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NEW For Authors: Publish in Kindle Format, and Access Millions of Readers

Are you writing a book? If so, there's a marketplace you may not have considered: Amazon's Kindle.

I've owned a Kindle for a while, and although I loved it at first, the dinky little forward and back buttons just annoy me. I'm a fast reader, and the buttons hurt my thumbs. Then I bought an iPad, and now I read my Kindle ebooks on that: forward and back with just a tap! Magic. 

All of which is a long-winded way of saying that the future of books is digital, and you can read Kindle books on just about any mobile device, which makes for a HUGE marketplace.

To be honest, although I publish ebooks, I disregarded the Kindle. Then I kept hearing from writer colleagues that they'd just published their books on the Kindle, and that sales were great. One writer told me she was publishing a book a week. (Your Kindle books don't need to be long; they just need to cover what readers want to know.)

That raised my eyebrows. 

What raised them even more was when she told me of the income she was making, without doing much promotion at all; she was relying on Amazon's popularity.

This means that I'll be taking a fresh look at the Kindle's publishing format, and you should too.

Publishing for the Kindle is amazingly easy.

To show you how easy, I discovered this new video training, which shows you how to publish in Kindle format quickly and simply, and completely for free, using the tools you already have on your computer. 

Discover how you can publish your books in Kindle format today.

Why Write a Book?

Why would anyone write a book? It's a considerable commitment. You won't finish your book this afternoon if you start it this morning. You may not finish your book for months... or even years.

There are many reasons you'd consider writing a book.

For example:

* You want to see whether you can do it;

* You want the fame and fortune which may come with it;

* You have something to say which can only be said at book length;

* Someone has hired you to do it (you'd be amazed at how many people want to "write" a book, if they can get someone else to do the actual writing :-));

* You want to create a stream of in*come;

* You want the bragging rights which come to authors -- "My book's available in your local bookstore";

* You want to develop a real presence as a writer.

There are 1001 reasons you might want to write a book. Writing confidently at book length is a wonderful skill to have, and you build that skill by doing it.

I created the Just Write a Book Collection so that you could write an excellent book, and do it quickly.

However, before you consider becoming an author, I'd like you to think about WHY you might want to do this. Write down your reasons and examine your own motivation.

If you're an established writer, writing a book may well be the next, most logical step for you in your writing career. It will help you to establish your credibility as a ghostwriter, for example. There are unlimited opportunities for you to act as a ghostwriter for celebrities, as well as for people who just want someone to help them write their autobiography, or family history.

If you're a beginning writer, you may want to build a career as a genre writer -- someone who writes mystery, romance, or historical novels. This is an excellent career path, and there are many opportunities open to you.

So, why do YOU want to write a book?

Write a book: would you use quotes from Wikipedia in your book? | Write a book | Write A Nonfiction Book or Novel and Get It Published

I’ve no idea about the rights and wrongs of that particular case, but while I ADORE Wikipedia, because it gets you the gist of thousands of topics quickly, I’d never use it as the source material for a book.

If you’re wondering why not, here’s the reason: it’s crowd-sourced. Anyone and everyone can create and edit Wikipedia pages, with the result being that there’s no one to call to account for bad information. And if when I cite a source, I can’t say “so and so says” (after having verified that so and so is a reliable source), I won’t use that source.

via justwriteabook.com

Would YOU use Wikipedia as the source material for a book? Let me know your thoughts.