Is it worth publishing my blog on Kindle?

"All of the content on my blog is available free of charge online, so why on earth would anyone want to pay for it?"

http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/is-it-worth-publishing-my-blog-on-kindle/

"Blog content is auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle and updated throughout the day. The Kindle is small and lightweight; much more portable and manageable than a laptop. You can read offline and catch up on your reading in your spare time – when you’re away from your computer screen, and wherever you are."

How to Publish Your Blog on the Amazon Kindle

"There are some interesting things you can do with a Kindle. One of them is the ability to subscribe to and read your favorite blogs on the go. In fact, this is how my mother reads my blog posts – via Mashable on the Kindle.

It’s an easy and on-the-go way to read your favorite blogs, but it was only available to a few high-profile web publications – at least, until today, when Amazon launched its Kindle Publishing for Blogs program. Now that you know about the program, your next question might be: how do I get my blog syndicated to thousands of Kindles?"

http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/blogs-amazon-kindle/

How to publish your blog to Kindle (Britmums Blog)

"Amazon have recently allowed blogs to be self-published on their Kindle store. This facility allows you to upload your blog for sale to all Kindle users. Once you have completed this process your blog will be reviewed by Amazon and available for download within 48-72 hours. "

http://www.bmbblog.co.uk/2011/01/how-to-publish-your-blog-to-kindle.html

"• Look at this as a marketing tool rather than a get-rich-quick scheme. Your commission is 30%. This isn’t going to make you an overnight fortune.
[...]
• Ask everyone to review your blog. It is free to review and it gives subscribers an idea of what to expect."

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Typecast/dp/B004IZL43K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM&qid=1308604120&sr=1-1

How to Create an Electronic Book

"Creating an electronic book is an easy way to publish your manuscript or share it with colleagues. Two of the most common and easiest formats to make are PDF and EPUB. You can create these forms with open source or free packages, which will not put a dent in your budget."


http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7237585_create-electronic-book.html

How to Make an eBook Anyone Can Read with ePub

"Many new authors might make the mistake of thinking that if they have a portable document format (PDF) of their book it means that it can be read on an e-reader or other mobile device. While in many cases the PDF can be opened, the text is far too small because it is a static or unchangeable image. ePub makes it so your text is resized to fit the screen of any given device. Since the text in ePub format can be changed in terms of size, font and color, reading an ePub book becomes a much more personal experience for the reader. Sounds great right? But how do you make an ePub book? "

http://www.lulu.com/blog/2010/03/12/how-to-make-an-ebook-anyone-can-read/

Ebook Friendly

"Internet is all about being distracted. Reading is all about being focused.

That’s why we are here. We want to make discovering new books reader friendly. Our site is designed to highly reduce the number of elements you could be possibly distracted by. Why should your attention be drawn to anything else but the most important thing about the book – its description?

http://ebookfriendly.com/

Emailing to Your Kindle - Bob Sanchez

"If I send you one of my novels for your Kindle, there are a few things you have to do..."

http://bobsanchez1.blogspot.com/2011/06/emailing-to-your-kindle.html

Open Books - DRM-free E-Books

"Calibre ntroduces Open Books, a site for easy browsing of DRM-free e-books (e-books without DRM) that are not in the public domain. calibre has a cornucopia of features including library management, e-book conversion, syncing with devices, news download, e-book viewing etc, but to make the most of these features with your e-books you need to ensure your e-books do not carry DRM."

http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/

Open Road, Autography Offer Novel Solutions to Personalizing and Signing E-books

"E-books, for all their utility, currently lack one particular feature: the ability to get them signed by an author. There are, however, options and strategies emerging that offer options to readers who want their e-books personalized and for publishers hosting events."

http://publishingperspectives.com/2010/11/open-road-authography-solutions-to-personalizing-e-books/

Ngakma Nor'dzin - Kindle Store

"Teacher / author / therapist. Teacher of Buddhism, meditation, Tibetan yoga and relaxation. Author of Spacious Passion and Relaxing into Meditation. Therapist for pulse diagnosis and reflexology. Ngakma Nor'dzin lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK with her husband Ngakpa 'ö-Dzin.

Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day. "

Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ngakma-Nordzin/dp/B0053DBTP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM&qid=1308602452&sr=1-1

Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Ngakma-Nordzin/dp/B0053DBTP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM&qid=1308602452&sr=1-1

Rowling will sell the Harry Potter ebooks on her own

“E-books are here and here to stay. Later than a lot of people, I for the first time downloaded ebooks and it’s miraculous for travel and for children in particular. I feel great about taking Harry into this new medium.”

http://booksprung.com/rowling-will-sell-the-harry-potter-ebooks-on-her-own-starting-in-october

Dummies guide to publishing an ebook on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords

"In this blog post I’m going to try and demystify the ebook publishing process. I’ve been through it and lived to tell the tale. So here goes. Stand by for a fun ride. It’ll be worth the trials and tribulations along the way!"

Tutorial here:

http://www.sellingbooks.com/dummies-guide-to-publishing-an-ebook-on-amazon-kindle-barnes-and-noble-and-smashwords/

Convert to EPUB

"You can convert virtually any text containing document to EPUB format, which is the preferred format for reading on many ebook readers, including the Barnes & Noble Nook, Android, and the Apple iOS iBooks platform that runs on iPhone and iPad (note that the Amazon Kindle currently favors .mobi format which Calibre can also publish to). Here are the exact steps to convert a file to EPUB."

http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/12/convert-to-epub/

Creating epub files - With nothing but free tools

"For all I know, other commercial tools can create them by now, but more importantly, you can easily create epub eBooks with free software if you don't need commercial tools to create some XML files (mostly XHTML) and zip them up together. I certainly don't. "


http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2008/03/creating-epub-files.html

MobileRead Forums

"MobileRead Forums is an online community dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information relating to all aspects of the Mobile Internet boom. Our goal is to become the leading resource for mobile geeks seeking information and advice for keeping their gadgets happy. Because when they're happy, you're happy too."


http://www.mobileread.com/forums/

Conversion Journey: My Word-to-E-book Workflow

"My workflow for creating an e-book is much more complicated than it is for a print book. For a print book, I use Adobe InDesign and because the software provides so much control, I’m able to design the book on-screen almost exactly the way it will look printed.

Everything starts with Microsoft Word for two main reasons:

1. Smashwords requires a Word file (in the older .doc format)
2. Word produces (so far) the cleanest HTML file."

http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2011/04/conversion-journey-my-word-to-e-book-workflow/

Bookglutton - convert HTML to EPUB

"BookGlutton has the only Web-only book publishing platform. Using the Epub book format, you can upload, set your price, and track your sales. Your readers are part of your publishing network, and we enable direct lines of communication between reading groups and you. It's not for everyone in publishing, but it's for the forward-thinking ones."

https://www.bookglutton.com/api/convert.html

Creating eBooks: An ePub Tutorial

"At the moment, whenever I create a Mobipocket book for the Kindle, I start off with creating the ePub version, because things are a bit cleaner that way. "

Tutorial here:

http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/

Using Your Kindle Book To Gain Market Reach

"One of the best reasons to publish a Kindle book is for market reach and credibility. Yet, you can't simply get your Kindle book up and expect sales to flood in. Any author who wants to get the most traction for your published works needs to be very proactive with marketing and promotions. There's no way around this."

http://www.themarketingmindset.com/2011/01/kindle-books.html

Converting ODT to ePub

"With ODFToEPub everyone can write an e-book with full control over how it will look. All you need is a word processor that can produce a document in a format suitable for OpenOffice.org. That is, of course, OpenOffice.org itself, but also Microsoft Word, iWork, WordPerfect, Zoho, Google Docs, etc. In OpenOffice.org you choose the export function to convert an ODT-file to ePub.

With this tool self publishers have immediate feedback about how their e-book will look like. Publishers can give their authors a standard template and build the tool into their systems in order to streamline their ePub production process. Companies can cut down printing by publishing their internal documents as e-books."

http://www.pincette.biz/odftoepub/index.xhtml