Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Sell Your Articles on the Kindle
    Sell Your Articles on the Kindle
    Sell Your Articles on the Kindle
    Ebook79 pages45 minutes

    Sell Your Articles on the Kindle

    By Kate Harper

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Booklet for beginners on how to publish and sell short documents for the Amazon Kindle, such as magazine articles, essays, memoirs or instructional materials.

    Topics include: How to get royalties by selling articles, determine pricing, formatting images, representing articles accurately in e-Reader bookstores, avoiding unnecessary costs, easiest ways to sell articles, and how to submit articles to the "Kindle Singles" (special Amazon category).

    Tips are also applicable for a variety of mobile devices such as the Barnes and Noble Nook and Apple ipad. You will learn how to publish your article in a word processor, without having to learn HTML coding. Instructional Appendices Include: How to create table of contents and internal links, dealing with common formatting problems, converting your article for a Kindle device, easy preview options before you publish, and a curated list of the 50 best resources to find free kindle books & software, podcasts, help forums and the best blogs to help you publish on the Kindle (10,000 words).

    Kate Harper lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a gift designer who is inspired by the merging of art and technology. She is active in the podcasting, art licensing and sharing economy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Harper
    Release dateApr 25, 2011
    ISBN9781458177841
    Sell Your Articles on the Kindle
    Author

    Kate Harper

    Kate Harper is a designer in Berkeley, California who is inspired by the intersection of art and technology. She is active in the new media, art licensing and DIY arts communities in the San Francisco Bay area.

    Read more from Kate Harper

    Related to Sell Your Articles on the Kindle

    Related ebooks

    Language Arts & Discipline For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      What’s Best For Your Book?

      Aug 5, 2021

      What’s Best For Your Book?
      5 min read

    • Article

      Getting It Out There

      Apr 1, 2021

      Getting It Out There
      6 min read

    • Article

      Defining a Target

      Jun 24, 2021

      Defining a Target
      4 min read

    • Article

      Find Your Niche

      Oct 17, 2020

      AS a freelance writer, you have more options for magazines to pitch your ideas to than you may realize. When you peruse the racks at Barnes & Noble or other newsstands, you only see a fraction of the publications circulating the country. Most people

      6 min read

    • Article

      More Eyes = More Sales

      Aug 13, 2019

      More Eyes = More Sales
      11 min read

    • Article

      Indielab

      Jan 30, 2019

      We are in the midst of a revolutionary shift in publishing—an era in which independent authors can work with greater agency than ever before. It is also an era in which writers must position themselves as brands and equip themselves with the business

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Self-Publishing Adventure

      Apr 20, 2020

      I set up my own illustration business, creating a variety of art for different purposes. Upon seeing my work on a cushion, in a gift shop, I was approached by a local author who was interested in me, illustrating her next children’s book. I did a bit

      2 min read

    • Article

      Free Tool Boosts Digital Knowhow

      Apr 22, 2020

      Free Tool Boosts Digital Knowhow
      1 min read

    • Article

      Putting Your Words In Order

      Jun 3, 2021

      Putting Your Words In Order
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Window On Your Words

      Jul 1, 2021

      A Window On Your Words
      6 min read

    • Article

      Marketing Matters

      Sep 2, 2021

      Marketing Matters
      5 min read

    • Article

      Write A Novel On Your Mac

      Apr 22, 2021

      Write A Novel On Your Mac
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Professionals

      May 6, 2021

      The Professionals
      5 min read

    • Article

      Create Your First Photobook

      Feb 22, 2018

      Create Your First Photobook
      8 min read

    • Article

      10 Pitfalls to Avoid When Self-Publishing a Picture Book

      Dec 11, 2023

      As a freelance picture book editor, my inbox is flooded daily with pleas from authors who need to know how to fix a mistake they made without spending a fortune. The truth is, not every mistake is easily fixable. But many of them are avoidable. Below

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Problem with Promotion Isn’t What You Think It Is

      Dec 12, 2022

      Every author agonizes over a lack of promotion to some degree, and I’m no exception. But it occurred to me today, as I sat at my computer considering the best use of my time, that one of the biggest problems we have as authors is too much opportunity

