Self-publishing ebooks on Kobo – Success!
One of the fastest and easiest way you can publish your ebooks is on Kobo – better than any other one I’ve found. Here’s some of the reasons why:
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Yes, Kobo sells their own readers. Lots of models. Trick is that you don’t hear about them in the U.S. so much – but go to one of the other 128 English-speaking countries and you’ll see them probably more than Kindles or Nooks.
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Kobo’s Fighting Chance | Digital Book World
Believe it or not, Kobo beat out Google and Amazon this week. The Toronto-based ebook and device company became the first international e… -
That’s the news which surprises. But not so much when you see how Kobo is set up. Because they started in Canada and quickly went international – over the border into the U.S.
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The Creative Penn, Mark Lefebvre, and Kobo Writing Life
Another great self-publishing blog is The Creative Penn, by Joanna Penn: a writing, publishing and marketing blog. This week, Joanna inte… -
The Creative Penn is a great blog – and if you haven’t seen it, these got a nearly-30-minute interview with Mark Lefebvre about Kobo’s Writing Life, where he goes over all sorts of data on how they are letting publishes post and list their own books, different from having to go through other distributors such as Smashwords and Books on Board.
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Kobo Announces Self-Publishing Platform Writing Life (selfmkt episode 18)
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A video review of Kobo’s Writing Life Announcement
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Kobo’s Top 5 Tips for Self-Published Authors — Kobo
Check out these Top 5 Tips for Self-Published Authors: 1. People do judge books … The best way to link to your eBook on Kobo is to us… -
Above and below are some tips and guides for self-publishing on Kobo.
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A Self-Publisher’s Guide to Kobo | Molly Greene: Writer
Sep 17, 2012 … Indie authors and self-pubbers can now publish directly on Kobo’s site, without going through Smashwords or anothe… -
How to Create eBooks for Kobo | eHow.com
Kobo is an online publisher and retailer that makes it accessible for authors to self-publish and sell ebooks online to a vast market. … -
And the kicker with doing this yourself is the higher royalties. I just saw today that some authors are starting to “jump ship” from their agencies in order to take advantage of these better payouts. Not too surprising, since even if you contract some editors and proofreaders, your royalties can be much higher for a total pay raise.
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Kobo launches e-book self-publishing platform, “Writing Life …
Jun 5, 2012 … Unlike competitive self-publishing tools, Kobo allows authors to set their … Author reports that Kobo is paying a 70 … -
And here’s a book I published just a couple of days ago. Got the paperback up on Lulu.com today…
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Becoming the Fiction Storyteller of Your Dreams
Learn to write and tell stories that keep your readers begging for more. This new version combines the classic works of Dorothea Brande (… -
(Yes this is blatant self-promotion. And it also gives you a working case study of how it can be done. Ok, so I really am working on that how-to article – and thanks for asking…)
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Becoming the Fiction Storyteller of Your Dreams by Robert C. Worstell (Paperback) – Lulu
Buy Becoming the Fiction Storyteller of Your Dreams by Robert C. Worstell (Paperback) online at Lulu. Visit the Lulu Marketplace for prod… -
It takes just a few hours to convert an epub to a pdf and post it. Too simple, really. And a speed which is incredible. Of course, that’s me doing the artwork and editing. There’s other shortcuts, but it does mean that anyone can have their own self-published ebook (and paperback…)
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Are authors finding success in self-publishing?
Guests Guy Kawasaki: Co-founder of Alltop.com, an online magazine rack of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Tec… -
The trick with self-publishing is to fill specific long-tail niches – not much different than Internet Marketing and SEO in general. And the newer top fiction writers have found that out recently. But this post has a lot of great links in it as well…
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KOBO takes on Amazon with “Writing Life”awe.sm/l6psm -
Tips from a Pro: Kevin J. Anderson Shares Writing Advice – Kobo Writing Life buff.ly/YODHhC -
eBook Formatting For Amazon Kindle and Epub Kobo Writing Life – A Step by Step Guide For Beginnersbit.ly/VK5knT -
And here’s that linked article. (It’s another reason I prefer blogs, PDF’s, and video over EzineArticles – this is a lot to swallow and you don’t see what she’s doing.)Also, it’s far easier to create the epub first and then edit it slightly for submitting to Kobo and Amazon. Use Sigil.But I”ll give you more as I can get back to this. Still have to get my 15 books published on Amazon and Google – miles to go before I sleep…