Blogging, Writing, and Publishing

Recently I shared with you that I have provided my book as an audio product. This seems like a great opportunity for authors to provide more opportunities for their readers.  Having multiple book formats gives you, the author, more flexibility and sources of potential income. Audiobooks seem to be a very good way to meet a growing market demand as well as provide a revenue source for authors. Before I began my audible journey, I was very reluctant. I wasn't really sure anyone wanted to listen to boring security books. I figured that they wanted hardcover and paperback products. So, for many years I published most of my books in print only. Here's where I talk about what I learned at a recent conference again. Yep, it was there they convinced me to put my books out on Amazon Kindle. I decided to put them to the test. It was tough formatting my books for Kindle, but I stuck with it and for the last few months I have put my books into Kindle, rewrote book descriptions

www.redbikepublishing.com Hi everybody, If you are like me, you are working from home during this quarantine. For me that means working my day job at my kitchen table, and my Red Bike Publishing work in my study. Two different computer; two different rooms. I am currently republishing old books and slowing working on new ones. My main purpose is to use my security books to lead people to my newsletter and security training. This is a common practice for those who want to use their books as a business card. The books sold on Amazon.com have a call to action for them to engage with the author. That way when someone buys the book, they can also have a chance to learn more about the author or get more training. This has worked well for my security clearance books AND self publishing books. Are you planning on the same thing with your books? It even works for fiction. I know people who have used their novels to get people to join their newsletters for the following ideas and more. Futu

Rejection letters? There's a blast from the past... I remember throughout my adult life how much I wanted to be an author. I used to read Writer's Digest and many, many more magazines about how to publish. I remember all of those articles about how to get a manuscript to a publisher, how to avoid rejection letters, and which books to buy or agents to hire to get my book published. Now, many years later, things have changed so much. I haven't seen an articles about rejections letters in many years. I don't even see many publishing magazines anymore; everything has changed so much in the publishing world. I recently started dusting off some old book manuscripts and will be looking forward to publishing. I'm not going to worry about rejection letters or big publishing houses. I've already published so many books on my own, and it's even getting easier; self publishing has come a very long way. Now with Amazon.com and Kindle Direct Publishing, it&

You know how there are so many book publishing options? I help authors publish their final manuscripts by helping them take control of their work. After writing and publishing many, many books, I have come to the conclusion that publishing and managing books on Amazon is currently the best option and for a few very good reasons: It is free to publish your books on Amazon. As a publisher, I've used many print and publishing services, and Amazon is the only one that I'm aware of that will let you upload and publish for free. You can publish an ebook, a paperback, and an audio book. Since it's free, you can update book content and covers any time. It's almost instant.. You want a new cover? Upload it Need to correct an error or update book content? Upload it All you need is an amazon account and you are capable of being a publisher. It's really all there is to it. Your publisher account is tied to your amazon account Your author page is tied to your a