In a world full of internet scams and get rich quick schemes it
is indeed refreshing to find something that actually does work. It
involves some work of course, but each 'job' that you complete, if it's
up to muster, will provide you with ongoing monthly rewards. I'm talking
of course, about the phenomenon that is Kindle.
For many years,
getting published in print was all but impossible. Times have changed
with the advent of electronic readers. We are in the age of the
computer. It is now possible to buy an inexpensive e-reader that is no
bigger than a small paperback that is capable of storing thousands of
books. With the introduction of the Kindle and other small e-readers the
market for electronic books has sky rocketed. There never has been a
time like this for would be authors and editors.
On the face of
it, even if you already have a book written, the process of self
publishing can seem quite daunting to the uninitiated. I intend to
demonstrate to you that
anyone can do it, using no more than Microsoft Word.
I should also point out that you can publish with Kindle even if you are
not an
author in your own right. It is perfectly legal to republish out of
copyright works, but it has to be done properly and well. In the past
there were instances of pure copy and paste publications that provided
very poor reader experiences. One of the largest providers of ebooks is
Amazon. They realized some time ago that some of the books in their list
were not doing their own reputation any favors because of poor quality
editing. On 24th March 2011 Amazon changed the rules. You need to be
aware of these changes to ensure success.
Publishing your book, be
it your own or a third party work, can be very profitable. As an
original author you will be paid up to 70% of each sale. Publishers of
books from the public domain don't do quite so well, but even so a
return of 35% for a product that is already written is anything but
peanuts. There are authors that sell more than a million copies of their
books each year. Imagine that!
Publishing to Amazon is quite
free, and once you know how to format your book and meet Amazon's rules
you're good to go. This is the best no cost way to build up a reliable
recurring monthly income.
