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	<title>Publish Your Own Ebooks</title>
	
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	<description>How To Write, Publish &amp; Sell Ebooks Online</description>
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		<title>Book Awards for Indie Authors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bestseller Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[award winning books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you browse the shelves at your local bookstore have you noticed that some books have small gold seals declaring outstanding achievements such as &#8220;Gold Medal Winner&#8221; or &#8220;Readers Favorite Award Winner&#8221;? How would you like to be one of those award-winning authors? Out of the many book awards that are held around the world every year there are a number that are organized for independent and self-publishing authors in particular. Some indie book awards are exclusively for self-published books in print, others for ebooks, and some accept entries for either print books or ebooks. Book awards usually have entry fees. The average price of entry for most of the awards below is around $70 which will certainly seem expensive to some self-publishing authors. On top of that fee you will probably need to provide a couple of copies of your book which will be distributed to judges and reviewers. All up it is a considerable cost for entering a contest. So what&#8217;s the upside? Don&#8217;t expect a windfall of cash. Unlike the Nobel Prize and certain other literary prizes book awards do not tend to offer large cash prizes. What they do offer is publicity and exposure: to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Main Types of Editing</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/3-main-types-of-editing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critiquing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manuscript editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proofreading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editing your manuscript is a very important stage of the publishing process. This is especially true when you are self-publishing your own books or ebooks. Yet many indie authors think that they can skip over editing and they publish books that are poorly written and filled with errors. I have downloaded ebooks by dozens of indie authors who are guilty of this and it really is a shame. It&#8217;s hard enough trying to publish a successful book yet these authors are shooting themselves in the foot before they even cross the starting line. Some of the stories I have read have been very good yet through a lack of editing the authors let themselves down. How many readers refrained from leaving a good review because of typos and silly errors? And how many readers have been driven (away from indie books) back to ebooks from traditional publishing houses because of poor experiences? What is involved in editing? The amount of work involved in editing a manuscript depends upon the state of the manuscript and also on what type of editing you would like. Here are the three main types of editing: Critiquing – this involves a critique of the manuscript [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CreateSpace’s New Fees Help Authors</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/createspace-discontinues-pro-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ebook Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Ebooks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been thinking of using the Print On Demand services of CreateSpace to get your ebook into print then I have some good news for you. CreateSpace have discontinued their Pro Plan, effectively putting more money back into the pockets of authors. The Pro Plan cost authors $39 to set up for each title, with an ongoing annual fee of $5. By signing up to the Pro Plan authors were entitled to better royalties, lower prices when purchasing their own books, and could opt for expanded distribution. With the removal of the Pro Plan it is now free for all authors to receive lower pricing on owner orders and higher royalty payouts. There is now a new charge for Expanded Distribution. What does this mean for existing and new CreateSpace authors? For authors who had purchased Pro Plan for their book within the 30 days preceeding the January 18th announcement, CreateSpace are reportedly offering 5 free copies of the book. For those existing titles that were not enrolled in Pro Plan, the cost for your book orders should have dropped and your royalty earnings will have increased. For new authors joining CreateSpace, it just became less expensive to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple’s iBooks Author Tool for Creating Interactive Ebooks</title>
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		<comments>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/apple-ibooks-author/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creating Ebooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Formats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[media rich ebooks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/?p=1487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple’s has launched a new ebook creation tool, iBooks Author. It is a Mac-only software application for creating media-rich, interactive books for the iPad. This new app was launched by Apple’s Phil Schiller at a special event in New York’s Guggenheim Museum on Thursday 19th January. Apple also announced the release of iBooks 2, an update to their iBooks reading application. At the launch Apple positioned iBooks Author as an ideal solution for textbooks that will not only contain rich, interactive content but can easily be updated. Schiller said “Education is deep in Apple’s DNA and iPad may be our most exciting education product yet. With 1.5 million iPads already in use in education institutions, including over 1,000 one-to-one deployments, iPad is rapidly being adopted by schools across the US and around the world.” With iBooks Author, authors can easily add interactive animations, diagrams, photos, audio and video to their ebooks. It is an easy app to use and involves dragging and dropping your content into some &#8220;preprepared&#8221; templates. As you develop your ebook you can preview the results either within the software and on your iPad if it is connected. The key here is interactive, media-rich content. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KDP Select Results for December</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/kdp-select-results-for-december/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/kdp-select-results-for-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ebook Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Ebooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KDP Select earnings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDP Select numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDP Select results]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally we have some hard data on Amazon&#8217;s new KDP Select program. How many &#8220;borrows&#8221; were there in December? When Amazon divided up the $500,000, how much did an author get for each book borrowed? In December I posted about the pros and cons of KDP Select from Amazon. However without some idea of the actual numbers of books borrowed and how much an author would earn per borrow it was still difficult for many authors to decide whether KDP Select was a good option or not. Now there are some actual numbers available, and I hope this will help you to decide whether or not KDP Select is for you. Amazon issued a press release on 12th January with the key results from December 2011. Customers borrowed a total of 295,000 KDP Select books in December. With a fund of $500,000 in December that means that KDP authors earned $1.70 per borrow. Also Amazon revealed that in December the library grew to a selection of 75,000+ books. For January, Amazon has decided to increase the Fund. In the press release they stated, &#8220;In response to strong customer adoption of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (as well as seasonal, post-holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Tools for Tracking Ebook Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/7-tools-for-tracking-ebook-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebook