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Originally Posted by Dahak
I was under the impression that Amazon allows just about anyone to self-publish through the Kindle.
Is that impression mistaken?
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Nope. See
http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller-acco...opic=200260520 and
https://www.createspace.com/pub/l/ge...25&utm_id=4284
A fair number of folks offering ebooks are going the Amazon route first, simply because they have the broadest market.
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If true, it just means that the signal-to-noise figures are that much worse.
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An old friend once described making sense of Amazon sales rankings as like trying to discern patterns in the random garbage on the screen when the TV is tuned to a non-existent channel. I think it's an apt description.
They key question for any author going that route is "Are the books selling and making any actual money?" Before the books can sell, people who might like to read them must be aware they exist, and just putting it up on Amazon doesn't do that.
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Dennis