- Seren helps edit dead-tree books.
BLOGS OF NOTE
Joe Konrath http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/
Bob Mayer http://writeitforward.wordpress.com/category/publishing-options/
Kristen Lamb (Social Networking Maven) http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/
Book Designer Joel Friedlander http://www.thebookdesigner.com/
E-PUBING OPTIONS
Amazon.com Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) & CreateSpace
KDP Forums, Technical Help
http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/forumindex.jspa
Kindle Image Sizing Help
http://www.robotcomics.net/2009/07/adapting-comics-amazon-kindle-part-1-html-doc-tutorial/
Barnes & Noble PubIt
http://pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?t=pi_reg_home
Smashwords
http://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords
http://www.smashwords.com/about/supportfaq#Publishing (support FAQ, help with formatting)
http://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_ipad_ebooks
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52 (Style Guide, FREE book with great reviews!)
Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/browse/services/publishing/8/LULU00107
Kobo
http://kobobooks.com/companyinfo/authorsnpublishers.html
iPad
http://www.ipadpublishing.net/how-to-publish-to-ipads.html
Conversion Services
- Aptara – http://www.aptaracorp.com/
- Code Mantra – http://www.codemantra.com/
- Innodata Isogen – http://www.innodata-isogen.com/
- Jouve / Publishing Dimensions – http://www.pubdimensions.com/
- LibreDigital – http://www.libredigital.com/
Bowker (purchase ISBNs)
https://www.myidentifiers.com/
Lightening Source POD (an Ingram company)
http://www.lightningsource.com/
Promotion & Networking
KindleBoards.com Book Bazaar
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/board,42.0.html
KindleBoards Writers Café (and “Tag” thread)
http://tagmybookonamazon.wordpress.com/what-is-tagging/
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/board,60.0.html
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,31628.0.html (UK)
How to Make Signature/Book Cover Link (Kindle)
http://www.kindleboards.com/link/link-maker-1-0.php
KINDLE PRIMER
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,42600.0.html
BOOK REVIEWERS
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,20049.0.html
SOCIAL MEDIA
Goodreads.com. Become a member and promote your book—must spend time in discussion boards & “friends” can help.
Nookboards.com. Become a member and promote your book.
LinkedIn groups–Writing Mafia
FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Thank you, Amy. I couldn’t attend the session since I was taking pitches, but I wanted to.
Vivian
Hope you got some great prospects, Vivian…heard great things about your pitch sessions. *s*
Thanks, Amy. The information you shared at your session was outstanding. The machinary mishap didn’t even matter to me.
Thanks for posting your handouts.
Thanks Jackie–glad it was helpful. Probably the power point issue was more aggravating to me than anyone else. *s*
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