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Amazon Kindle provides another way for customers to read your book. Sometimes the more options the better. I've personally been surprised to find that sales increased when I added the Kindle book alternative to customers.

The great news is publishing with Kindle Direct Publishing doesn't cost anything other than the time to create the book in the proper format. Additionally, Amazon's Kindle has a new feature that will allow customers to pre-order and pay for books before the release date. You can now upload your book with a projected sales date of up to 90 days in advance. 

Customers can pre-order their copies before the book is even published. However, use this only if you have a complete manuscript ready to go. You just need to provide a working manuscript and a final manuscript within a month of the publishing date.

As publisher, you can upload your manuscript to Amazon.com as a Kindle readable book. To do so, first  establish a seller's account so the title, description, ISBN, price, and other information is required. Once uploaded and approved, your book will be listed as available on Kindle.  Publishers can expect a royalty rate of between 35 percent and 70 percent from each Kindle sale.

Each book title and format is unique and should have its own ISBN. Since customers can search for books using ISBN numbers, publish one title with an ISBN for the hardback, one for the paperback, one for each eBook format, another for Amazon.com Kindle, and yet another ISBN for an audio recording. Additionally, you would need an ISBN for significant revisions. It's possible that you could use almost a ten block of ISBNs on one title.

To get started, visit the Amazon Kindle Digital Text Platform registration site at: https://dtp.amazon.com/mn/signin.

Click the "Sign up" button and begin creating your account. Once you complete the information about your publishing company, select "Add a new title."

A new page will open and you can begin submitting your book information. Afterwards, you can upload your book's interior and cover files.

Kindle does require books to be submitted in HTML (use the "Save as" option and select "Web Page" or HTML), Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. Once upload is complete, you can review and approve the format.


It takes a lot of work to format for Kindle but it may prove worthwhile. Many authors sell more Kindle books than they do print books. 

If you like this article, consider getting the book it came from. We also offer it in Kindle.




     


 Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP is the owner of Red Bike Publishing. Jeff is an accomplished writer of non-fiction books, novels and periodicals. He also owns Red bike Publishing. Published books include: "Get Rich in a Niche-Insider's Guide to Self Publishing in a Specialized Industry" and "Commitment-A Novel". Jeff is an expert in security and has written many security books including: "Insider's Guide to Security Clearances" and "DoD Security Clearances and Contracts Guidebook". See Red Bike Publishing for print copies of: Army Leadership The Ranger Handbook The Army Physical Readiness Manual Drill and Ceremonies The ITAR The NISPOM
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