How to Sell an eBook in Amazon Kindle Format

Are you an author who has penned an e-book?  Are you experiencing slow sales or no sales at all?  If so, you should spend time on marketing.  By ensuring more people see your e-book sales page, you increase interest and profits.  You can also take an additional step.  That step is targeting a new market, Amazon Kindle owners.  Within just a few minutes, you can easily convert your e-book to an Amazon Kindle book and list it for sale on Amazon.com.

If you recently authored an e-book, you likely used Microsoft Word to do so.  Microsoft Word is popular with writers, as it has an easy-to-use format, spell checker, and grammar checker.  To sell an e-book, you convert the document into an Adobe PDF file.  If you have the original Microsoft Word document, great!  If not, use the Adobe PDF file.

Since you already wrote and proofread your e-book, the hard work is done.  As previously stated, it takes only a few minutes to list an Amazon Kindle book for sale.  To get started, visit Amazon.com.  You must have a free account.  If you don’t, create one.

Scroll down to the bottom of Amazon.com.  Click on the link titled “Self-Publish with Us.”  On the next page, select “Get Started,” from the Amazon Kindle section.  This leads to the digital text community.  This is your gateway to making money on Amazon.com.  Sign into your dashboard.  Do this using your Amazon.com account information.  From your dashboard, add a new item.  You will then start the three-part process.

Step one is to add product details.  You are asked to summarize the book you are selling.  Enter your name as the author, the title, and write a product description.  Your product description is very important.  Shoppers will see it and read it before making a purchase.  Describe what your book is about, but don’t provide too much information.  Leave shoppers feeling like there is more to learn.

Step two is to upload and preview your e-book.  The upload process automatically converts your document into digital text.  As previously stated, both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF documents can be converted on Amazon’s digital text platform.  During this step, preview your book.  Browse through the entire document.  Formatting errors are rare, but not uncommon.  Fix any mistakes before proceeding to the next step.

Step three is to set your price.  If you have yet to browse the Amazon Kindle Store, do so now.  Search for books that are similar to yours.  Did you write a horror novel?  If so, look for others in the same genre.  What is the average selling price?  You want to make money, but a high price can hurt your profits.  On average, first-time authors sell their Amazon Kindle books for less than $10.

After entering a selling price, hit the “Publish,” button.  Your document will no longer be a draft, but a live book.  It won’t appear in the Amazon Kindle Store right away.  It should take around 24 hours to appear.

When listing an e-book for sale on the Amazon Kindle Store, you will be asked for a lot of information.  This includes your email and bank account information.  This is legitimate and do not be afraid to give it.  Amazon needs a way to contact you and pay when your royalties total $10.

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