Amazon Kindle Submission
October 15, 2008
In order to demonstrate the benefits of the Amazon Kindle Submission service, you must first know what the Amazon Kindle is.
The Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary wireless reading device that allows its owners to instantly download books and newspapers. Only books that have been submitted to the Amazon Kindle via the required process and in the required format are available for Kindle readers to purchase and enjoy. Kindle editions of books appear on Amazon and in Amazon search listings just like any other format (such as a hardback edition).
There are several benefits to having your book available on Amazon Kindle.
1. The Amazon Kindle edition will appear in the search results, along with any other formats of your book (such as your paperback and/or hardback editions). This results in an increase of exposure for your book’s cover, which increases the chances of browsers clicking on your cover image and coming that much closer to becoming a buyer.
2. Sales through the Amazon Kindle are not split with Outskirts Press. Amazon will take their share, as they always do, but your profit will be directly deposited into your checking account by Amazon, without any involvement by (or portion for) Outskirts Press. In other words, your Kindle sales are YOUR Kindle sales.
3. Amazon customers and readers are growing every day. While the Kindle is a unique and revolutionary device designed to make reading more convenient, the majority of Amazon customers love actual BOOKS. A Kindle sale is an inexpensive way to offer your book to a potential reader; if they like it, they are more likely to purchase the paperback or hardback edition, too.
HOW TO ORDER THE AMAZON KINDLE SUBMISSION SERVICE
- Publish with Outskirts Press.
- Order the ebook edition of your book, either during production or after publication. (The ebook edition is free with the Diamond package). The Kindle Submission requires that an ebook edition of your book exists. The Kindle Submission also requires that you possess a U.S. Bank Account (Amazon’s requirement, not ours), because Amazon is going to direct deposit your Kindle royalties to your bank account.
- Order the Amazon Kindle Submission Service from the Marketing Options screen of your Author’s Center.
- Our Media Department will send you the necessary submission form. This form includes required information about your banking institution (since Kindle royalties are directly deposited to your U.S. Bank Account, providing Amazon with the means to make that deposit is a requirement of submission, as is having a U.S. Bank Account itself). Once completed, send that form back to us.
- That’s it! We’ll take care of the rest and typically within 5 business days, your Kindle edition will be online through Amazon.
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Entry Filed under: Marketing Options. Tags: self-publishing, amazon, kindle.
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