Questions tagged [kindle]
This tag should be used for questions related to publishing on Amazon's Kindle, a tool to read E-Books.
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Will publishing on Kindle, or making Audio Books, hurt my profits in the long run?
Should a self-publisher stick to just "hard copy" print-on-demand publishing of his books? Would adding Kindle, or hiring an "audio book" company, compete too much with the hard ...
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Should I use "***" 3 asterisks or extra blank lines or whatever to indicate the breaks between parallel plot scenes, in a Kindle Vella fiction story?
That is, for example, suppose I have two plots going on, and I've sandwiched (ie. interleaved) them; a few paragraphs of one plot scene alternating with a few paragraphs of a 2nd plot scene.
To ...
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should I insert a copyright notice into my Kindle Direct Publishing Vella publication?
Is it a good idea to have a copyright notice at the beginning or end of each episode, or in my Vella story's Description section?
I'm thinking maybe:
"COPYRIGHT 2022 BY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
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How Could Satire Be Considered Inappropriate/Objectionable Material? [closed]
Amazon Kindle Vella has recently started a program where authors can serialize their work.
I began serializing my novel, "the Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle" there. The first ...
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Microsoft Word Formatting issue with KDP (How to move titles in the middle of the page?)
I have my nicely formatted word file to upload to the KDP page for Kindle publishing. When I launch the preview the titles are too high up on the page. This is not a problem for chapter titles, since ...
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ShareLaTeX or OverLeaf templates to write a book to be self-published on Amazon
I'm planning to write a book and eventually self-publish it online through Amazon (I haven't decided which platform on Amazon yet, but Kindle seems reasonable). The book will contain mostly texts, but ...
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Moving from PDF to EPUB for already published ebook
I made the mistake to follow the advice of the kindle Create desktop app to use the PDF format for creating my cookbook. Now I realise that older models of the kindle will not be able to display this ...
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How much web presence should I have?
I am getting ready to release my first fictional novel. At the moment I have zero web presence (besides E-mail accounts). I am considering using Amazon's Kindle Direct.
Before releasing should I ...
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Shipping self-published books directly from Amazon to bookstores: bad idea?
I have a book published by Kindle Direct Publishing. Most of my sales are to bookstores and up until now I have been ordering books (author copies) from KDP then shipping them to bookstores myself. ...
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Can I self-publish a book on the Kindle store when I'm under 18?
I'm wondering if I can publish a comic on the Kindle store! It's because me and my friends made a comic and I've now re-drawn everything on my computer and I've looked into this and it says I need to ...
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Modern Markup for lengthy novel suited for self-publishing
I wrote a lengthy novel using a program I wrote.
This produces a suitable LaTeX source I can use to generate a nice-looking PDF.
Markup, beside customary division in Part/Chapter/Scene, is used to ...
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What percentage of Amazon ebook customers in the US are subscribers to Kindle Unlimited?
I think this is an important fact to have in mind for authors who are trying to decide whether or not to put their books in the KDP select program. If the vast majority of US ebook customers are on ...
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Where best to insert images using Scrivener for ebook/kindle etc
My father wrote a book in Word and I have edited/formatted it so it looks clean in PDF, but now I know that was a bad idea because when we put the book on Kindle all the formatting was lost and the ...
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How many pixels' margin to the right should my 5"-wide image be on a 300dpi KDP paperback to be centered?
How many pixels' margin to the right should a 5"-wide image be on a 300dpi cover, for a 6"x9" KDP paperback, to have the front cover centered on Amazon.com and print books?
I calculated based on a 6"-...
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Dealing with Amazon Kindle where clueless behavior has been consistent
I have had half a dozen iterations with Amazon, and am still not seeing a clue.
My Kindle collection, including C.J.S. Hayward: The Complete Works, is by physical construction converted from ...
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Taxes and self-publication from other countries
The answers provided here are quite helpful, but they don't address a particular concern that I have. What if I'm not in the US? Where do I pay tax? Do I have to pay tax in the US and in my home ...
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Can I self-publish a paperback through Amazon KDP, but make the e-book available elsewhere?
I have self-published a paperback and Kindle version of a book on Amazon KDP. For the paperback, I got a free ISBN from KDP. My question is, can I also publish a free e-book version somewhere else, ...
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Payment questions around joint publishing ebook over Kindle [closed]
I have a question specifically about ebook self publishing payments.
I am writing a book jointly, 50-50 with a partner. I read somewhere that Amazon Kindle pays per store front. However, there will ...
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Fees questions around self publishing ebook over Kindle [closed]
I have a question about Kindle ebook self-publishing payments.
And yes, I realize how hard it will be to get to this stage but I'm forever the optimist!
Basically, I'm trying to work out if it is ...
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Does publishing erotica on Kindle Marketplace require an ISBN, or is an ASIN sufficient?
I heard a few years back that in order to self-publish erotica there, you needed an ISBN. Is that still true? Or is an ASIN fine?
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Getting paid from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing while maximizing profits
I'm writing my first book now and my idea is to publish it on Amazon KDP as an ebook. Let's be real, I'm no Shakespeare, so I'm expecting modest sales.
I want to maximize the profit and there are a ...
