Amazon’s Direct Publishing (KDP), formerly Digital Text Platform, is the easiest way to publish your e-book to the Amazon Kindle. For those still unfamiliar with e-readers, Amazon’s wireless reading device, the Kindle, allows you to download and read thousands of book titles instantly. Similarly, these same titles can also be downloaded for reading to your Mac, PC, or other device, such as the Android smartphone.
Archives for October 2010
Packaging Your Word Novel to AZW Using Amazon’s DTP
When writing your novel for upload through Amazon’s DTP, you may have heard you need to use Word 2003 or earlier (.doc) and not Word 2007/2010 (.docx). This is only true if you plan to upload the document directly as a Word document through DTP.
DRACULAS (A Novel of Terror) Book Review
Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn (aka J.A. Konrath), Jeff Strand and F. Paul Wilson successfully weave a new and frightening twist to Bram Stoker’s original creature. Forget crosses, sunlight and garlic. DRACULAS is set in the 21st century, and these monsters encompass a new breed of terror.
Amazon slated to sell 5 Million Kindles
t looks like the Amazon Kindle is slated to sell 5 Million e-Readers this year. Douglas Anmuth, analyst for Barclays Capital, stated Wednesday, Sept 29, 2010, that not only will Amazon see a success due to the redesign of their popular Kindle, but the lower price tag for the WiFi version is sure to push sales higher.