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Originally Posted by SigilBear
I wanted to write a book exploring the conspiracy theories swirling around the coronavirus pandemic. If I had found evidence supporting the theory that it originated in China, my book would probably be a big hit.
Instead, I found evidence linking it to my backyard - Seattle - as well as Israel. Of course, saying anything bad about Israel makes you a you-know-what.
The amazing thing is that I can discuss my book more freely in communist China than I can in the U.S. When I tried to order T-shirts and business cards promoting my book from companies in the U.S. and Europe, my accounts were banned. So I ordered them from China.
So much for free speech.  |
Amazon has refused to publish ALL books about COVID. It has
sweet FA to do with conspiracy theories. Academic works, medical works, etc. They flatly stated that they would not aid profiteering and it's not only books. They're easing those restrictions now--Peter Kent just had a CV book published--but again,
NOTHING to do with you or your book
or your theories.
So, it's entirely likely that you can, in fact, publish there.
I would add, for the benefit of anyone else coming along--if you haven't had to provide tech support, to normal, everyday people, who try to download and read eBooks, yourself, in the past, you're in for a VERY RUDE SHOCK. Everybody thinks it's all easy magic; the person buys the eBook from you, you deliver it via digital cart and bob's-yer-uncle. Well, just hold onto your panties. Amazon delivers those files wirelessly to the consumer and that's what they EXPECT FROM YOU. And when it doesn't happen, you wanna know how many people actually know what side-loading is, much less how to make it happen? About 1 out of 25, by my count (and we've done >5,000 eBook projects over the last decade.) At my shop, the highest expense for me, business-wise, are my bookmakers, obviously--but then, the next in line is
unpaid tech support. What I pay, to my crew, to provide that, even though we flatly say that we don't.
So, lotsa luck with that. If you're going to sell eBooks from your own website,
be prepared for the Tech Support that comes with it. Don't say you weren't warned. ;-)
Hitch