Every writer wants to hold their book in their hands. I am one of those people. I want to hold my books in my hands.
I also want to sell books. My first book was a print book, through www.createspace.com I sold books to friends, customers from my day job and gave some away. Later I put the book on www.amazon.com I would check my sales and be thrilled to have made a sale. People that I didn't know were buying my books. I am more happy and thrilled when someone buys my e-books that I don't know.
I then learned that I didn;t have to write 100,000 word novel, I could write 5,000 word story and publish it on Kindle. If I write fast, I could write and publish a short story a month. Wow! There is a thought.
To put the idea to the test in 2014 I wrote and published a short story every month, sometimes I wrote and published 2 E-Books. I was totally focused on my writing this year. I now have 48 E-Books published on Amazon. www.amazon.com/author/sharonleejohnson
I have written fiction and non-fiction. I thought I was doing good writing and publishing monthly, then I discovered that others were writing and publishing monthly. They are doing it the same way I am, just weekly instead of monthly. So it can be done.
What about Print Books?
Print books are great, but they need to be longer, What reader is going to pay money for a print book plus shipping and handling that is only 30 pages long?
What I have done. The first 12 short stories were a series. Me VS Zombies I combined into one book Zombies Invaded My World www.amazon.com/dp/B00EPEPZDE
I then wrote the next 12 more short stories. I thin combined those 12 stories into one book Zombies are the Future www.amazon.com/dp/B00JLK7VHM
I used Createspace www.createspace.com
I also put the books as E-Books You have have both. E-Books & Print Books.
Write shorter E-Books while you are working on longer books.
You can have both.
The IMPORTANT thing is DO NOT pay someone where you have to buy large quanaties at one time. With Createspace you don't have to buy any books. You can buy one book or 1000 books.
It is called Print On Demand POD When you sell a book. They print the book and ship it out. You do nothing.
Having Print books is great for book signings or giving them away.
E-books is a great way for selling your book to the world.
It is your choice.
I choose both. I do both Print and E-book.
DO NOT GO INTO DEBT TO BE PUBLISHED
I am living proof that one can have a writing career without going into debt.
Here on this blog I will write what I know and will hold nothing back. I am tired of people scamming people out of their money. DO IT YOURSELF.
Any questions??? Just ask
Twitter @dogbone61
http://iamwalkingwithgod.blogspot.com
I also want to sell books. My first book was a print book, through www.createspace.com I sold books to friends, customers from my day job and gave some away. Later I put the book on www.amazon.com I would check my sales and be thrilled to have made a sale. People that I didn't know were buying my books. I am more happy and thrilled when someone buys my e-books that I don't know.
I then learned that I didn;t have to write 100,000 word novel, I could write 5,000 word story and publish it on Kindle. If I write fast, I could write and publish a short story a month. Wow! There is a thought.
To put the idea to the test in 2014 I wrote and published a short story every month, sometimes I wrote and published 2 E-Books. I was totally focused on my writing this year. I now have 48 E-Books published on Amazon. www.amazon.com/author/sharonleejohnson
I have written fiction and non-fiction. I thought I was doing good writing and publishing monthly, then I discovered that others were writing and publishing monthly. They are doing it the same way I am, just weekly instead of monthly. So it can be done.
What about Print Books?
Print books are great, but they need to be longer, What reader is going to pay money for a print book plus shipping and handling that is only 30 pages long?
What I have done. The first 12 short stories were a series. Me VS Zombies I combined into one book Zombies Invaded My World www.amazon.com/dp/B00EPEPZDE
I then wrote the next 12 more short stories. I thin combined those 12 stories into one book Zombies are the Future www.amazon.com/dp/B00JLK7VHM
I used Createspace www.createspace.com
I also put the books as E-Books You have have both. E-Books & Print Books.
Write shorter E-Books while you are working on longer books.
You can have both.
The IMPORTANT thing is DO NOT pay someone where you have to buy large quanaties at one time. With Createspace you don't have to buy any books. You can buy one book or 1000 books.
It is called Print On Demand POD When you sell a book. They print the book and ship it out. You do nothing.
Having Print books is great for book signings or giving them away.
E-books is a great way for selling your book to the world.
It is your choice.
I choose both. I do both Print and E-book.
DO NOT GO INTO DEBT TO BE PUBLISHED
I am living proof that one can have a writing career without going into debt.
Here on this blog I will write what I know and will hold nothing back. I am tired of people scamming people out of their money. DO IT YOURSELF.
Any questions??? Just ask
Twitter @dogbone61
http://iamwalkingwithgod.blogspot.com
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