Publishing a book through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing turned out to be both easier and harder than I thought. After tearing my hair out at first, I discovered Amazon's template for a 5-by-8-inch ...

Not so long ago, the first hurdle for an aspiring book author was to get past the gatekeepers. First you would have to spend weeks or months writing a book proposal and sample chapters. Then you might ...

With the signs and portents in self-publishing pointing to the eventual closure of CreateSpace, there’s a lot of concern and discussion about what alternatives authors have for their print-on-demand ...

Amazon announced this afternoon that it will be expanding its Kindle Direct Publishing business to support the needs of children’s books authors through a new program it’s calling “KDP Kids.” Along ...

Some people view self-publishing as a failure, chosen only when no other options remain. But the simple truth is that traditional gatekeepers -- literary agents and editors at publishing houses -- ...

Obviously with an indie, as soon as you upload the file, you can sell it. With KDP, you’ve got to wait until it appears on Amazon (and it takes longer to appear in global Amazon stores too). For my ...

If you’re a self-published author, writing your book is only half the battle. Some might even argue that it’s the easy part of being an author. Indies have been beaten over the head for years now ...