Bad News For Authors of Printed Books - This Is Why You Should Learn How To Publish On Kindle

Why should you care about how to publish on Kindle, if you're already selling books? Because the biggest online book shop in the world, Amazon, recently published new and shocking facts: they sell more Kindle versions than printed books.

Last summer, Amazon revealed that the Kindle eBooks sale now was ahead of hardcover versions. However, since January 2011, even the paperback sales were surpassed. For every 100 paperbacks, they sold, they sold 115 Kindle eBooks. And equally since the beginning of that year, Amazon has reported selling three times as many Kindle books as hardcover.

What does this mean for you?

It signifies that you should expect to sell less books this year and in the years to come, unless you how to publish on Kindle.

Actually, even if you're publishing eBooks already, you should still consider Kindle versions as a supplement. People, who are already used to read eBooks, will love the convenience of reading it on a Kindle.

So, how difficult and expensive is it to self-publish a Kindle book?

Good news! It's easy and free!

You need to create a customer account with Amazon, and to log into the Kindle Direct Publishing area. There, you have to fill out a form with your name and address, after which you're taken to your publisher dashboard.

Use the dashboard to add a new title, and again, you have to fill out the forms with the title of your book, a description, author names, etc.

You'll also have to upload a cover and the book files.

There are several available formats to send your text in. The best format is HTML, and most word processing programmes can save or export to that format. If you include illustrations in your book, remember to save those pictures in a folder, and compress folder and files to a zip-file.

When you've uploaded the content, you can do a preview in Kindle format to see, how your book will look, once it's finished.

In your next step, you'll have to decide upon a royalty form as well as a price. You can choose between 35% and 70%. The conditions for the latter is that you own the copyright over the material, and that you price the book between $2.99 and $9.99. Do a bit of calculation, and you'll see that it's probably better to pick $9.99 than $19.95.

Now that you know how to publish on Kindle, you only have to concentrate on writing more books.

To get more details about how to publish on Kindle, go to my blog at http://getmoneymakingideas.com/512/create-kindle-book/

There, you will also find a link to a free version of the eBook "Amazon + Facebook DOUBLY Whammy!" that teaches you how to combine the two to make more sales (no opt-in).

Create A Kindle Book - Is That For Established Authors Only?

If you know how to create a Kindle book, you have a great potential to make lots of sales and money. However, would this possibility be reserved for already known authors? Or can anyone publish a Kindle eBook?

You'll know the answer to that question and several others, before you've finished reading this article.

Q: Who can create a Kindle book? Do I have to be an established author?

A: Anybody, who has an Amazon customer account, can publish a Kindle eBook. This is good news. In fact, you don't even have to be a writer yourself, since you can publish books that are in public domain. I wouldn't recommend this practice, though. Already now, if you search for certain topics, you'll find several copies of the same book, produced by different "authors". Amazon will probably want to delete those surplus copies sooner or later.

Q: What programme should I use to write my book in?

A: You can use a plain word processing programme like Word or Open Office. You can even use a WYSIWYG home page editor like KompoZer. The advantage of using a home page editor is that you can save directly in HTML format.

If you use a word processing programme, you have to export in HTML format, when you're done.

Q: How do I create the special Kindle format to fit the reader?

A: You don't have to. Leave this to Amazon. When you start your project and are about to create your Kindle book, you can upload the content in different file formats. Choose between text, document, PDF, and HTML. The best format, according to Amazon, is HTML. If you use illustrations in your book, you should save all those pictures in a folder as well as the main HTML file. Then compress this folder, and upload the zip file to Amazon.

Amazon will then use these files to create the eBook from, and you get a preview of the finished book.

Q: I don't have a Kindle. None of my friends have a Kindle. What's the purpose of creating a Kindle version of my book?

A: Even though neither of you have a Kindle, you can still read the Kindle format on several media. Amazon offers download to both PC and Mac, and you can also get their reader for mobile phones such as iPhones, and for iPads and other products.

Q: How much royalty will I get?

A: You can choose between 35% and 70%. If you want to obtain a 70% royalty, you have to price your book between $2.99 and $9.99.

To get more details about how to create a Kindle book, go to my blog at http://getmoneymakingideas.com/512/create-kindle-book/

There, you will also find a link to a free version of the eBook "Amazon + Facebook DOUBLY Whammy!" that teaches you how to combine the two to make more sales (no opt-in).