Self Publishing en Ebook

Presentation given to TechBrew in San Luis Obispo, October 8, 2012.

Transcript

1. Self publishing an ebook kristen@suntouchersoftware.com @timesarrow Tuesday, October 9, 12
2. Books are amazing Tuesday, October 9, 12
3. Everything is changing Tuesday, October 9, 12
4. Self publishing an ebook kristen@suntouchersoftware.com @timesarrow Tuesday, October 9, 12
5. The first question? Tuesday, October 9, 12
6. What platform should you pick? Tuesday, October 9, 12
7. Three aspects of self publishing writing marketing publishing Tuesday, October 9, 12
8. write format sell design distribute edit cover design images book reviews quality assurance enhanced ebooks isbn Tuesday, October 9, 12
9. Writing Publishing Marketing Tuesday, October 9, 12
10. Authoring Tools Microsoft Word writeroom werdsmith Tuesday, October 9, 12
11. Platforms http://aerbook.com http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/booktype/ http://www.meograph.com http://moglue.com/ iBooks Author Tuesday, October 9, 12
12. conversion distributing Writing Publishing Marketing editing designing Tuesday, October 9, 12
13. Editing/ production bibliocrunch.com netminds.com lulu.com Tuesday, October 9, 12
14. Conversion red-staple.com 52Novels.com Tuesday, October 9, 12
15. Quality it is difficult to create a quality product across all devices Tuesday, October 9, 12
16. Conversion & distribution graphicly.com booktango.com bookbaby.com leanpub.com Tuesday, October 9, 12
17. Full service providers ebookit.com publification.com smashwords.com Tuesday, October 9, 12
18. Hey what’s my cut? amazon 30% 70% ibooks 30% 70% nook 35%-60% 65%-40% leanpub 10%+$0.50 90%-$0.50 bookbaby $99-$249 conversion...distr ibution...qa Tuesday, October 9, 12
19. Writing Publishing Marketing Tuesday, October 9, 12
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21. creating a site for your book building a community / following discoverability speaking Writing Publishing Marketing Tuesday, October 9, 12
22. $30,000 in 2 months http://blog.studiofellow.com/2012/05/31/30k- ebook-sales-in-2-months/ $15,000 in 6 months http://www.saturnflyer.com/blog/jim/ 2012/09/19/15000-in-income-from-an-ebook- how-i-did-it/ Writing Publishing Marketing Tuesday, October 9, 12
23. Amazon KDP Select http://wahoocorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/ how-kdp-select-saved-my-book.html Writing Publishing Marketing Tuesday, October 9, 12
24. the end kristen@suntouchersoftware.com @timesarrow Tuesday, October 9, 12