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Increasing sales of my Kindle ebook
How can I boost sales of my Kindle ebook? I published it on 28 August 2016 and since then only seven copies sold. So any suggestions? What should I do? I shared it on my social-networking page but ...
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Kindle NCX with Chapter Header images
For my book in Scrivener, I have custom images as each chapter heading instead of just "Chapter 1", which works well. However, that means the Scrivener generated Table of Contents doesn't work for me (...
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Is SelfPubBookCovers.com a good website to buy book covers?
The saying goes to never judge a book by its cover, but let's face it: a cover is a very important part of a book. However, many people don't have access to an illustrator, or cover designer. I myself ...
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Publishing in KDP direct from outside the US
I am currently based in Vancouver, BC and will soon be self-publishing with KDP. Although I'm now in Canada, my instinct is to publish on KDP USA rather than KDP Canada, because the USA KDP has a ...
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Should you get an ISBN even if KDP says they don't need one?
I thought that the ISBN was needed to publish all books, but the KDP guide says that they will provide their own Amazon Publishing number.
I also want to publish on other platforms potentially, so ...
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How to avoid "Adult" rating when publishing erotica on KDP
If you are publishing erotic fiction in KDP, how do you avoid getting the "Adult" rating that will stop the book being easily searched for and stop it showing up in any suggested reading lists?
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Erotic fiction: Kindle Direct Publishing guidelines on pornography
In the KDP content guidelines it says:
Pornography
We don't accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts.
However, they sell hundreds of erotic novels, including very graphic ...
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Do most e-book writers just self publish on Kindle to start with?
On a lot of writers forums and in articles, it seems like Kindle is the main platform most self-publishing writers use just because that one is the one that is referenced all the time.
I was ...
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Can I make money from short fiction?
Can one still make money from short fiction, and what is the best way? I know in days gone past it has been possible to sell short fiction to magazines or papers, who would pay per word, or some such, ...
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How is "A Song of Ice and Fire" not in violation of Amazon's policies?
So Amazon has been delisting and removing works of small publishers for a while now, as it seems some of them are in violation with its terms, such as "incest", "under age", and "graphical depiction". ...
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How do I get my ebook advertised for free?
I have an ebook published on Amazon and that was free. How can I advertise it without spending money?
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Kindle Worlds Publishing Benefits, Statistics?
Lots of articles/opinions on Kindle worlds out there. Not that much on actual numbers and facts that I can find. What I want to know is, if I produce some great content, how will my book be promoted ...
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Short story cover: "a story" or "a short story" or not putting anything at all
I'm confused because it seems like very few people put "a short story" in the cover of their short stories (only one short story.) In fact, they don't seem to put anything at all. Another authors just ...
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How to format and where to place the "thanks" section for websites in a book?
I just finished a "long" short story. And I want to include a section where I thanks Writers SE for the writing advice and Scribophile for the critiques and feedback.
How is that properly done? What'...
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Are collection of short stories more likely to sell than single short stories?
I'm about to finish a short story (9000 words). But since I already have another two (7000 words and 6000 words), I was wondering whether I should publish the work as a mini collection of short ...
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Pricing your Kindle ebooks at Amazon
Basically, I would like to know what's the optimal price for ebooks published at Amazon (via Kindle Direct Publishing.) By "optimal" I mean the price that is more likely to generate sales.
I'll try ...
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Should I include my email address in an ebook?
I am wondering if it is appropriate to include my email address on the title page of my short stories on Amazon Kindle.
If so, is it wise to use one obtained from say Yahoo because it will not change ...
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Do short stories have to be of a particular length?
I have often wondered what determines the optimal length (number of words) of an effective short story.
I am asking the above in the context of epublishing e.g. Amazon kindle.
In the era of ...
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How to indicate about a single short story when selling?
For Kindle Direct Publishing, the minimum price you can set is $0.99. I published a short story and wanted to price it at $0.49. This is because it is a short story of about 500 words. Its short and ...
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HTML Formatting for ebook
I uploaded my short story on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) yesterday. All went well and I am excited, given this is my first attempt to publish anything!
I did some research prior to making the ...
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For Kindle, are hard paragraph breaks that serious?
I'm starting with an existing .doc MS. Kindle warns to not use hard para breaks, i.e., don't hit return, but I can't get rid of any of them. Driving me nuts.
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File specifications for HTML folder --> Kindle? [closed]
OK, so on the Kindle website there's all about how to go from .doc --> HTML --> kindle. But I write primarily in HTML, which is what Kindle uses in the first place, so it seems silly to convert to ...
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How to handle taxes for a self-published book
I'm thinking of publishing a book on kindle, but I don't currently have a business set up. Do you need a business to publish a book? I'm curious as to how to handle US taxes for the royalties. I ...
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Kindle self-publishing, automatically update
I have a couple of small ebooks available on Amazon via Kindle direct publishing - I've just found a mistake in one of them so I fixed it and have reuploaded the file. I'm assuming that everyone who ...
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Help Formatting for Kindle Direct Publishing on Mac?
I'm taking up the task of publishing some content to Kindle. I've been reading up on their documentation and been trying to get something to show up in the Kindle Previewer App, using a combination of ...
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