How to add Images in Word, Convert to HTM and upload to Amazon’s KDP for Kindle

This video will show you a step-by-step guide on how to add images/ graphic into your  Word formatted Manuscript and then convert it in Amazon’s Digital text Platform for Kindle. It will also show you how to upload at Amazon’s DTP.

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In this video, Joanna Penn from TheCreativePenn.com shares some pricing strategies for pricing and marketing your book in different countries.

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Joanna Penn from the creativePenn.com shares some great tips on kindle publishing based on both an author and a reader perspective. It’s always a good idea to keep the reader in mind when you are formatting and publishing your book.

Tips For Formatting Your Manuscript and Publishing On The Kindle is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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There are a lot of cover options out there when making book covers for Kindle and digital publishing. However, it can be difficult to find a great Kindle cover maker that can create professional book covers without being overly complicated for us non-graphic designers.

I had a chance to take  KD Renegade for a test drive, and for a non-graphic designer like myself, I have to say this very easy-to-use cover creator program really fits the bill.

With a combination of templates and an easy-to-use interface, creating professional looking covers is easy. KD Renegade  comes with over 30 built in templates, and the interface allows you to easily drop-and-drag elements like text and graphics onto the template. You can also start from scratch and drop in your own images to use as a background as well.

The templates are great, and cover a wide-range of fiction and non-fiction books, with more templates are being added monthly.

What I think KD Renegade does really well is take graphical concepts like layers and make to add and manipulate so you can  create professional looking book covers very quickly.

The program also allows you to do 3d covers as well, and includes training on how to use the software and how to design your cover.

And for even better news, Bertrand Osso, the developer of KD Renegade, has been kind enough to offer our readers and subscribers a limited-time discount.

to learn more about the software, and see a demo:

http://amydebcreations.com/kdren

To grab the discount, Once you reach the KD Renegade checkout page from above, (click on the sign  up today link) enter the coupon code imwithamy and you’ll get a $25 discount immediately off the price. This is a limited offer, so make sure to take advantage of it sooner rather than later.

KD Renegade Review-Create Professional Looking Covers in Minutes is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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How do you get real reviews for your Kindle books?

We see it everyday..newly published books with no reviews. Reviews mean more exposure, more rankings, and ultimately more Kindle and digital book sales.

To grab reviews you join author groups, and beg friends, family, and other publishers to write and swap reviews with you. That’s okay…but but it’s very time consuming, and the best reviews come from people who actually read books in your niche!

But how do you find relevant reviewers without spending hours searching for the right information?

We have an easy and elegant solution: Publisher’s Review Accelerator

Check out the demo here:

This super easy and super fast tool finds targeted reviewers in your niche, complete with contact information and a complete system in place for getting those reviews! This is groundbreaking automation that removes one of the biggest hurdles to making more publishing income: getting legitimate reviews.

You can check out the software in action and learn more here:

http://amyharrop.com/PRA

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We talk a lot on this blog about the things you can do to help increase your profits or cut back on your own personal work load. Generally, we focus most of our time and efforts on learning and building upon the things we can do to help make our Kindle book publishing business better and more lucrative.

But we’re not going to talk about any of these things today. Instead, we’re going to take a look at the top four things that you shouldn’t do when you’re self-publishing your Kindle book(s).

1.) DON’T: Skimp Out On Your Cover Art or Design

When it comes to the world of self-publishing, you could make the argument that – outside of your Kindle book’s actual content itself – the cover art or design is the next most important aspect that will dictate how well it will initially sell. Kindle books are unique in that thanks to their lower, more affordable prices, most readers are much more willing to take a chance on a new author if a particular book strikes their fancy.

While in an actual bookstore setting customers can flip through the actual book to get a feel for what’s inside, the same is not true for the online self-published e-book space. Your Kindle book’s cover art or overall design – in obvious addition to the title and general synopsis or description you provide – is usually your first and last line of offense in ultimately hooking, lining and reeling in a reader for a sale.

Understandably, this dictates that you should either put a lot of time and effort into designing the cover yourself if you’re going at it from that front, or spend the extra money necessary to net a talented book cover designer who can whip you up something that will intrigue and attract your demographic. Out of any area you could conceivably outsource for in regards to self-publishing or self-authoring Kindle books, the book cover design is simply not the one you’re going to want to pinch pennies with.

