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  • By: Entrepreneur Publishing
  • Narrated by: Gene Blake
  • Length: 53 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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How to Write a Book and Publish on Amazon

By: Entrepreneur Publishing
Narrated by: Gene Blake
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Summary

Writing and self-publishing on Amazon can sound like a dream, but it's much simpler than you think. With the publishing tools Amazon has available - Kindle, CreateSpace, ACX - it would be easy to get overwhelmed, though. Still, self-publishing is an easy way to get your content out to the most listeners as quickly as possible on a globally distributed platform in various digital, paperback, hard cover, audio CD, and downloadable audiobook formats. However, you really must take the time to write quality content before you are ready to publish.

Take a moment and consider why you want to publish on your topic.

Is it to make a name for yourself? Is it to educate the masses? Is it to share with the world an idea previously unwritten?

These are all laudable reasons for wanting to publish. In fact, there are hundreds of reasons to want to publish, and there's no reason why you can't self-publish through Amazon and get your work out to the world. Self-publishing is simple and does not require rejection from publisher after publisher. Get your book out in the world!

Create your content and publish on the Amazon platform of your choice using this handy guide. We will walk you through, minute by minute, how to publish via Kindle Direct Publishing, CreateSpace, and the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX). With just this one guide, you will have the keys to publishing on three high-volume platforms and getting your work out to the masses.

These platforms are excellent ways to leverage both your writing and your time. Don't wait. Download this audiobook to learn how to write and publish on Amazon Kindle, CreateSpace, and ACX.

©2015 Jeffrey Ito (P)2015 Jeffrey Ito

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This book is very inspiring and informative. It is a perfect guide for in-experienced authors.

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  • 26-05-16

Just a set of instructions

just a boring set of step by step instructions that could be found on each website. nothing inspirational at all. also the narration sounds like a robot. very boring.

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  • Jack
  • 29-10-16

Short, high level intro to self-publishing

This is a great, short, high-level introduction to self publishing including tips for how to write your book, how to edit your book, where to find people to do the graphic design, and also how to get your book on Kindle, a print on demand book from CreateSpace, and your audiobook on Audible.

The book made it seem like self-publishing is something I can accomplish. It outline things in a way that gave me confidence and direction on how to get started. Now, it's Time to write my book and get it done!

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  • Draevnn Motkova
  • 28-03-20

Nice review of the publishing process

The book includes valuable information and covers it at a nice rate. It is hard to imagine all the details covered when using an audio book but I'm glad to have listened and have it as a reference as I get my book ready.

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  • Luke
  • 13-05-19

I appreciate that it’s so short

Listened to the book in a short time and was pleasantly surprised at how simple the process seems. It’s a good balance between specific and general guidance that gives me the confidence needed to keep writing my book even when I was feeling overwhelmed.

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  • Jan Hart
  • 08-04-19

Covers all the basics: best for first time authors

The narration is good and the audiobook covers all the main points you need to get your book written and published on Amazon KDP. As you can imagine, the Self-Publishing platform (Kindle Direct Publishing) moves fast with changes nearly each month or so. From this point of view I found some of the suggestions a little old and occasionally misplaced. An updated version for 2019 would be welcome.

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  • James
  • 04-05-18

Moderately interesting book, but it has it's issue

This is a very short book, and focuses primarily on preparing your book to publish and the mechanics of publishing. That said, I found it interesting that the book is only available in Audible and as a paperback - there's no Kindle version. Considering that's what the book is about, I'm confused as to why the didn't publish it via Kindle.

Well worth the price, but it's far from perfect.

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  • Caleb David Tews
  • 12-12-17

Just YouTube it.

A couple good notes, but he even says to use YouTube. Not a must read in my opinion.

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  • Victoria
  • 23-08-16

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Educational, informative, it's a should have! All new authors shoukd have before beginning their writing.

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  • Joyce Hamilton
  • 24-08-15

Makes it sound like a walk in the park!

Can't wait to actually sit down and get started with this process! He makes it sound like a walk in the park!

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  • Scott Lehr
  • 28-02-23

Waste of time

The information is generic and useless. Keep looking. There have to be helpful books in this category. This book reads like it was written simply to publish a book. Two thumbs down.

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  • Paragon Enterprises
  • 15-06-22

Vital Information

This shows me everything I need to know to publish a book on Amazon. I was also glad to learn about audio books, and how to get covers as well. A lot of really excellent tips. I can’t wait to get started on my books.