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The best way to publish your book (In my opinion)


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:

  1. 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.
  2. You can publish an ebook, a paperback, and an audio book.
  3. 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
  4. 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 amazon account
  5. Amazon.com is the book store more than 70% of book buyers go to
    • That means you can market to people already there. No need to direct traffic cause it's already there. Just take them by the hand and show them your book.
    • If you have good keywords, you can set up excellent ads to reach them.
  6. You'll have full control of your book
    • ​​​​​​​Read sales reports
    • Publish ads and control how much to spend
    • Focus your ads on the right market
    • Keep all of your money (minus Amazon fees)
    • Control price of your books
However, this may not be easy for you to do yourself. Some publishing tasks are very difficult and takes a lot of practice. Not need doing it yourself.

If you have a complete manuscript and are looking for help publishing your book, I offer many ways to help navigate you through the process.
Some of the techniques I used could help you put your book on the market and become a best seller in its category.

Let me put my years of experience toward publishing your work. Together we will get your book on Amazon and market it to the right people.

Just reply to this newsletter and I'll be in touch. 
 
 
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".

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