Ever wanted to be a writer? Well now its so easy! Its KINDLE! Just post to Kindle on Amazon.com, poems, ideas, opinionated rants, actual stories...
Seriously... Its so easy! You get a percent of the profit and they do a digital publish, and advertise it, AND give it a huge jump thanks to the thousands of hits the site gets.
If ya cant make it there... Well, ya did something wrong! Why? because ever type of person goes to amazon (Minus the Amish maybe, but to be fair they don't believe in internet! Probably not into Kindle either). Well, maybe not EVERYONE goes to Amazon, but theres a huge following to it and there are hundreds of thousands that look for new books alone daily!
If you don't feel slightly accomplished, allow me to suggest a few things:
1. Spell Check. Unless its a joke book... The title should NOT have a word misspelled... "Night" is not spelled as "The Niht Befour Chritman." Atleast do a basic spell check! Maybe a once over... Ya know, effort?
2. Price to match. 2 pages of content is NOT worth 20 bucks.
3. Tags, Description, Cover. Think of popular tags that match your book. The word "Zombie" will get more hits then "Dead" okay, that's not a good example, but you get it. Try to use a more general term that matches the books theme and topic. A description tells about the book. Get their attention, hook 'em on the story but DON'T tell them the damn ending! Its popular to use a expert from first chapter or two. Last, Cover. Amazon helps you make a cover from their photo bank. Better to do that then have no cover. Im willing to be that ATLEAST 70% of the human race will admit "I wont even look at a book if the title and cover don't interest me." Personally I look at the description, but you get it!
4. Market abit yourself too! Post to Facebook, Twitter, ect! Let others know its there! Just choose your audience wisely... Or else grandma might be checking out your "Steamy Romance" *wink wink* You might not like the reaction you get... And I aint talking about a cussing out, pissed off nanny either..! Ah... The images... CUT CUT! OH GOD CUT!
5. Consider the reader JUST a tad! Under no circumstance should you blindly follow a mass of fans ideas... Their "little tweaks" can change the story a lot! They have fan fiction for those changes. But you might "Consider" their words. Like, "Why is it every time you kill someone they come back to life...? I mean, Im no longer surprised. The only thing that COULD surprise me is if they WERENT back next chapter!" THIS is a legit comment. You should CONSIDER it. Maybe tone down the death and rebirths... If you take it and use it, you'll end up killing off your whole story in the first two chapters... And then its 400 page funeral... Ya... Consider it. Readers are your feedback. You want them happy. And there are always readers who will comment saying what they love and hate about the story, your style, and the flow of the book. One comment cant speak for everyone, so you should never blindly follow. But maybe mull it over in your brain, "Could I be doing that wrong?" "Would this make the story better?" These are questions to think on with negative comments. You can consider the idea and decide.
Just remember. There are things called "Trololololols" and they will out right bash you for a book they've never read. So try not to take anything to heart!
Well, there's my ideas. I hope it'll help someone! And I truly hope from the bottom of my heart that you can find success. :)
Check for my next post on the downside to Kindle, but how Amazon turned that around for independent Publishing too!
Till Next time! God Bless ya!
~Wolf
Link to sites and more details on publishing on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller-account/mm-summary-page.html?ie=UTF8&ld=AZFooterSelfPublish&topic=200260520
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