You're considering writing
nonfiction ebooks for the Kindle.
«A one - year subscription to Storia School Edition grants a school access to a carefully curated library of 2,000 well - known fiction and
nonfiction ebooks for Pre-K-Grade 6,» the company stated in a press release.
Article rewrites (some exclusions apply), re-execution of drafts (from articles to full manuscripts),
nonfiction eBooks for trade or business owners, as well as full - length fiction and nonfiction works.
Not exact matches
The awards sponsor, Jenkins Group (an expensive publishing service provider), also conducts the Axiom Awards
for business books, the IPPY Awards
for general fiction and
nonfiction, the eLit Awards
for ebooks, and the Moonbeam Awards
for children's books.
How cool would it be to make a full - time income writing
nonfiction eBooks, and be able to free up more time
for writing fiction?
eBooks are present in schools; however, students tend to use the ebooks for reading nonfiction related to their school assignments and tend to read fiction for pleasure in print fo
eBooks are present in schools; however, students tend to use the
ebooks for reading nonfiction related to their school assignments and tend to read fiction for pleasure in print fo
ebooks for reading
nonfiction related to their school assignments and tend to read fiction
for pleasure in print formats.
I guess
for my purposes, there are a couple of big considerations: (1) I want to choose an approach which, when it all sorts out, becomes the «standard» approach
for commercial
nonfiction eBooks; and (2) «useability» or «readability» of the end result on the various eReader platforms.
> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you need to support your empire (including an author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up
for the success you want to create > Get your
nonfiction eBook written and published (at least one, but possibly more than one, if you're up
for it) > Grow your following > Sell more books
So why the advocacy of a fiction -
nonfiction dichotomy
for the
eBook version?
I'm working on a non-fiction
eBook project, and wonder why so many folks advise
for nonfiction a block style with line spacing of some amount between paragraphs, but
for fiction indents are preferred?
As a data - driven marketing tool,
ebooks can be used
for fiction and
nonfiction comps and exit purchase leads, which creates engagement and fosters an environment
for discoverability of new authors or new content.
I've self - published a handful of my own previously - published short stories and one
nonfiction book
for writers, and I've also helmed a computer game company's
ebook arm, but I'm always willing to learn more.
I did submit Shy to the EPIC awards
for ebooks, and it made finalist in the
nonfiction category in early 2014.
Here's the breakdown of costs
for Hope's
nonfiction book The Shy Writer Reborn; Catherine's second memoir Backpacked; Joanna's first novel, Pentecost; and my
ebook A Writer's Bucket List.
Greg Strandberg is the author of several novels and
nonfiction books including his third marketing book
for authors, Tour Your Book: 50
eBook Blog Tour Sites That Increase Amazon Sales.
The Scholastic Storia App
for Android offers highly - curated titles, from vibrant picture
eBooks for younger readers to the hottest new series
for older readers, including fiction and
nonfiction titles by both new and established authors.
We found that using Word as the starting point
for the creation of an
ebook wasn't always all that user - friendly — particularly
for nonfiction titles that may have diagrams and footnotes and referencing and other things — you don't really know what you're going to get out of the end result when you start out with Word.
Posted by Victoria Strauss
for Writer Beware This post has been updated.On Wednesday, December 28, All Romance
eBooks — a romance - specific
ebook distributor and publisher that also distributes general fiction and
nonfiction through its OmniLit imprint — ... -LSB-...]
In her nearly 20 years in book publishing she has acquired and edited fiction and
nonfiction for print and digital publication, and as Manager of Digital Assets
for Harlequin and Carina Press, she is responsible
for text file coordination,
ebook production, and metadata creation and maintenance
for 110 print titles and 300
ebook titles per month.
Publishing
ebooks may well be the best answer
for any book author, fiction or
nonfiction.
I have been unwilling to do any giveaways
for my one
nonfiction ebook, especially since it's not related to a business that it could boost.
He explained how he chose the length of Byliner Originals, great
nonfiction and fiction stories published
for Kindle and other
ebook platforms.
