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Giving Away Ebooks on Amazon.com

By John Kremer on Saturday, October 29th, 2011 | No Comments

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Question: Is it possible to push Amazon into dropping your Kindle ebook price to $0.00 by selling it for $0.00 on Smashwords or other platforms? John’s Answer: I know of at least one book author who had given his book away on Smashwords and even though he set a $4.99 price on Kindle at Amazon.com, [...]

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Ebook Publishing: Color Illustrations and Ebooks

By John Kremer on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Question: I want to publish an ebook that has lots of pictures (it is a must as it is a how-to book that needs the illustrations) and am scared to even think of doing this in Microsoft Word. Have you put any pictures into an ebook you have published? Would it be better to hire [...]

Children’s Books: Ebook or Printed Book?

By John Kremer on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Question: With all this talk about ebooks, is this also the best market for children’s picture books? Or do these still need to be hand-held, to-view books? John’s Answer: Kindle isn’t a perfect venue for children’s picture books because it doesn’t currently handle color. And color is important to most children’s picture books. So children’s [...]