd had decent success with Nephilim (and a
lot of agents who said we like your writing, but we don't think we can sell it), maybe it was time to try
publishing an
ebook.