Posts Tagged ‘Kindle’

Have you heard of John Locke, the self-publisher?

John has sold more than one million digital books on the Amazon.com Kindle Store. The most exciting aspect is that he self-published his ebooks using Amazon’s Direct Publishing online tools.

John is among the privileged Kindle authors who have also sold over one million books on Amazon.com. However, he has self-published his material. Currently, there are thousands who self-publish their material, yet they have yet to reach the sales volume Locke has in a few short months.

Now, of course, John is self-publishing how he achieved his success. This most likely will sell a million, on its own, in addition, to his existing sales volume.

There is no doubt the increased ebook digital sales suggest devices like Amazon’s Kindle and the Sony Reader are increasingly making an impact on the publishing industry.

Additionally, affected are the authors who have decided to self-publish their works in digital format or for the Print On Demand (POD) arena such as achieved on CreateSpace.com.

Can there be anything more exciting for an aspiring author than to be able to publish their information or ideas in hardcopy book and/or digital ebook?

Digital publishing either by publishers or self-publishers is growing at capacious rates in every category and specialty.

Technology at reasonable costs is putting e-reading devices into consumers’ hands at increased volumes. This in turn enables speedy growth of digital sales in many topics and subjects.

Since traditional print books remain prevalent, an author who wishes to self-publish their fiction or non-fiction works can also do so in hardcopy print. There are many books being sold as digital ebooks that have not replaced the fashionable physical book. This gives the aspiring author a chance to become a self-publisher using Print On Demand technology. CreateSpace.com from Amazon.com and Lulu.com are possibilities to achieve (POD) self-publishing. There are many more POD publishers.

It can be somewhat easier to self-publish digital ebooks. You can learn more about Amazon.com publishing for Kindle (Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines), Lulu.com and Apple’s iBookstore.

Nonetheless, it is important to recognize, that Amazon.com released January 2011 the figures in the United States showing that ebooks outsold paperbacks and the traditional printed on paper book.

You might wonder just how difficult it is to achieve your very own self-published ebook and or paperback! The answer to that is-it is not that difficult at all.

There are set rules, policies and instructions. However, it can be accomplished with some perseverance. Simply go to the sites mentioned in this article and follow the instructions made available.

Of course, you must have your material for your eBook or POD book written prior to uploading your works to the publishers.

You can review this site http://www.booksandtales.com/pod/. There are many POD publishers listed. However, CAVEAT, as there are fees, contracts and expenses. Additionally, you will have to learn more about NoN-exclusivity. You do not want to be trapped into any exclusive contracts and or agreements, unless you can be assured of rights and compensation including marketing possibilities. All these features are important. Therefore, be sure to review and research your alternatives and opportunities.

It is very significant to realize that when publishing POD, you will be given an ISBN if you do not provide one for your book publishing item. There are some important facts you should research as there are some differences if you supply one or are assigned one by the publisher. You can contact the International Standard Book Number Association to learn more. If you do a search on Bing or Google, you can also learn a great deal about the unique ID number and its positives.

You should make sure to read more about how John Locke achieved his success. You can find out more at this link “How I Sold One Million eBooks in 5 Months”.

John Locke writes in his book about the marketing system he created to sell more than 1,100,000 eBooks in five months. It is amazing that John has become the ninth author in the world—and the first self-published author in history—to have sold 1 million eBooks on Kindle.

John has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Entertainment Weekly, as he has had 7 books in the top 34 and 8 books in the Top 50 at the same time in positions that include all Kindle sales including fiction, non-fiction, magazine subscriptions, and game apps. Wow!

Those are some thrilling statistics and some wonderfully successful events. Yet, the most awe-inspiring, is that he achieved it all working at it part-time, without an agent, publicist, and to all intents and purposes with almost no marketing expense!

Hope you enjoy and find all the above interesting and assisting in your future success as an author.

If you would like to contact me or you have any questions, please do so at Contact.

Until next time..