Writing for Kindle-Is This a Good Way to Get Published

Is the printed book fast becoming a thing of the past? According to some sources, brick and mortar book stores now sell a mere 30% of published works. The electronic book (eBook) is rapidly becoming a top favorite for the reading public.

Yes, people still read books. TV and the movies have not pushed book reading aside-not by a long shot. But the title of this article asks a question that is on the minds of thousands of people. Is writing a book for the eBook market a good way to get published? Yes it is, but there are a few facts about book publishing you need to know.

From first-hand experience, I can tell you that the most difficult method of getting your book published is to go the traditional route-submitting it to a conventional publishing house like MacMillan, Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster or Random House. The last time I tried to get my first novel published I sent a synopsis and three chapters to each of these companies, only to be told that they only accept submissions through established literary agents.

Literary agents are just as hard a nut to crack as the publishers. Every literary agent I tried had essentially the same story, they are deeply involved with their own well-established, well-known writers.

In desperation, following several years of rejection slips and disappointment I took a chance on a "Print-on-Demand" publisher. The one I chose, whom I will not name, did publish my novel, but they direct all of their efforts toward selling copies to the individual; authors. I, like thousands of other writers was expected to market/promote my own book, but convincing struggling bookstores locally to allow me to conduct a book-signing resulted in no takers.

My publisher did send out my book introduction to many of the big on-line booksellers. It was listed on stores like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and to this day the retail price for my novel is available in soft cover for $24.95. Now I ask you, who in his right mind would pay that much for a paperback book that should have been priced at about $12.00

What saved me was that my publisher finally gave in to Amazon and formatted my novel for distribution via Amazon's Kindle. Of course the conversion to eBook did cost me about $30.00. But this was a very worthwhile investment.

So what am I suggesting you do with your novel or non-fiction work? Publish it yourself!

CreateSpace is an Amazon affiliate that handles the input to the massive Kindle market. Much of what they do for writers is free. Just sign up and download their formatting tools.

Of course this all depends on whether or not you have a finished book. They do, for a fee, offer other services at very reasonable prices so if you have a finished work that has been proof-read and spell-checked, then I urge you to go for it.

Another option to consider is Barnes and Noble's Nook electronic publishing reader. The Nook has many of the features of Kindle. I am personally looking into formatting my novel for Nook and once I've been successful at doing this, I will post a new article covering the procedure.

Many authors have been discouraged while stacking up a pile of rejection slips. Electronic publishing is no longer a wave of the future, it is a reality today. If Kindle publishing is a new idea for you, then visit Amazon and see what they have done with Surrogate Warrior
Expert Author Don Penven is a freelance writer and professional photographer based in Raleigh and Morehead City, NC,

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