| Have you ever thought about publishing your own | | | | Currently there are more than 400,000 Kindle books |
| book? Do you have a great novel tucked away in | | | | available on the Amazon website - and this number is |
| your desk? Or maybe you have a collection of short | | | | growing at an average rate of 500 everyday. |
| stories that you just haven't got around to | | | | In addition to changing the manner in which books |
| publishing? Maybe you would like to publish the | | | | are bought, delivered and read, the Kindle reader |
| biography of one of your relatives. | | | | gives would-be authors the opportunity to have their |
| If any of the above apply to you then you may be | | | | work published and showcased by the world's largest |
| interested to know that, not only there plenty of | | | | book seller. Having your book published in Kindle |
| other people who share your ambition, but that the | | | | format is simple, fast and free. What's more - so long |
| available publishing options are increasing daily. It has | | | | as you fix the price of your book at the value |
| never been so easy to publish a book. Not only is it | | | | between $1 and $9.99, Amazon will take no more |
| easier but it is also cheaper - and there are now | | | | than 30% of the sales price leaving 70% for you |
| options available which are one hundred percent free. | | | | (minus a very small delivery free - usually no more |
| As a matter of fact, if your book sells, you might | | | | than a few cents depending upon how many |
| even make some money. | | | | kilobytes your book takes up). |
| For example, Amazon are a company who apart | | | | Before you can publish your book, you will require |
| from being very successful, have a strong | | | | your own Amazon account. This is free - in fact, if |
| Association with books and reading. When they | | | | you've ever bought anything from Amazon's website |
| launched the original Amazon website in 1995, the | | | | then you already have your own free account and |
| way that many people bought books changed | | | | login. With your account in place, all you have to do is |
| dramatically. | | | | to format your book and upload it to Amazon's |
| Later, in 2007, when Amazon launched the original | | | | website. One very easy way to achieve this is to |
| Kindle e-book reader, the way that people read | | | | format your book using Microsoft Word and then to |
| books also began to change. The launch of the | | | | save it in HTML format. This option can be found by |
| upgraded Kindle 2.0 in February of 2009, followed by | | | | selecting "save as" from the file menu. Other |
| the large format Kindle Dx in the summer of the | | | | methods exist, but using Word is one of the easiest. |
| same year, saw e-book readers become accepted | | | | Choosing a suitably attractive illustration for the cover |
| into the mainstream consumer marketplace and, | | | | of your book is also a good idea. This will make your |
| although still very new, the market for both e-books | | | | book more appealing to potential buyers. This is also |
| and e-book readers grew very rapidly indeed. | | | | very simple to do, just upload your chosen image to |
| One of the key factors in the success of the Kindle - | | | | Amazon's website and you're done. After that, you |
| apart from the fact that it was an extremely well | | | | just need to fill in a few fields, choose a good title |
| designed piece of hardware - was the huge selection | | | | for your book, set your price - and you will be a |
| of Kindle books available for users to choose from. | | | | published author! |