Comments on: Publishing with Amazon’s Digital Text Platform (DTP) http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/publishing-with-amazons-digital-text-platform-dtp/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pond http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/publishing-with-amazons-digital-text-platform-dtp/comment-page-1/#comment-732956 pond Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:36:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/10/publishing-with-amazons-digital-text-platform-dtp/#comment-732956 The paper is geared to those writing with MicroSoft Word 2003, but I think most of us who use other programs to write in can translate the instructions over pretty easily. I found the section on creating a free sample were quite good; I'd been looking at the Amazon DTP web pages but hadn't found this info. In general the Amazon DTP site needs to be redone, and maybe they will do just that once the new Kindle2.0 comes out (wonder when? November 08?) but in the meantime anyone curious about putting a new or old book out for Kindle-addicts to buy should start with Miss Hamilton's paper and then go to the DTP forum site for any other questions them might have. Good link, thanks! The paper is geared to those writing with MicroSoft Word 2003, but I think most of us who use other programs to write in can translate the instructions over pretty easily. I found the section on creating a free sample were quite good; I’d been looking at the Amazon DTP web pages but hadn’t found this info.

In general the Amazon DTP site needs to be redone, and maybe they will do just that once the new Kindle2.0 comes out (wonder when? November 08?) but in the meantime anyone curious about putting a new or old book out for Kindle-addicts to buy should start with Miss Hamilton’s paper and then go to the DTP forum site for any other questions them might have.

Good link, thanks!

]]> By: Richard Herley http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/publishing-with-amazons-digital-text-platform-dtp/comment-page-1/#comment-732948 Richard Herley Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/03/10/publishing-with-amazons-digital-text-platform-dtp/#comment-732948 This is a talented lady who got the brush-off from conventional publishing. She is getting excellent reader-reviews, and those are the ones that matter most. We corresponded recently about how hard it is to promote e-writing without resorting to spamming. As a result of that I set up a <a href="http://independent-authors.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">blog </A> where adventurous readers can learn about new and independent writers. It's not perfect, but it's a start. April, good luck! This is a talented lady who got the brush-off from conventional publishing. She is getting excellent reader-reviews, and those are the ones that matter most. We corresponded recently about how hard it is to promote e-writing without resorting to spamming. As a result of that I set up a blog where adventurous readers can learn about new and independent writers. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start.

April, good luck!

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