Self-Publishing

Do you want to know how to publish an ebook for free? Free is the operative word on the Internet, so why shouldn’t free be applied to self-publishing an ebook? Yes, you can self-publish an ebook without spending a cent. But authors who want to make a lot of money by self-publishing a book for…

Many self-published authors fail to give their books the best chance of success because they are in such a rush to publish that they overlook so many basics. It is the main reason for low book sales. Many authors new to self-publishing get many basic things backward, upside down, and back the front. The result…

How does book metadata work with SEO? Metadata is the text written and added to web pages specifically for resource purposes for computer systems and search engines. It helps them understand the page content for discovery and identification so that pages can be ordered and ranked by relevance. You can use metadata for ebooks, books,…

Do self-help books sell? Everyone has heard of Dale Carnegie and his New York Times bestseller, How to Win Friends and Influence People. People are still reading this book. Although first published in 1936, it remains listed in the top 20 business books on Amazon and has sold over 15 million copies. It has been popular…

Self-publishing on Kindle with Amazon KDP is the only way to go. However, in my judgment, this is not always true. The dominance of Amazon and Kindle in the ebook market is well known. So, it doesn’t need any elaboration. However, there is a natural assumption that this is a worldwide phenomenon and that ebooks…

When you gift a Kindle ebook, it can count as a real sale, but … If you need a little sales boost, offering to gift a Kindle book to readers can help give your ebook’s sales rank a quick little lift. All you need is your recipient’s email address and then click the Give as…

Smashwords vs Draft2Digital review for new authors. I have been a (very) long-time user of Smashwords. I have to say that without Mark Coker, there would never have been an alternative to Amazon for self-published authors and small press. But now, I’m using Draft2Digital for distribution to ebook retailers other than Amazon. Why am I changing…

Self-publishing has the reputation of being free or at least a cheap way to publish a book. In a sense, it is true. Free self-publishing for an ebook is extremely easy with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). You can also find ample free book promotion opportunities online and on social media. You can create an ebook…

There are many reasons why an author might choose to publish under a pen name or pseudonym. Often, it is because of a complete change of genre. Or perhaps the topic matter is too far removed from what their loyal readers expect from authors they have read. If an author is well known for children’s…

Draft2Digital and Smashwords are aggregators that offer advantages in open publishing for Indie authors. But when it comes time to delete an ebook, take care. Draft2Digital shines with its interface and automatic end-matter, and Smashwords has a far wider distribution network and an online ebook store. For self-publishers, it’s a matter of choosing the best…