Your final step is to create a shorter version of your
nonfiction book
for the
ebook retailers.
We charge $ 100
for a typical fiction
eBook conversion under 100,000 words and $ 150
for a
nonfiction project.
The greatest challenge
for eBook authors, both fiction and
nonfiction, is getting their
eBook known.
Hi, Julie — Thanks so much
for your very useful perspective and suggestions
for making
eBook publishing work
for nonfiction authors.
Just as an aside, since posting the above about
nonfiction eBooks, I came across a post that compiles 2011 statistics
for self - published
eBook sales that you and the readers of this blog may find interesting.
Hi, Timothy — That is definitely a big hurdle
for nonfiction eBooks: the impossibility of doing a quick skim and scan, while looking
for the information that may relate to your interests most — before settling in to read certain sections that pertain.
Essentially, it sounds as if you're not holding out any hope
for authors of non-narrative
nonfiction to rise above the text - only barrier in order to reach an
eBook readership, then?
With
nonfiction, it does seem to be especially important that authors have an existing audience
for their
eBooks, since they can't take advantage of the thousands and thousands of people who regularly buy any new work of genre fiction that seems interesting (the graze «n gobble crowd).
It's impossible to know whether Amazon's KF8 will turn things around
for non-narrative
nonfiction authors who want to enter the
eBook marketplace.
Self - publishing has made it easy
for authors of novels and
nonfiction to sell their
eBooks in digital or hard - copy formats.
Can you think of alternative ways
for nonfiction authors to get into the
eBook marketplace?
In
nonfiction, our firm's wee or focus books (
for K - 12 school administrators) are secondary, support books 6 x 9, fast readers (ideal
for ebook format), $ 3 digitally, $ 6 in paperback.
For the first time, it's also a top five
nonfiction circulator in
ebook format, though it still does better in print.
Also, Writer's Digest Self - Published
eBook Awards — New and
for 2013, they only had two categories, fiction and
nonfiction, so chances of winning were very slim.
If you're writing
nonfiction, create a simple outline
for your
ebook before you start writing.
And
for those interested in seeing adjustments in recent years of the shares of
ebooks, not only in children's and YA work but also in adult fiction and
nonfiction, Walter's presentation included a look at the change from a 28 - percent share overall in 2013 to a 2017 overall share of 21 percent.
Christian
eBooks Today posts free
eBooks for Kindle, Nook, etc. in the categories of fiction and
nonfiction.
For those who might think
ebooks are all about Romance, general adult
nonfiction is popular in public libraries, rivaling best - selling fiction among the titles offered.
It can be a little misleading if you mistakenly interpret the above as the median earnings mix
for individual authors, because the majority of those print sales
for both traditionally published authors and indie authors are
nonfiction — generally written by a different set of authors than their fiction counterparts who make the majority of
ebook and audiobook earnings in each category.
The report focuses on «print and
ebooks appearing on the New York Times weekly bestsellers lists
for fiction and
nonfiction,» Branltey writes.
For example, pulling a chart from the latest report shows that the top 120,0000
ebooks sold, fiction and
nonfiction, 18 percent of them came from the major publishers.
But the vast majority of the
eBook market is electronic versions of print books, which means pure text
for fiction and a limited number of illustrations
for most
nonfiction.
He has a
nonfiction title that retails
for $ 4.99: «How I Sold 1 Million
eBooks in 5 Months!»
@concisekathryn I will also pay full price
for favourite writers — I have more fiction in pbook still —
nonfiction in
ebook #EtherIssue
It's not a new phenomenon
for nonfiction authors to sell PDF
ebooks and courses directly, but it is a shift to see fiction authors selling DRM - free
ebooks from their sites instead of directing customers to the retail stores.
The Simon & Schuster
ebook collection will span its full range of popular school titles from PreK books through higher - level fiction and
nonfiction for young adults.The partnership brings the total of Follett's offerings through Titlewave to more than 250,000
ebooks.