By now as a writer you know how important eBooks are in your publishing decision. Many have decided to skip the step of a big publisher and have decided to self publish. Even if you publish your book with a publishing company most likely your book will be available as an eBook. There are many providers for eBooks and I'm not promoting one over another. I took a class on eBooks and the presenter clearly liked Smashwords because of the great information they have in the Style Guide. Even if you choose another eBook provider the information here will help you.
Zenobia - Birth of a Legend is available on both Smashwords and Amazon. So no matter what device you have you can enjoy the great story of Zenobia. Here's a link to preview and purchase your copy of Zenobia - Birth of a Legend on Smashwords.
The Rising Generation in the Publishing Family: Presented by Marsha Ward, Founder of ANWA - American Night Writers Association. Marsha Ward is the author of the popularly acclaimed series, The Owen Family Saga: The Man from Shenandoah, Ride to Raton, Trail of Storms, and Whitney Award Finalist Spinster’s Folly, and the forthcoming Gone for a Soldier. http://marshaward.com
Smash words and Amazon are the major eBooks providers.
eBooks, e-books, E-Books—whatever you call them, tons of them sell every day from multiple outlets on the Internet. They include regular-length—and epic-length—novels, short stories, volumes of poetry, prose collections, non-fiction books, memoirs, and any other literary genre you can imagine.
Making an eBook is not as scary as you thought. Once your literary work is ready to be published—which means you never, never are going to publish the *first draft of your writing effort—it is relatively easy to gain the skills you need to produce your first eBook.
*Make sure you rewrite your book until its perfect. Use critique groups and beta readers. If three people mention a change in your book than you know that it needs to be changed. One person, it’s their opinion and you can take it or leave it. Two people mention a change you should take it a little more serious. But if three people suggest a change, make it.
Important thought to keep in mind: an eBook is not the same as a print book. It will be read on a variety of devices, each with different reader-preferred formatting options. You should not try to keep the same formatted look of a print book in your eBook.
Tools to start:
- Open your Internet browser
- Open a free account at https://www.smashwords.com/
- Scroll down and find “Publish on Smashwords” in the left menu
- Click on “Style Guide (how to format)”
- This eBook is free. Scroll to “Available ebook reading formats”
- Download the version that suits your device (take note of the link to “How to download eBooks to e-reading devices and apps”)
- Make an intensive study of this eBook
- Keep in mind “The Nuclear Option” while there are several places to upload your eBook and your choices may be different than mine, the place to start is with a clean version of your manuscript. Your manuscript might have been written—over time—on several different computers, using different versions of Word or another word processor or writers’ software. The Smashwords Style Guide will help you clean up all the odd code created by using these versions.
In a couple days I'm going to share tips by Dave Eaton a Marketing consultant who taught a class on getting more eyes on your book- 14 Day Kindle Book Launch (How to get more eyes on my book).
For Kindle users here is the link to read Zenobia - Birth of a Legend.
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