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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780971577893 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0971577897 Label: Harvard Perspectives Press Manufacturer: Harvard Perspectives Press Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: June 05, 2008 Publisher: Harvard Perspectives Press Release Date: June 05, 2008 Studio: Harvard Perspectives Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Find out why you need a publisher ... like a fish needs a bicycle. Here's the book that is helping thousands of authors to unleash a 21st-century indie movement of writers and readers, by the #1 selling author in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. Elegantly combining mission and manual, Windwalker narrates the end of the old world of publishing due to the failure of major publishers to serve either readers or authors, issues a compelling call for change, and guides authors and independent publishers through the steps that will allow them to succeed and to connect with discerning readers, in the fast-changing publishing world made possible by new technologies such as Amazon's Kindle and CreateSpace. Also includes: * A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO PUBLISHING A KINDLE EDITION OF YOUR BOOK OR DOCUMENT * PUBLISHING YOUR FICTION ON THE KINDLE PLATFORM * PUBLISHING PERIODICALS FOR THE AMAZON KINDLE * START EARNING A LIVING TODAY WRITING ARTICLES FOR THE KINDLE Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Stephen Windwalker at his best!Being a newbie Kindle author, I am grateful to Stephen Windwalker for his most helpful guide on creating works for the Amazon Kindle. His book covers some important aspects that I had not even considered, plus great advice on every page. This has been one of the most informative books I have ever read, and it is now one of my favorite tools to work with! Robert E. Black Rating: - Changing the landscape for indie authorsThere has been plenty of focus on what new technologies mean to readers. Read this book and you will get a very clear idea of the amazing opportunities that the Kindle and other developments provide for writers, whether they are Stephen King or guys like Windwalker or even me. Windwalker unlocks a remarkable vault of tips and strategies not only for publishing on the Kindle, but also for making sure that readers can find your work! He also takes an unflinching look at the ways in which new technology ... Read More Rating:  - What a horrible title, position, and analysisThe title alone should indicate to you that this book is certainly a crock written by a marketing executive at Amazon. While this is fine, I resent being told that there first is a literary industrial complex and second that the product that Amazon is selling is somehow going to break that. Sure, there is a gap in what publishers can publish- can Amazon solve that...- absolutely not. I certainly hope that this annoying, offensive publication was merely an experiment in advertising department at Amazon ... Read More |
