How to Increase Kindle Royalty to 70-Percent
Many authors should increase the amount of royalty share for their Kindle books, but they don't know how to change their agreement. The following video walks you through the process:
Storyist Software REVIEW and DISCOUNT
Initial Review:
Professional .epub Authoring
Imagine a world where authoring your book was fully supported in an all-in-one writer friendly software program. Forget everyday word processors and text editors that sit there and stare back at you during writer's block episodes.
ePubBud REVIEW: Children's Book Help
...pretty much just "YouTube for Children's eBooks."
Children's Book Conversion and much, much more
ePubBud is a unique opportunity with a distinctive lean for children's book self-publishers who already have a printed version of their book. But that's not all - New authors can get free help too!
Unlike other site's, ePubBud is giving away their services to authors who need some help.
Apple iPad Certified Book Aggregators
Contract with Apple directly:
Get your ePub file, EIN (tax ID), bank info, ISBN (book number), and cover art together and publish directly through Apple.
Or, go through an Apple Certified Aggregator:
iPad Publishing Format Tips
General Text Tips:
- Indent first line of each paragraph rather than using tabs or spaces.
- Set paragraph styles for body and headings.
- Embedded fonts could cause submission rejection.
General Graphics Tips:
- Place, then cut, then paste graphics at beginning of text where you want to anchor the graphic.
- Graphics ordered from left-to-right and down.
The Sigil WYSIWYG ePub Editor
The Sigil WYSIWYG ePub editor is a free software and download for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Every author or publisher should use Sigil to finish the book submission in the ePub format.
Sigil is a true .epub editor in that you are seeing the .epub structure as you work with the document. That's unique!
I would compare the look and feel of Sigil to the advanced and split window coding approach that programs like DreamWeaver use for developing web sites.
Sigil is, at this point, my .epub checking and finishing tool of choice.
Publishing for Kindle
Related article: Increase Kindle Royalty to 70%
Amazon Kindle Apps
Kindle does not use the epub format, BUT it is such a large market opportunity that it should get some writers and publishers attention.
What is the EPUB Format?
EPub format is a container or packaged format like a '.zip' file that holds file elements in organized folders making up a document intended to be read via an ereader such as the iPad.
The ZEN approach to the ePUB format
One would think that the dawn of a powerful format such as ePub would be ushered in with an easier composition document-to-ereader format workflow, BUT alias things are quite shy of a straightforward process.





