(Almost) Finished My First Kindle Book!

There is a lot of great info in the WF Kindle section, why not come in and join us?

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...brainstorming/

Bryan has published a wealth of information for publishing and promoting your book (which you should already have started doing if you are this close to being finished).

I've got quite a few titles in the works, planning on releasing a group of them as a series in about a week.

Since you are so close to being finished you might consider KDP select and offer some free days around Christmas or Boxing Day - a great way to capture that crowd who received shiny new Kindles from Santa Claus!

Bill

Did anyone say anything about killing this thread?

:confused:

Way to go and welcome to the club.

Couple of things I may be able to help with...

1. I have some well trafficked (is that a word?) blogs in these areas where I could mention the ebook/review, etc...if you want

2. Would you be interested in an interview (either audio/phone or email/text?) Ideally we could do one on the process of writing your Kindle Ebook and possibly another on the topic itself if you wish

Cheers,

Jeff

Slightly off in my estimates. Now at 10,968 words, with two short sections to go.

Jeff - yes to both! I'd like to finish & release first.

Bill - no I haven't started doing any promotion yet. Imagine I'm a complete idiot who has no idea what he is doing (which shouldn't too be hard, as it's not that far off from the truth in this case), can you explain the KDP select thing in words of 1 syllable for me?

I've been so focused on writing, that I simply haven't thought about promotion, other than: "I should probably start with zero or low price to get some reviews, before raising my price"

My first book went up yesterday, it's just a short guide, about 2.5k words and I'm not expecting much from it in reality, was more about working through the process. I am gobsmacked just how easy it all is though in terms of actually getting a product on the shelf and this is definately something I will be investing more time into. Currently researching/writing book number two, and this one will be both bigger and have more effort put into the marketing side of things.

Congralations Sunil! It is a really big feeling of accomplishment whenever you finish writing a book or a guide. Great Work!

Now that I think about it - I have two books I've self published through Create Space (which are published on Amazon through Create Space). I've been to busy to look into how difficult it is to convert them into Kindle format & get them on the platform. Is it a lot of work if I already have a .pdf version of a book?

I've just finished writing

12,305 words.

In less than 4 days.

I think I am going to faint.

(BTW this is 2 books in 2 weeks - I wrote a ClickBank book last week, but it's on hold while I clarify some details).

Okay, I'm done. Really Just need some additional proof-reading checking.

.Final word count = 13,070

The cover from Fiverr came back pretty good, I asked for one small change, which the guy made immediately, and have the latest in hand.

One issue I'm not sure about is the size of the cover. I have a 600X800 cover - but the info on Amazon's site is contradictory (or I don't understand it), sometimes point to larger size covers.

Hints anyone?

Bear in mind you are not allowed to have the book as a Clickbank product if you take part in Amazon KDP select, at least for 3 months anyway.

I am thinking about writing something of my own for Kindle and may have some questions about it later on, but right now I am just chiming in to congratulate the original poster.

My kindle book is live! Apparently the publishing process takes a few hours, so you might not quite be able to see it yet (although I can).

The page on my own site - Weight Loss Journey: How a Middle Aged Man Lost Weight, Kept It Off, and Radically Improved His Fitness - And How You Can Too - Which is linked to the page on Amazon.com's site about my book.

I slightly messed up the description, and need to edit on Amazon's site, but can't seem to do so now.

I'm so excited, I wanted to print out the Amazon page about my book and frame it.

The final version was 13,045 words. It took me 4 days to write, 1.5 day for the website. All long days.. Plus about 3 days messing around with the software, Amazon site, etc. But I squeezed that into 5 actual work days... yes I worked every hour, and then some.

I'm worn out. Can't write again at that rate. I don't think.

Or do I do another one next week?

Thought I would join in this thread. I am a full time Internet marketer but I first started out as a ghost writer and recognized that there may be a platform on the Kindle to at least make some extra income.
I wrote some simple how to books that sold every now and again and wondered what I was doing wrong, after all I had heard all the stories about people selling thousands of books every month.

I decided to study the process further and applied all the knowledge I have on seo and keywords etc, plus the marketing experience I have in the mainstream.
I wrote a couple of erotica books, one of which sells at least one copy a day for the last three months, and the other has never sold a single copy despite having the same marketing.

I helped my partner who has a graphics background and makes great covers to get herself established on the Kindle platform in her hobby of cooking. So she created recipes and cooked them, and then did her own photography (another hobby). We have all the formatting nailed and proof reading. So everything is done correctly.

A handful of those books sell a few copies a week and some hardly ever sell. We do promote on KDP select and loans often out number sales/.

We belong to a fair few Facebook Kindle groups which helps with reviews etc. But this is the big question, do you know, or are you making serious sales? The reason I ask is because I keep hearing people selling products on how to do it, but I actually don't know of anyone who I actually know who makes reasonable money.

It would be interesting and perhaps inspiring to hear of someone who is making more than our few hundred dollars a month.

I just noticed that you posted a link to your book. I'd definitely recommend changing your cover. While it looks nice, the text is too small and many people won't be able to read it well when viewing your cover when it's shown in a small box, which is how a high percentage of the people will view it. We've tested this stuff like crazy.

Nice job, it's always great to hear how WF members are trying out new things. I've not written anything for kindle before but your post has got me thinking about whether I should. Thanks for the confidence post

Ok found author central and will fix the desc first thing in the morning.

There was a thread, I think in the war room where somebody was giving away a copy of their kindle wso. The wso had very detailed instructions in things like choosing keywords, categories, and tagging. With some screenshots I believe. Anyway I can't find that thread again. Could anybody help me find it?

Maybe the name of the thread or the wso author?

I've spent an hour+ looking and can't find it. I am pretty sure that the thread was mentioned or linked from one of the recent kindle discussions in the main Internet marketing forum - that's how I found it in the first place.

@Paul Gram - I'll definitely take your comments on board. Thank you! Cover is a first pass. I just wanted to get the book listed quickly.


@Everyone:

I've now setup a free promotion for my book:The book will be available for FREE download to your Kindle from Amazon’s site during the following times:

• December 18th/19th:
  Pacific Standard Time: All day December 18th
  Eastern Standard Time: 3am (December 18th) to 3am (December 19th)
  GMT: 8am (December 18th) to 8am (December 19th)
• December 26th to 29th/30th:
  Pacific Standard Time: All day December 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th
  Eastern Standard Time: 3am (December 26th) to 3am (December 30th)
  GMT: 8am (December 26th) to 8am (December 30th)

(all times are approximate).
Please download a complementary copy, during one of these times. I would very much appreciate if you posted some review comments on Amazon’s website too - hopefully kind ones.

I wouldn't say the ship has sailed on non-fiction. I'm primarily writing non-fiction books and have a steadily increasing income. I will say this. The 30 to 50 page books I was writing when I first started don't seem to be selling like they used to, but the bigger books are doing fairly well. A full-time income is possible, but it's a numbers game. You probably aren't going to strike it rich with one book unless you get lucky. If you have enough books for sale, you'll have at least a few winners that will bring in a steady income.

Some of the books I thought weren't going to make many sales have turned out to be some of my biggest sellers. I write in fairly obscure niches though, so your results may be different from mine if you're trying to make your mark in a niche like diets or MMO.

The thing I like best about Kindle is you have a lot more niches to choose from. Nobody is going to buy an e-book from Clickbank about dinosaurs, but they sure as heck will buy it on the Kindle. You also have the children's market that you can take advantage of. People are hungry for quality kid's books on there, too. Try to think from a book buyer's perspective and create books you'd want to buy.