sales tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebook tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebook tracking tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NovelRank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[track ebook sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are anything like other ebook authors I know, then you probably spend a fair amount of time checking your ebooks&#8217; sales figures and rankings. The reports offered at some major ebook stores, however, tend to be quite basic. Fortunately there are a number of alternative tracking services available. Some of the following services also attempt to estimate sales but remember these are only estimates. Unless the source is directly from the ebook store, e.g. Amazon, then this will probably only a &#8220;best guess&#8221; of expected sales based on a particular rank. With tools like these you can also keep track of how your competitors&#8217; ebooks are doing and even get some ideas for your next book by researching the performance of particular titles. Author Central At Amazon&#8217;s Author Central you can click on the Sales Info tab to see graphs of your book&#8217;s ranking. authorcentral.amazon.com NovelRank A free service for authors to track their Amazon Sales Rank through Amazon&#8217;s various stores around the world. Sales quantities are only estimates. www.NovelRank.com Metric Junkie A free service that displays Amazon Sales data through charts and graphs. You can track sales and estimate product market share. www.MetricJunkie.com Sales Rank Express Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Sell Ebooks at Your Own Site</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/selling-ebooks-at-your-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bestseller Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/?p=1453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure that most ebook authors would like to reach as many readers and sell as many ebooks as possible. So much attention in the industry right now is focused on publishing via major ebook stores such as Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Store and Barnes &#38; Noble&#8217;s Nook Books that many authors overlook the possibility of selling directly to their readers. I guess with media reports of independent authors making it into the Kindle Million Club it is not too surprising that many writers want to be the next John Locke or Amanda Hocking. While these big ebook stores are excellent channels to sell your ebooks there are still some very good reasons to sell ebooks from your own author web site. Reason 1. A Greater Percentage of Author Revenue When you sell ebooks from your own web site nearly all of the money ends up in your own pocket. For example, if you sell an ebook for $5.99 at Amazon (using Kindle Direct Publishing with a 70% royalty) you will receive approximately $4.19. If you sell the same ebook at your own web site using PayPal as the payment processor (people can still pay with either PayPal account or a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pros &amp; Cons of KDP Select</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/kdp-select-pros-and-cons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/kdp-select-pros-and-cons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ebook Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon Prime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDP Select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle Direct Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle Owners' Lending Library]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon recently introduced their new KDP Select option for authors who are publishing ebooks via Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Direct Publishing.  But what exactly is KDP Select, and should indie authors select it or not? What is KDP Select?  KDP Select enables indie authors to include their ebooks in the Kindle Owners&#8217; Lending Library. This library is not available to all Kindle owners &#8211; it is only available to Kindle owners who purchase an Amazon Prime membership or who take up the offer of a one month free trial of Amazon Prime membership. Amazon has created a new fund to compensate authors whose ebooks are borrowed from this library. Adding a title to KDP Select requires exclusivity for a period of at least 90 days. In other words you agree NOT to sell the title elsewhere including other ebook stores and even from your own web site during that exclusivity period.  The initial period is 90 days and this renews automatically unless you opt out. Amazon explains, &#8220;When you make any of your titles exclusive to the Kindle Store for at least 90 days, those with US rights will automatically be included in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library and can earn a share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library?</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/kindle-owners-lending-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of developments recently at Amazon regarding their new Kindle Owners&#8217; Lending Library so I thought it might be helpful to provide a summary here. Amazon first announced the Kindle Owners&#8217; Lending Library at the beginning of  November 2011. The library ties in closely with their new Amazon Prime Membership which is really a &#8220;package deal&#8221; for delivering content &#8211; particularly streaming movies and video &#8211; to their new Kindle Fire customers. What are US Amazon Prime Members? An Amazon Prime membership costs $79 for a year. Members are entitled to: Unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows Free Two-Day Shipping on items A Kindle Book to borrow for free each month from the Kindle Owners&#8217; Lending Library  The focus of the Prime membership seems to be on the multimedia content for the Kindle Fire because members only get to borrow 12 Kindle books per year with their $79 membership. More about the Kindle Owners&#8217; Lending Library There are already more than 30,000 ebooks available for borrowing including over 100 current and former bestsellers.  These ebooks can only be borrowed by readers who are Kindle owners and have purchased a Prime Membership. Since there are no due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Digital Rights Management?</title>
		<link>http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/what-is-drm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creating Ebooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Formats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook Readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon Kindle Store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple iBookstore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B&N Nook Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Rights Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebook piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smashwords]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Online ebook piracy remains a major concern for ebook publishers just as it is for the music industry. Without some form of protection it is very easy for people to copy and share ebook files with others. That&#8217;s where Digital Rights Management (DRM) can help. Digital Rights Management is technology which can be embedded in an ebook &#8211; or other digital product &#8211; and typically: prevents the ebook from being used by anyone other than the person who purchased it, and limits how the file can be copied, printed, and shared. Each ebook store has its own policy and technique for applying DRM. Here are a few examples: Kindle Store, B&#38;N Nook Books: If you are using Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Direct Publishing or Barnes &#38; Noble&#8217;s Pubit! you must choose whether or not to have DRM applied to a particular title. Once you have decided this setting cannot be changed. iBookstore: All ebooks sold in Apple&#8217;s iBookstore have DRM applied. Smashwords: No ebooks sold in Smashwords&#8217; own ebook store have Digital Rights Management. There is some debate about whether authors should opt for DRM or not. Despite the anti-piracy benefit, some people dislike DRM because it locks the book in to [...]]]></description>
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