Whether the accurate figure is 60% or as high as 85%, Amazon is the biggest market by a long way. But surveys of self-published authors have shown that Amazon’s share of self-published eBook sales is much higher – more like 80-85%. Now, I can share my tips, so you don’t make the same mistakes! Why Self Publish on Kindle?Īmazon’s two major competitors, Apple and Barnes & Noble, both claim to have gained a 20+% market share of the eBook market, leaving Amazon with something like 60%. So, I’ve been through the process of self-publishing on Kindle and learnt a few things. I’m a commercially published author now, but I understand the frustrations of trying to break into conventional publishing, because it took me ten years to get my big break. Before I got my publishing deal, I self-published a short story called Veronika, using KDP, with modest success – it has been in the Amazon top 50. Self publishing has the advantage of getting your work out there, which can lead to attracting attention and sales. And it’s so easy that you’d have to be crazy to pay someone to do it for you! I know the idea of self-publishing can seem daunting, but it is straightforward really. If you’ve decided to self-publish your novel, book or short story then the easiest way is to self publish on Kindle and Amazon’s website using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Discussion thread about the new 0.How to Self Publish on Kindle in Three Easy Steps.Kindle Direct Publishing portal (for authors and small-medium publishers).
The link to the discussion thread is below.īottom line: If you want to make the best possible Kindle eBook from your InDesign file, the new Kindle Publishing Guidelines for InDesign is a must-read.
#KINDLE DIRECT PUBLISHING SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#
If you want to use those features, you’ll need to export to EPUB first, then use other free software from Amazon (KindleGen or Kindle Previewer, links below) and third parties (such as Calibre) to convert the stand-alone EPUB to MOBI.īut remember, the Export to Kindle plug-in is still in beta, and you are most welcome to chime in to the Kindle Direct Publishing forums with your thoughts about its feature set and usability. For CS5.5 users that means the Export to Kindle plug-in ignores the Articles panel and Object Export Options settings. InDesign’s own EPUB export can’t do that.Īlas, it’s the same plug-in for CS4 through CS5.5, so other than the special tricks added by the plug-in itself, it uses the lowest common denominator of CS4’s INDD > EPUB features for the heavy lifting. The guidelines even suggest that you use the Keeps setting of “Start on Next Page” in a paragraph style so you don’t have to enter the break character manually, and the plug-in will follow through.
The plug-in is smart enough to convert InDesign page breaks (the special character you insert from the File > Insert Break Character menu) to chapter breaks in the Kindle book it exports. The plug-in appears in the File menu as Export for Kindle and also in the Books panel menu, if you want to export an entire InDesign book (INDB) to Kindle format. Technically, the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines for InDesign document is actually a how-to guide for using their free and recently updated Export to Kindle plug-in for InDesign, which works with CS4, CS5, and CS5.5. Of course it uses proper Paragraph Styles:Īnd even has a linked TOC (placed in the document, per their requirements) created from a TOC style: More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today.
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