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    Fast Fun ePublishing
    Fast Fun ePublishing
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    Fast Fun ePublishing

    By F. J. Mackelroy

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    Now updated for summer 2013, with the latest new information on high resolution ebook cover requirements, and how to get started with print book publishing!

    A short but sweet guide to the rapidly changing ePublishing world, Fast Fun ePublishing provides a quick overview with enough general information to help you jump in and begin digitally publishing your own writing right away. After a quick overview, the focus is on publishing via Smashwords to Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, and an increasing number of other respected and popular eBook outlets,

    Now includes eBook publishing with Amazon Kindle Desktop Publishing, and includes a quick intro to print publishing!

    Also included are notes on several other distributors, and things to keep in mind as you decide how to proceed. No hype, no fluff, no sales, just tips based on experience to help you have fun and get your work out there!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherF. J. Mackelroy
    Release dateMay 31, 2010
    ISBN9781452331478
    Fast Fun ePublishing
    Author

    F. J. Mackelroy

    F. J. Mackelroy is a science writer from Michigan.As Jim Loudon said, Sic resilire senex hali plumon!

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      Book preview

      Fast Fun ePublishing - F. J. Mackelroy

      Fast Fun ePublishing

      by

      F. J. Mackelroy

      Smashwords Edition

      * * * * *

      Published by F. J. Mackelroy at Smashwords

      Fast Fun ePublishing

      Copyright 2010-2013 by F. J. Mackelroy

      New for 2013, with numerous updates, the latest new information on high resolution ebook covers, and how to get started with print book publishing.

      Fast Fun ePublishing is exactly that, no hype, no fluff, just a quick overview with the basic information you need to help you jump right in and begin, in a professional, enjoyable manner, to publish and distribute your own eBooks—and print books—so they are available around the world. Have fun and get your work out there!

      Contents

      Getting started

      The Virtues of ePublishing

      The Vices of ePublishing

      Start Your PR Campaign now

      The Parts You Will Need, and Where to Publish

      Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing

      Smashwords Publishing-with new cover requirements

      The Process

      Formatting Issues

      That Tricky Table of Contents

      Gather All Your Materials for Publication

      Upload and Publish!

      Publish Means Publish!

      Published, Now What?

      Premium Distribution

      Get a Unique Book Number, an ISBN

      Check Your Stats and Followup

      Print, the new world: Books on actual paper!

      References

      Fast Fun ePublishing

      Getting Started

      Publishing your own eBook can be an interesting and rewarding process. And now, authors can control the entire process. For the first time, the individual author can conceive, write, edit, proofread, format, upload, publish to the world, publicize, sell, collect payments and make revisions of a book, all from a regular home computer with an internet connection. This provides authors of both general interest and specialty books a better opportunity of finding readers than ever before.

      This is revolutionary. By the beginning of 2011, one online publisher and distributor, Smashwords.com, has published more than a billion words. Of course, as with the web and blogs and even traditional professional media, not all of these words are fun, informative, heart-wrenching, funny, thrilling, educational, or useful. But a surprising percentage of them, combined into stories and books, are.

      And your book certainly will be!

      This is a very quick overview of ePublishing, with the goal of providing just enough information and insight so you will be informed and ready to jump in and try it yourself. We also provide references so you can get additional help when you need it. Not only will actually publishing the book let you really learn the ropes, you will have a finished product, your story or book published as a bonus!

      This overview discusses what ePublishing is, what you will need in order to do it, where to publish, how to begin, and what to do after publication, in addition to partying down.

      There are many ways to electronically publish a manuscript, everything from

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