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Kindle and iPhone: How to publish your book on them
The future is digital content and it has already started. At the time of writing, the Kindle hasdoubled the sale of e-books in the US, and the iPhone is hugely popular with its applicationsgrowing every day. Stanza is the free application for ebook purchase and reading that canbe used on the iPhone. Thousands of books and catalogues are being added daily.The
 Kindle was voted
as one of Oprah’s favorite things in 2008
 
so its popularity is assured. It is ahand-held digital book reader device that connects to the internet and instantly downloads
books from Amazon’s digital catalogue. It has a screen that makes it much easier to
readand a user interface more like turning a page so there is no scrolling. Digital books (or e-books) are generally bought far more cheaply than physical books can be. You can find, buyand read instantly with wireless internet access (currently only in the US). They have acatalogue of books, magazines, newspapers and blogs which is expanding every day aspopularity grows. The device itself holds over hundreds of ebooks, magazines andnewspapers and you can add more memory, so you always have reading material.Readers love print books, but they also love the internet for speed, ease and price of e-books.
How to get your book onto the Kindle
You can get your book onto Kindle by uploading it in the right format here
 http://dtp.amazon.com. 
The process is as follows:(1) Sign in with your Amazon account (or create a new one).(2) Add a new item (i.e. book) to the screen and add all your information
 –
ISBN, blurb,search keywords.(3) Upload your book. It is easy to upload, but you might find that the formatting iswrong. They have a formatting documents guide, but it is essentially HTML. FromMicrosoft Word, you can save the book in HTML and edit it directly. There is a helpforum at the site if you have trouble.
 
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(4) Enter the pric
e. For this step, make sure you check out other people’s books prices
and price yours accordingly.(5) Enter your bank account and US tax numbers. Currently you must have a validSocial Security Number (SSN), Tax ID Number (TIN) or Employer ID Number (EIN)to publish on Kindle (so non-US residents cannot use it).
How to get your book onto the iPhone
You can get into Stanza on the iPhone by publishing your ebook through Smashwords.Smashwords is an ebook site where you can buy and sell ebooks in various formats. As anauthor, you can load your products onto the site for free (Smashwords takes 15% of sales),and it will convert your document into the various formats for you. Brilliant! This takes a lot oftime and eff
ort from us creative types who don’t want to spend days reformatting.
 You can have an author profile, and it will index your book for SEO and allow customers tosample your text. It has integration with Kindle and Stanza (for the iphone). You can loadYouTube videos, and create coupons to allow special offers for your customers. The bookscan also be tagged on social networking sites so it is a great service.To start the Smashwords publishing process, register for an account, and just follow theinstructions. You load a profile with your websites and info, and then Publish your ebook.
Here are some tips from my own experience:
 
Read the
 Smashwords Style Guide
first - definitely! Do not assume that your file is ok toload as is!
 
I tried a few variations of formatting but the best one was plain Microsoft Word.Select All and make it Normal text. Then go back through and Bold or Underline orchange font size. Delete all pictures and hyperlinks. Make it as basic as possible forthe best conversion. The style guide does not currently include instructions forMicrosoft Vista. Reformatting my original (very well formatted) ebook into plain formattook about 1.5 hours including loading and reloading. Ta
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Bullion Grey

Really nice, simple instructions! Thank you for your publishing this. I have published a few books and booklets and sold by hand or retail. This will really take my work to new levels. Again, thank you. Bullion Grey www.bulliongrey.com

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