2.) DON’T: Simply Price Your Book and Forget About It

Many people simply take a look at what the average Kindle book is selling for and roll with something in that range.What’s great about publishing to the Kindle is that you can easily change and adjust your price. If your book is selling well, consider raising the price. If it’s not, have some promotional price points available and run a promotion for a limited time. You can easily control pricing with your book, within the perimeters set by Amazon, of course.

3.) DON’T: Treat yourself as a one-person publishing business.

There are many aspects to writing, publishing and promoting a book, and you don’t need to do everything yourself. Consider outsourcing the tasks you don’t enjoy or don’t want to do. For many, that may be some of the promotional tasks, formatting, or research.  After you’ve gone through the publishing process, make a list of what you enjoy doing, and what you don’t. Consider outsourcing one thing at a time off the don’t list and try a few different providers.

4.) DON’T: Either Limit Yourself or Spend Entirely Too Much Time Self-Promoting Just One Book

While this obviously doesn’t translate to cobbling your Kindle books together as quickly as possible to send them out the marketplace door, you don’t want to spend too much time on any one book unless it warrants such attention. Essentially, you don’t want to place all of your eggs in one basket – at least not when you have so many other empty baskets lying around ready for you to use.

The more Kindle books you’re promoting, the higher the likelihood of potential sales coming back in. The real key is to just find the right balance between being both efficient and effective and you’ll be right where you’ll want to be.

The Top 4 Don’ts of Self-Publishing Your Kindle Book is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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There are a lot of promotional choices out there when it comes to getting the word out about your books. One of the best ways to promote your book is with a book trailer. This is a strategy that ALL of the big publishing companies and authors use. And you can too, without spending a fortune.

Debbie and I have just released our brand new training:

Book Trailer Treasure Map

which shows you how to create effective book trailers without a large budget.

Book Trailer Treasure Map reveals:

-What makes a trailer work..and what makes it flop.

-What you need to do before creating a book trailer in order to save time and money

- What Never To Do when Making A Book Trailer

-Behind the scenes examples of book trailer creation

-The exact outsourcers and service providers that can make your trailer shine

We also cover some promotional tactics and we do have a special offer which shows you how to rank your book trailers, step-by-step.

If you want to increase your Kindle book exposure, you cannot afford to ignore this strategy any longer.  Grab your treasure map today!

http://amyharrop.com/bttm

And much more!

Book Trailers- Are You Using This Promotional Tool? is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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Want more visibility for your Kindle titles?, if you can somehow get Amazon to recommend your Kindle book, you’re going to see a marked increase in both sales and your own marketability as an author.

To truly understand the best possible methods and ways to get Amazon to recommend your Kindle book, we must first understand the actual algorithm that Amazon uses to ultimately select which products and books that it recommends to its users.

• The More Books You Sell, the Higher the Likelihood Amazon Will Promote Your Works to Its Users

Out of all of the tips we’ll outline in this post, this is easily the one that you no doubt could have either figured out for yourself or already have done so. But don’t fret, because this isn’t the end-all, be-all aspect of the aforementioned recommendation algorithm – it’s just a portion.

• By All Accounts, Amazon Will See Fit to Recommend Your Kindle Book to Users Who Are Fond of the Subject Matter or Topic Once You Break Into the Top 1,000 Rankings List on the Kindle Store

That’s right! While obviously the more books you sell and the higher profile of an author you are the easier this entire process is, if you’re just getting started as a Kindle book author, you should strive to set your sights on breaking into the Top 1,000 rankings as quickly as possible for each and every book you create.

For a more in-depth, first-hand explanation of this, I highly recommend you have a listen to a podcast interview that Robin Sullivan (of Ridan Publishing) did with the Dead Robots’ Society on the subject. You can check out their podcasts here: http://deadrobotssociety.podhoster.com/

• Strive to Get Your Kindle Books Featured or Reviewed on (Relatively) Moderate to High Ranking Websites or Blogs

The fact that your specific book is being featured, talked about or recommended on relatively moderate to high ranking websites or blogs essentially tells Amazon (and by direct extension, the algorithm running in the background) that your particular Kindle book may very well be worth their while to start spreading the word about.Start contacting book review blogs and blogs in your niche for review or promotional opportunities.