      4 min read

    • Article

      Pitch Vs. Query Vs. Proposal

      Jun 14, 2021

      I joined the WD team after working in nonfiction book publishing for about six years. I was used to getting book proposals and kept myself blissfully away from the magazine side of the brand I was working on. But when I joined WD, where the magazine

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Decent Proposal

      Jan 30, 2019

      A Decent Proposal
      7 min read

    • Article

      Distribution Options for Indie Authors

      Feb 15, 2021

      The decision to self-publish a book means taking on all the responsibilities of a publisher. This puts the author in charge of not only the writing, but the distribution, marketing, and promotion as well. Amazon is the leading vendor for book sales i

      4 min read

    • Article

      Pitch-Writing 101

      Dec 12, 2018

      The first task of writing a successful pitch is deciding where to send it. If you haven’t written for pay before, you may want to start small—a blog you read regularly or the website of a print publication you respect. Spend some time reading the sit

      2 min read

    • Article

      Playing The Freelance Field

      Dec 21, 2021

      When stay-at-home orders were issued in March 2020, I found myself trying to buy food in a crowded grocery store after shoppers panic-bought most everything off the shelves. I knew of enough substitutes for everyday staples—sour cream for eggs, bakin

      7 min read

    • Article

      PITCH Vs. QUERY Vs. PROPOSAL

      Oct 31, 2022

      I joined the WD team after working in nonfiction book publishing for about six years. I was used to getting book proposals and kept myself blissfully away from the magazine side of the brand I was working on. But when I joined WD, where the magazine

      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Sell Your Articles on the Kindle

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Sell Your Articles on the Kindle - Kate Harper

      How to Publish and Sell Your Article on the Kindle

      12 Beginner Tips for Short Documents

      By Kate Harper

      First Page • Adding images • Word Processors • Formatting • Links • • Beginnings and Endings • Lists • Uploading • Pricing • Store Description • Selling • Table of Contents• Inserting Images • Blank Space Problems • Nook Publishing • Previewing • Converting• Resources

      All Rights Reserved © 2017 Kate Harper

      ~

      Until I started selling hundreds of articles a month, I didn’t realize there was a ready, accessible market for short documents. I also didn't know how many people were interested in buying them. I learned that a writer doesn’t have to publish an entire book in order to receive royalties for their work. This is the new secret sweet spot of the e-Reader publishing market.

      What I call Kindle Articles are short documents, similar to printed magazine articles, which are published on the Amazon bookstore, along with many other online bookstores, for the Kindle and multiple mobile devices.

      There is a lot of information available on how to publish e-Books, but very little attention is given to selling articles. This book explains how to create article-length documents, how to price them, how long they should be, the best way to describe them on the Amazon Store, and how to give the customer a good value.

      The advantages of publishing articles are:

      1) They allow writers to receive monthly royalties instead of flat fees.

      2) They articles are displayed next to books on the Amazon and digital bookstores.

      3) Because their price is usually lower than books, they are a comparable bargain when sitting next to a book.

      You don't need to know HTML, use special software, or pay fees in order to publish an article. You can easily write, convert, upload and publish your article by simply using a word processor.

      Most of the information in this book comes from my own experience of buying and selling Kindle articles. I am also active in the Kindle publishing support communities, forums and newsgroups, and I have seen many of the problems writers face when trying to sell short documents.

      This book contains many recommendations that distinguish the differences between publishing articles and books, along with how to increase sales, prepare documents in the simplest way, and then format them so they can be read on multiple devices, such smart phones, tablets and desktop computers. The recommendations I suggest are also applicable to Amazon Singles an additional subject category Amazon offers which features short stories, memoirs, essays and articles ranging from 5,000-30,000 words.

      I believe you will find these tips will help you start down the road of receiving royalties for your articles.

      ~

      TIP #1

      Only Put 4 Things on Your First Page

      Publishing guidelines for most e-Readers instruct you to put your front matter on separate pages (i.e. a table of contents, title, copyright, acknowledgements, dedication, preface, prologue, and publisher contact information). By doing this, you can easily add too many pages to

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1