Authors whose non-Kindle Unlimited books fall into the 70% royalty range are charged a delivery charge based on a MOBI’s size for sales of Kindle books on Amazon. The charge is 15¢ per megabyte (MB). The actual cover of the book is not included in calculating the size for purposes of the delivery fee. Because […]
Category: Formatting
Taking a closer look at Ken Oder: What works in indie fiction?
Congratulations to author Ken Oder on the release of his second novel, Old Wounds to the Heart. Not only is it his second novel, but it is the second in his series of Whippoorwill Hollow books. When you take a closer look, it’s clear that Ken’s doing a lot of things right as an indie novelist. Things we […]
Print on Demand Strategy: Where Does Nook Press Print Platform Fit In?
For the last few years, I’ve been recommending that the easiest print option with the best benefit for authors is Amazon’s CreateSpace (“CS”). Beginner: CreateSpace The reason? They have had the best wholesale price for authors to buy their books, they charge no fees other than the cost of books, they have the best margin on […]
The Top Five Reasons Vellum May Be Your Formatting Solution
Recently I had the honor of attending my first Novelists, Inc. conference. It is a “must-attend” annually for me from here out. My head is spinning with ideas and information that will change strategy and tactics for me, in big and small ways, and I’ve blogged on specific topics several times already. This week I’m […]
Learn how to be a writing, publishing, and marketing rockstar.
Join the SkipJack Online School for courses as inexpensive as the free “5 Simple Tips to Sell a Ton of Books” to $5 individual classes or $50 for the whole writing, publishing, and marketing bundle. Selections below. Taught by the best-selling, Silver Falchion-winning, What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes-writing mystery author, Pamela Fagan Hutchins. Click images […]
Our Pick: How to Format Your Book, Part 2
Part 2 in a Post by Bobbye Marrs, SkipJack Publishing Assistant Extraordinaire Start from the beginning, HERE, with Part 1. CUSTOMER SERVICE I have a love-hate relationship with PressBooks’ support. They seem like really nice people, but every time I’ve had an issue they start their “support” by sending me the User’s Guide. This has […]
Our Pick: How to Format Your Book, Part 1
Post by Bobbye Marrs, SkipJack Publishing Assistant Extraordinaire Once our authors here at SkipJack finalize their masterpieces, it’s my job to make them into actual books for sale. That means taking their Word document and formatting them into an ePub, a Mobi, and a PDF. Typically, I use PressBooks for this process, but one of […]
No Nonsense e-Book Strategy: Destress for Success
SkipJack has added No Nonsense e-Book Strategy: Simplifying and Optimizing the Complex to the SkipJack Online School! If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, this is the class for you: Should I have an e-book? Are e-book sales up or down? How do I make one? Do I need a mobi or a pdf […]
Holy Wear-Me-Out Workshop versus Webcasts
There are some things as an author I always say yes to. Speaking about publishing and promotion to other writers is one of them. But man is it exhausting work! Plus sometimes I’ll randomly start doing or saying something part way through, something unplanned, that later makes me cringed. That’s me in the picture above, […]
Burning Issues . . . ?
As I sit down to write this morning, I realize that having five baby goats born in the last few days on our place—and one motherless—is going to have to take precedence. Life is like that. Burning issues to be addressed, and sometimes they aren’t the ones we’d planned for. What we thought was burning […]