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Publishing for the amazon kindle

by ~kev~
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Is anyone here publishing ebooks for the amazon kindle?

If so, how do you know what to charge for your book? How many pages are your books,,,,,,. Any information you can provide would be helpful.

I have been thinking of writing a book, maybe 300 - 400 pages and I figured the amazon kindle would be the fastest way to deliver the product, and with the least amount of overhead. The price range I would like to target would be around $1 - $2 price range. So how many pages would the ebook need to be to justify that price?

The long term goal is to publish a series of books, maybe around 6 of them.
#amazon #kindle #publishing
  • Profile picture of the author Tomwood
    It depends on the quality of information 400 of rehashed crap is worth nothing were as a few pages of quality info that solves a desperate persons problem can be priceless.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I have one that is 180 pages - not rehashed crap but a really great book written by an expert in the field.

    I sell it for 9.99 (that's the going rate for a kindle book I think) and I sell about 4 or 5 of them a month. It's not a lot but I haven't done 1 thing to promote it. You get about $3.50 for each sale.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    I agree with cashcow, 9.99 seems to be the going rate. For 300 - 400 pages selling for just a dollar or two may actually cause some buyers to question the content.

    I'm also doing a lot of work with the Kindle these days!

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Coleman
      Book length is not as important as how strong your sample is. Most Kindlers will download your free sample and then make a purchasing decision. So, you want a great sample, great title, and great cover. Rework all 3 of these if you don't see the sales you want.

      Price: To qualify for 70% royalty rate, you need to price your book between $2.99 and $9.99 But, it's a good idea to have a Loss Leader at a real cheap price to hook people into your product funnel.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author chtfld
        Originally Posted by Paul Coleman View Post

        Book length is not as important as how strong your sample is. Most Kindlers will download your free sample and then make a purchasing decision. So, you want a great sample, great title, and great cover. Rework all 3 of these if you don't see the sales you want.
        Absolutely - I'm one of those people. I don't think I've ever purchased a Kindle book without first reading to the end of the sample segment. Luckily, if you have a solid, information rich product and spend a few hours working on the polish, the rest should take care of itself. It's amazing how well things promote themselves on Amazon.
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        • Profile picture of the author Paul Coleman
          Originally Posted by chtfld View Post

          Luckily, if you have a solid, information rich product and spend a few hours working on the polish, the rest should take care of itself. It's amazing how well things promote themselves on Amazon.
          You are so right. It's a promotion machine!

          Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Jordan
    Amazon gets 65% royalty so you get only 35% of the gross sale. My price varies depending on quality, competition and if I think a lot of people are searching for it. 9.99 is a good price.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sonomacats
    The other place you can publish is on Smashwords.com. That will get you into all the other formats, as well as the iPad store, Sony, etc.

    They also offer Amazon Kindle, but haven't been able to make it work, so do that on your own separately.

    You get your own page, can set your own price, can decide how much of an affiliate commission people get for selling your work for you, and can decide how much of a free preview people get.

    They do review the books, however. So it cannot be PLR, poorly written, public domain, or scraped junk.

    They also have a good marketing guide that you can download for free which is quite helpful.

    Before you do publish it, however, I would seriously recommend hiring a real editor to go over it and make sure it's truly publishable before putting it up on Amazon or Smashwords. It will be well worth the effort and expense.
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  • Profile picture of the author txconx
    I can recommend an excellent service for anyone looking to publish in a variety of e-book formats, including Kindle and Smashwords.
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    • Profile picture of the author rnjonjo
      Originally Posted by txconx View Post

      I can recommend an excellent service for anyone looking to publish in a variety of e-book formats, including Kindle and Smashwords.
      ...and that would be?
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