The latest updates to The Global Indie Author were uploaded today in Kindle, ePub, and PDF formats. You can download them from the right sidebar.
These updates include all previous updates, which in many cases are updated here again. New or updated material covers:
the latest developments regarding book covers for Kindle; copyrighting of works, [...]
The Associated Press has reported that the U. S. Justice Department and 15 states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and Holtzbrinck Publishers, doing business as Macmillan, and The Penguin Publishing Co. Ltd., doing business as Penguin Group. The federal government reached a settlement with three of the publishers, Hachette, HarperCollins [...]
On the website Writer Beware (included in my links, below) is an interesting guest blog by Victoria Strauss on the failure of many small publishers. These are not the established small, independent presses that usually specialize in a narrow market but the new crop of indie author-publishers who see an opportunity for [...]
The International ISBN Agency, and its national agencies such as Bowker in the U.S., have repeatedly insisted that the correct use of the ISBN system requires each format of an ebook be identified with its own ISBN, as is the case with print books. Thus a Kindle file should have its own ISBN, the ePub [...]
I have just published the latest updates to The Global Indie Author; links are in the sidebar to the right. This version incorporates updates from 01 December 2011. Additions since then include info on Kindle Format 8 and Amazon’s updates to Kindle Previewer and Kindle for PC, the pros and cons of using Word’s Save [...]
Following on my recent post about Apple’s EULA, I thought it might be interesting to look at this latest corporate manoeuvre in light of its origins in the Apple-Amazon fight for dominance that has been going on for some time now, and what these new developments might mean down the road for indie [...]
On his blog, venomousporridge, blogger Dan Wineman reveals the audacious contract that users of Apple’s new free ebook software, iBooks Author, are required to agree to if they wish to use the software, and he argues this means Apple will have control over content made with iBooks Author. Specifically, Wiseman points to [...]
For authors considering publishing with Amazon’s CreateSpace there is good news to report: the company has cancelled their Pro Plan. Previously, authors had to sign up for the Pro Plan ($39, with annual fee of $5) in order to receive a discount on book manufacturing fees. The difference in fees was significant, [...]
If you currently have your ePub listed with an aggregator and are unhappy with the service, or wish to switch to an aggregator with a larger distribution network, do you have to pay all over again for conversion to ePub? If your aggregator does not make your ePub file available to you, then yes. If [...]
Those who promote or facilitate the “sharing” of copyrighted content like to perpetuate an image of themselves as freedom-fighting renegades out “to stick it to the man” — the adage itself pirated from the sixties — “the man” representing those big bad corporations that make a profit off the backs of us [...]
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There’s no one right way to publish a book but there is one wrong way: uninformed.

The phenomenally rapid growth of self-publishing, in particular e-publishing, has taken the world by storm. Never before has there been this great an opportunity for writers to be heard and read, and to build a global audience. But self-publishing is also the new Wild West, full of promise and snake oil in equal measure. The Global Indie Author separates fact from fiction, providing the information you need to create a publishing plan that is realistic and achievable.
The Global Indie Author begins with a 10-step guide to getting your book onto Kindle quickly and easily, followed by expansion into ePubs. Part II contains in-depth technological instructions for both ebook and print production, complemented by real-world knowledge on the mechanics of the industry gathered through the author’s own experience in bringing her debut novel, Baby Jane, to market.
The Global Indie Author also exposes secrets and strategies the industry players don’t want revealed so they can lock you into unfavourable contracts, take your money before you start asking questions, or convince you that what is really good for them is good for you. And by adding information relevant to foreign writers, The Global Indie Author provides the necessary know-how for anyone who desires to publish in the lucrative U.S. market and around the world.
The most comprehensive manual ever written on self-publishing, The Global Indie Author covers:
*To Kindle in Ten Steps: the Quick and Easy Way to Self-Publish
* Beyond Kindle: the ePub Format
* Manuscript Editing
* Libel, Copyright and Trademark Infringement
* The ISBN System
* ONIX Code and BISAC Categories
* Interior Book Structure
* Cover and Interior Images
* Software * Manuscript Formatting for eBooks
* Creating and Testing Kindle Books and ePubs
* Digital Rights Management
* Print Formatting and Production
* Distributors, Wholesalers, and Aggregators
* Marketing * Royalties and Withholding Tax
* The Vanity Press MachineMy Book and Author Pages
READ SAMPLE PAGES
Click here to read over 50 sample pages from The Global Indie Author.- UPDATES to The Global Indie Author can be downloaded here. These are current as of 11 May 2012 and incorporate all previous updates.
ePub Kindle PDF
Mac Users Note: due to some coding issue on Macs, in particular older browsers and O/S's, some of you cannot download these files from here. If you experience problems, please go to my website where the files are also available. - Useful Links PDF for anyone with the print version who would like an easier way to access the links provided at the end of each chapter.
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On Kindle only: Amazon Italy
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Blackberry Books, Vancouver
Companion Book, Burnaby
Chapters/Indigo online
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Barnes & Noble
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Whitcoulls New Zealand
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Alibris (aggregate site)
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