While it can take some time and effort to get your book recommended, once you do so, it makes selling and promoting your titles much easier.

Good luck!

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Writing a book and publishing one are two entirely separate entities. Publishing and marketing your book can incur costs that you may not be aware of during the writing process. Thankfully, there are quite a few (well, two to be specific) different things that you can do to help minimize the overall amount of money that you need to self-publish your book.

>> Proofreading/Editing

Many people oftentimes make the mistake of assuming that just because someone can write their own Kindle book that they’re also automatically qualified to edit and proofread it as well. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and there are many books that are marred by a lack of editing.

While there are a few editors or proofreaders out there who offer their services at marginally affordable prices, the fact of the matter is that the vast majority of them cost a fair amount of money – and with good reason. Unless you’re legitimately able to proofread and edit the final draft of your Kindle book yourself, this is one of the few portions of self-publishing where you’re not going to want to try and skimp out on what you pay — mainly because it’s so darn important!

>> Marketing

Marketing your Kindle book properly and effectively is of the utmost importance if you’re self-publishing – and this is especially so if you’re a beginner author still trying to make a name for yourself.

Thankfully, there are a variety of different outlets for you to market your Kindle book online – and many of these are actually even free. We won’t get into the specifics too much in this particular post, but definitely look into the possibilities and promise of marketing your Kindle book on Twitter, Facebook (particularly via fan pages), Google Plus, and any other social media focused outlet that congregates a mass amount of people who share similar interests. Goodreads.com, Free Book Giveaway days, and Amazon itself can all be viable ways to get the word out.

Whereas proofreading and editing your Kindle book is something that doesn’t really provide many opportunities for you to save money outside of being experienced enough to do it yourself, marketing your book is something that you can learn to do effectively simply by learning more about it and researching things yourself online.

When it’s all said and done, you’re just going to have to recognize your particular financial position as it relates to how long you’ve been a Kindle book author (and your subsequent marketability and popularity) and simply work with what you can manage. There’s no definitive amount of money that you have to spend in marketing your book in order to have it become popular in the digital marketplace. Instead, as long as it’s a well-written book that you’re committed to marketing, you should be able to grow your audience.

Publishing Your Book: Costs to Consider is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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As a Kindle publisher, the new Kindle Fire HD means your work can be in the hands of millions more Kindle readers. Here are a few considerations that will make a difference in your publishing.

• Sharp, Clean and Colorful HD Screen

While not many Kindle book publishers delve into the picture book side of things, the upcoming release of Kindle Fire HD is truly set to change the game for this small sub-set of the industry. Sharper, cleaner and more color visuals will not only serve to encourage more people to utilize the device for reading and looking at Kindle picture books – most likely in regards to their children or siblings – but also segues directly into our next point…

• Much More Crucial Emphasis on Well-Designed Kindle Book Covers

Obviously Kindle Fire HD readers will mostly be browsing and purchasing new books to read on the device itself, so naturally this will give a renewed and crucial importance to Kindle book cover designs as a whole. As the “first impression” aspect of the marketplace process, the sharper, clearer visuals will enable book designs to have that much more of an impact on potential readers in convincing them to pull the trigger and make the purchase.

• More Convenient, Comfortable and Affordable Kindle Fire HD Package Equals More Potential Readers

It really goes without saying, but the more comfortable, affordable and all-around convenient package that the Kindle Fire HD offers will only serve to entice more people who’d previously been unable to read Kindle books the new opportunity to finally do so. When it’s all said and done, this ultimately ensures more potential readers for your given Kindle book and, as we all know full well, the more potential readers we have, the more opportunities there will be to make a sale.

While the overall effect the Kindle Fire HD will have on your particular author or publishing business is dependent on the kinds of Kindle books that you promote, it’s really quite obvious that — at the very least — the Kindle Fire HD will ultimately serve to convert more and more people into the magically wonderful world of tablet book reading. And for us, that is a good thing.

The New Kindle Fire HD: Good News For Kindle Publishers is a post from: AmyHarrop.com

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