Kindle Direct Publishing For Absolute Beginners: A guide to publishing Kindle e-books for beginners

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“Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners is a jewel to anyone who is about to publish or is thinking of publishing an e-book,” says Bil Howard of ReadersFavorite.com. “Sally goes a step further than most books on electronic publishing by including some marketing techniques and methods of increasing sales of your book.”

This book was updated in September 2015 to reflect the changes and new facilities introduced by Amazon.

Sally Jenkins is a prize-winning short story writer and many of her articles on creative writing have appeared in the UK press. She has successfully published several e-books including collections of her short stories and articles, as well as The Museum of Fractured Lives series.

Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners pulls together all of Sally’s e-publishing experience into one short, concise and easy to follow guide. Starting with the definition of an e-book and deciding what to write, through to running KDP Select promotions - Sally’s advice is sensible, friendly and easy to follow.

Kindle Direct Publishing for Absolute Beginners covers the following topics:

What to Write - E-publishing is more flexible than traditional publishing
Before You Publish - Tips to make your manuscript the best it can be
Title - Use it to make your book discoverable on Amazon
Front and End Matter - How to start and finish an e-book
Formatting - Sally recommends Mark Coker’s ‘Smashwords Style Guide’ and adds a few tips of her own
The Cover - Three ways to generate an e-book cover
Tax - Information for UK authors on the tax payable on Amazon royalties
Royalties and Pricing - The choices facing an author
KDP Select - Advantages and disadvantages
Creating the Product Description - Writing the book’s ‘blurb’
KDP Keywords - Help people find your book
Kindle Pre-Order - The pros and cons for generating a pre-publication ‘buzz’
Getting Started with KDP - Entering tax and bank information
Uploading a Book to KDP - Publishing your book
Ad Campaigns - Advertising the book on Amazon
Sales Reports - How to view your worldwide sales figures
Create an Amazon Author Page - Tell the world about yourself
Obtaining Reviews - Encouraging others to endorse your book
KDP Select Free Days - Run a ‘Free Days’ campaign
KDP Countdown Deals - Run a ‘Countdown Deals’ campaign
Writing a Series of E-Books - Keep the readers coming back for more
What to Do When the Books Don’t Sell - Re-ignite your e-book sales
Create a Mailing List - Some mailing list providers to help you keep in touch with your readers

What the reviewers said about ‘A Writer on Writing’ - Sally’s collection of creative writing articles:
“A Writer on Writing is highly recommended for all writers.” - Danita Dyess for ReadersFavorite.com
“If you’re not raring to get writing by the time you’re halfway through this book then you probably never will be.” - SaraK.