How to publish a book with Kindle

Publishing a book with Kindle is relatively easy.

First make sure your manuscript is finished and typo free. Then check it again. Also ensure that you check for the wrong word, spelt correctly! And the accidental  double use of the the same word can be off-putting to your readers, so please check check for those, too!

You will need to design a cover. My cover was designed using a photograph my wife create. The image was sent to Powerpoint and the text added there.

The image -complete with text- was then saved as a jpeg.

Then you need to go to http://kdp.amazon.com and simply follow the instructions. They take you through setting a price plus various other features that you can use to help promote your book.

You are advised to use a .doc file or it might not work. In Open Office I was able to save it as a .doc file.

You will need to wait for approval and then your book is out there, in the wild!

You can -please!- check my book of short stories out at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0070DA1PO

The next book I am working on via The Rann Street Press? A book on basic health and safety principles for the workplace. A vastly different project, but one which I feel passionate about.

Poetry

Poetry, if it is anything, must come from the heart.

It can rhyme, or be blank verse. Long, in multiple verses, or with only one verse or even only two lines.

Here are some examples of this short form of poetry:

Years ago, you gave me a stone heart. "How cute!" I thought.
I believed it was symbolic. Now I know better...


"Do not build a house on a sandy foundation," the Bible warns.
But what if our life is made of sand?

The birds of summer are leaving.
"See you next year," I say, as they fly away, high over head.


Why not have a go at this form of short poetry yourself? You can use it to experiment with ideas. Who knows? If you write enough, you might be able to collect them in the form of a book, either in print or as a Kindle book and sell it via Amazon.

Kindle reader and Kindle books for free, thanks to Amazon!

Those kind, wonderful people at Amazon allow you to download a free Kindle reader from their website.

But not only that, they also have a vast library of free to download Kindle books available on Amazon, too!

Besides which, there are many, many really interesting books (fiction and non-fiction) that are available in the Kindle format that are available at very modest and heavily discounted prices.

Just visit www.Amazon.com or www.amazon.co.uk (or the Amazon site appropriate for where you live) to find out more.

Or you could check the Amazon search box on Be That Writer.

These free Kindle books are, of course, suitable for a stand-alone Kindle reader, too.