Category Archives: epub

How to Get Started in Self Publishing…

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Robert Worstell

Getting Started in Self-Publishing Your Books There’s a great deal being said about this area. My own books on Lulu – http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/robertworstell(shameful self-promotion, yes I know) gives me some years of experience in this area. And for so long, it’s been … Continue reading →

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Why Self-Publishing on Kobo’s Writing Life Makes Sense

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Robert Worstell

Just discovered this site recently and was very impressed. If you already have a epub file, it’s simpler than anything else to get it uploaded and on offer internationally. They are already known for global sales, this lets you in … Continue reading →

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Getting success with your self-published ebooks on Kobo

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Robert Worstell

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: eReader eReaderx 4 years ago … Continue reading →

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How to post more than a dozen ebooks online within 7 days.

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Robert Worstell

That concludes posting my self-published books  to Amazon and 5 others – whew! Just wanted to make a note of this while it’s still life in my head (as it were.) What we started out with was a tall (virtual) … Continue reading →

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4 Simple Ways to Help Readers Find, Read, and Buy Your Self-Published Book

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Robert Worstell

3 Reader-Driven Sites to Follow 4 Ways by Authors What any author wants is readers. And the wildly successful authors have a fan base they nurture. So it’s logical to simply utilize existing reader-driven community sites to build your fan … Continue reading →

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How to Leave a Nicely Walled Garden – Through the Cracks…

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Beating Amazon at their own Game (or: how to game Amazon…) Studies show that Amazon isn’t what it used to be. Statistics are doing their usual song-and-dance, but tell that the big box giant may be around (or even below) … Continue reading →

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Beginning of a New Book Series

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Robert Worstell

How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your Books Online That’s the general area we’ll be covering. Research is pretty much wrapped up now, and it just has to be laid out and edited. Best way to do this is by … Continue reading →

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J’APE – the parody of self-publishing – first draft

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Well, you’re either going to be amused or offended.I didn’t originally plan for the book to come out this way – it was going to be a “serious” piece. But here’s the first draft. The parody part has to be … Continue reading →

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2nd Draft Arrived today. New title, new cover.

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Robert Worstell

–>Well, it’s a new approach to this, but the content is proofed based on the first. One suggestion ( +Rob Gol ) pointed out the parody error. So I lost it. Did the keyword research I needed and came up with … Continue reading →

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Sales Page for “Just Publish!” (as it’s now known…)

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Robert Worstell

(Thought you’d want to see the blurb which is previewing on my site right now, but won’t show up on Amazon until the book wraps up.) “Just Publish! Ebook Creation for Indie Authors” Learn how to write, design, format, upload, … Continue reading →

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Getting Your Book Shared – Social Media Buttons

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Part of Discovery is Getting Your Readers to Share Let’s face it: your book isn’t going to go viral if it sits around in people’s ereaders and no one ever hears about it. And reviews may be nice, but people … Continue reading →

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The first year’s fiction bestsellers study list is released!

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Writers’ Club Homework Assignment List Relax – I didn’t mean to give you a flashback to college days (well, maybe just a little…) I was compiling the most popular classic fiction from Goodreads, Feedbooks, and Gutenberg.org – and came up … Continue reading →

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The only Constant is Change – ebook publishing continues to shift.

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Robert Worstell

(photocredit: Nikki L.) Of course, I owe you an update on “Just Publish: Ebook Creation for Indie Authors” – because there have been so many changes going and coming around. If I haven’t already let you know otherwise, I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Cracking the Lulu ebook Reject Problem

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Robert Worstell

A faster way to clear up those cryptic Lulu ebook rejects. Just a note in passing… I was working away converting and uploading when I stumbled on a faster and surer way to get your book through that meatgrinder that … Continue reading →

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The Numbers Racket and Amazon’s Public Domain Problems.

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Robert Worstell

Amazon’s problem with public domain books are overcome by sheer numbers. (Photo: Conor Lawless) You beat Amazon at public domain publishing by having a lot of dogs hunting for you. Recently was in the middle of a test which had … Continue reading →

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Perfecting Passive Income Publishing for Profit

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Robert Worstell

How to Make More Than Just a Living With Profitable Passive Income Publishing. (Image: WishIKnew…) It all started out by wanting to learn how to get books I’d written published and making enough to allow me to quit my day … Continue reading →

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