But libraries can't look at the first
page of an ebook before they buy it, and under the sales rank system they can't even choose according to the professional review publications they have on file.
In case of eBook include it as the first
page of your eBook before submitting.
Not exact matches
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Before converting print books to
ebook formats, it is useful for an editor to
page quickly through the book and provide a list
of figures to exclude from the
ebook version, replaced with a simple notice saying» Figure removed due to licensing restrictions».
As a matter
of fact, the philosophy at
eBook Solutions is that your book marketing plan should begin
before you write the first
page of your book.
Also on display on the «Product Detail
Page» for this option is our short editing
ebook, which provides some examples
of «
before & after» sections in a variety
of genres (fiction, non-fiction, children's, cookbooks, poetry, etc.) Not all authors can immediately recognize the value
of investing in professional editing, so this
ebook helps put a clearer picture on it.
One interesting caveat, here's a quote from Google's
ebook info
page, «A small number
of ebooks may not be enabled for download to your eReader due to limits set by the publisher; those
ebooks will display an alert message («No download files included»)
before you purchase or get the
ebook.»
One
of our
eBook conversion clients wanted to place a collection
of images
before the table
of contents which would have pushed the contents
page, and first chapter information, beyond the 10 % mark.
The problem I see on the indie publishing side is that Amazon reviews in particular seem totally untrustworthy so while readers may be able to avoid the really bad
ebooks that only have one - star reviews there are plenty getting five - star reviews where I've barely managed to read through five
pages of the sample
before abandoning them.
The manual reviewers will go through every
page of your
eBook to check for layout issues and other strict guidelines they impose
before they approve your
eBook for their premium catalog.
Before KU, if you wrote a 150
page eBook, and priced it at $ 2.99 you would make $ 2.09 (after Amazon's 30 % royalty) off
of a sale
of that book and you would realize that revenue as soon as a reader downloaded the book.
Also, there's a list
of the different
pages you need in the front and back
of your
eBook, answers to frequently asked questions, and an explanation
of everything you need to have prepared
before you're ready to publish.
This pre-marketing needs to take place with the cover, inside testimonials, About the Author section, Table
of Contents, and many
pages throughout your print or
ebook —
before it's published.
If you've used a Kindle
before you're familiar with the screen flash that happens each time you turn the virtual
page of an
ebook.
In this post, I'm going to cover some
of the basics
of your author central
page, and then in future posts, I'll cover some lesser - known things about Amazon author central (trust me, there's one very important point you'll want to know
before you upload an
ebook, so stay tuned)...