Comments on: Is it worth it? Ruminations of an e-book self-publisher by Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1060831 Steve Jordan Tue, 19 May 2009 19:48:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1060831 Oscar, I don't know what to tell you, to convince you to just <em>knuckle down and get it done</em>. That's up to you. Just keep thinking about the reward: Other people reading your book, the pride in accomplishment, the appreciation of others. If you have to, set some time aside... put it on your calendar. Or, if it's already written, consider paying someone to transcribe it to an electronic file. Going from paper to electronic is never easy. But once that step is done, everything else can be downhill from there. If you don't happen to have my skillsets, you might need others to help you, and that may mean arrangements to compensate them for their time. But again, the reward is worth it. Oscar, I don’t know what to tell you, to convince you to just knuckle down and get it done. That’s up to you. Just keep thinking about the reward: Other people reading your book, the pride in accomplishment, the appreciation of others. If you have to, set some time aside… put it on your calendar. Or, if it’s already written, consider paying someone to transcribe it to an electronic file.

Going from paper to electronic is never easy. But once that step is done, everything else can be downhill from there. If you don’t happen to have my skillsets, you might need others to help you, and that may mean arrangements to compensate them for their time. But again, the reward is worth it.

]]> By: oscar http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1060628 oscar Tue, 19 May 2009 14:28:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1060628 ur words are inspirational but i just can't get it started i have a book written (paper) but lack the guts to convert it and i reaaly want the book to c d light od d day! Regards ur words are inspirational but i just can’t get it started i have a book written (paper) but lack the guts to convert it and i reaaly want the book to c d light od d day!
Regards

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1021696 Steve Jordan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:26:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1021696 I had released my novels in the Kindle store. Simply put, since I had no advertising budget, there was no way to adequately promote them, so no one saw them, and the Kindle sales for the entire year (not to mention my net, after Amazon took their cut) were dismal. Since a Mobi file can be read on the Kindle, I decided to remove the Kindle files. The story might be different for a more established author, or one with a significant ad budget capable of getting noticed on Amazon. But for me, it simply was not worth my time, for the payback I got out of it. I had released my novels in the Kindle store. Simply put, since I had no advertising budget, there was no way to adequately promote them, so no one saw them, and the Kindle sales for the entire year (not to mention my net, after Amazon took their cut) were dismal. Since a Mobi file can be read on the Kindle, I decided to remove the Kindle files.

The story might be different for a more established author, or one with a significant ad budget capable of getting noticed on Amazon. But for me, it simply was not worth my time, for the payback I got out of it.

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1021598 pond Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1021598 oh - I see you have a mobi version. Let me rephrase: why did you choose not to sell through the Amazon Kindle store? oh – I see you have a mobi version. Let me rephrase: why did you choose not to sell through the Amazon Kindle store?

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1021595 pond Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:38:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1021595 I see no mention of .azw - any reason why you chose not to release to the Kindle? I see no mention of .azw – any reason why you chose not to release to the Kindle?

]]> By: Joanna Penn http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-1021434 Joanna Penn Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:39:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/13/is-it-worth-it-ruminations-of-an-e-book-self-publisher-by-steve-jordan/#comment-1021434 I agree that ebook publishing is worth it! I also wanted to point out that http://www.Smashwords.com has a converter to all formats. You just have to load the document once, then tweak if necessary. It makes conversion SO much easier! (and gets you on the iPhone) Thanks, Joanna I agree that ebook publishing is worth it! I also wanted to point out that http://www.Smashwords.com has a converter to all formats. You just have to load the document once, then tweak if necessary.
It makes conversion SO much easier!
(and gets you on the iPhone)

Thanks, Joanna

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