11-24-2009, 05:02 AM | #16 | |
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11-24-2009, 08:09 AM | #17 |
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What took the dummies so long to enter ebook market??
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11-24-2009, 08:39 AM | #18 |
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In fact, I had 10 of my books in the Kindle store for the first year. My sales weren't a tenth as many as I made on my own site. And I've heard from a number of users who have bought my mobi formatted books to read on their Kindles, and others who have asked which formats would run on this reader or that. Then they buy from my site. So, in my case at least, the strategy is sound.
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11-24-2009, 08:50 AM | #19 | |
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As worthwhile as this service is to some (as I suggested, those who do not have a sales website of their own, or maybe those with only 1 or 2 books), it simply doesn't do any good for me: These other sites don't publicize my books, they don't generate sales, and they don't drive new customers to me. MobileRead and TeleRead do a better job of that than all of the "throw your books in our haystack" sites combined. |
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11-24-2009, 09:05 AM | #20 |
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11-24-2009, 09:09 AM | #21 |
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And I should probably add that I started with open office (although in a couple of cases, they were .doc BEFORE they were open office.)
For Kindle, I've found that going to HTML before uploading works best, although Amazon's meat grinder has improved loads over the last few months as well. |
11-24-2009, 09:13 AM | #22 | |
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11-24-2009, 10:04 AM | #23 | |
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11-27-2009, 11:50 AM | #24 |
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A search in Kindle Books for smashwords currently returns 19 titles. They all seem to be selling at list price, and without DRM (Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited).
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11-27-2009, 12:30 PM | #25 |
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Smashwords was really easy for someone like myself to use - what I know about tech you could write on the back of a postage stamp!
I would agree that there needs to be more characters allocated for book descriptions. From what I have been able to see, my book has converted OK, however there is no way of my knowing what it looks like to other people on their ebook readers. It has been approved for their premium status so I presume that it has converted well? I have a few writer friends who had been using Smashwords for a while and who also distribute their books directly with Amazon. As far as I am aware, they will be better off when they distribute to Amazon via Smashwords. |
11-29-2009, 05:44 PM | #26 | |
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And I love smashwords--their support and efforts have been tremendous. These are just points to consider as things get off the ground. I think once things are streamlined, the points to consider will change! |
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11-30-2009, 07:40 PM | #27 |
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@ BearMountainBooks
Maria I agree with you there. I was first approved after a couple of days and changed my cover before the book could be distributed outside of Smashwords. Although it only took a couple of days for the second approval it meant that I missed the distribution dates Fingers crossed Refuge of Delayed Souls will go to B&N, Shortcovers & Sony today/tomorrow. Have NO idea when it will go to Amazon - 25 Nov is showing on the dashboard but obviously that it not correct. Refuge of Delayed Souls Volume One RoYds Last edited by Miladysa; 11-30-2009 at 07:43 PM. |
11-30-2009, 07:57 PM | #28 | |
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I wouldn't sweat the B&N--the nook isn't out yet--and certainly not in bulk so from following Kindleboards, my impression is that books that are up there are getting maybe 1 sale per month (if that. I don't think I have had any, but there's some confusion about how and when the sales are reported. I'm not sure if I can tell when a B&N occurs versus a smashwords, other than one is an affiliate sale) The nook is supposedly shipping, but it may take a while to start creating sales. There isn't an active forum for B&N either so it makes it harder to get the word out. (While there is a self-promo thread, from the lack of activity on the other forum threads, I'm not sure there are very many people using the forum.) I have no experience with the sony store since the first upload hasn't happened. Having recently refreshed all my books, I may not make the first upload, but if someone really wants to read my stuff, it's on smash, so it's available!!! Good luck with your endeavor. When it shows up on amazon, make sure and tell Kindleboards. There's lots of kindle owners over there, obviously! Maria |
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