Francine Craft

Howdy!

I just want to tell you that I’m gathering new info to present on self-publishing!  I think you’ll be interested in guest blogs by people who are successful in this field, and so know what it’s about.   We all can give you tips to save you time, money, and the worst headaches of your life.  No,  you won’t like all of it, but you will learn and you’ll be glad you came to visit!

I’m looking forward to seeing you at this spot!

Best always,

Francine

BRAB — Aptly named, the acronym is for Building Relationships Around Books!  This is an online book club of 475 members, with many of your favorite authors included.  The sharp brainchild of Sharon Blount, sharing her California lady talents, BRAB is a book club you’ll be glad you looked into. They don’t just welcome new members, they embrace you with warmth.  And they offer so much.  All the regular book club selections which includes a wide variety of reviews and other comments.  There are great discussions on topics you can suggest.  And they’re keen on listening, really listening to what you have to say!

Sharon (an interesting person I’ll interview on here when she gets more time), tells me she has always been an omnivorous reader, but found few people to discuss the books she reads with.  She got the idea for an online book club and didn’t hesitate to begin working on it.  She was pleased at  the  camaraderie she found with those who were interested.  It  was a hard, hard slog at first, no matter  how thrilling and satisfying.  These days, she’s more relaxed with an administrative helper, Ms. Prissy Parker, frequently commenting on the various books they talk about. Those two work very well together to bring you great questions you’ll enjoy answering, and other tidbits you’ll enjoy.

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This is the final of three parts written by Shawn James, who does well with publishing his own e-books and helping others to publish.  You may reach him at sjsdirectamerica@gmail.com.

The day after Christmas is the biggest day of the year when it comes to e-book  sales.  When an e-book self-publisher is planning a presentation, he or she takes a heavy focus on one date.  December 26.  Why?  Christmas day many people get Kindles, Nooks, Kobos, ipods and ipads and TV shows.

From December 26 to mid-March is one of the biggest periods in the e-book market.  It’s the perfect time for a self-published author to launch a new title or promote an existing one.  With millions of people around the world looking to try out e-books on their new devices, it’s a great opportunity for an author to find an audience of readers for their title.

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This blog is the second part of a three-part blog on E-book publishing.  The author is Shawn James, an excellent and helpful writer who can be reached at www.sjsamerica@gmail.com.  Mr. james is available for consultation and general help.

The more venues a title is available at mean more places for readers to discover an author’s work.  And each e-book has its own niche audience and some titles in certain genres will sell better in some venues than others.

An author may think after self-publishing an e-book their work is done.  It’s just started.  Formatting and publishing an e-book is only the first part of reaching the reading audience.  In order for readers o find an author’s e-books, authors have to promote them.

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E-books are the fastest growing segment of the book market.  And self-published authors are fnding an audience of readers for their titles due to the low cost of setting up a title on an e-publishing website such as Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Pubit, Apple’s itunes or Smashwords.

Self-publishing e-books isn’t expensive nor is it difficult.  All an author needs to create an e-book is Microsoft Word, some photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements for their covers, an e-mail address and a bank account to deposit royalty payments in.  Most e-publishing websites such as Amazon or Pubit  will convert the Word Files to e-pub or Mobi, the two leading formats used by the markeetplace.

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