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Anyone want to write an eBook in 2011?
kyrathaba:
In July 2010 that number goes to 70% for authors, provided ebooks are between $2.99 and $9.99 and not for sale elsewhere for less and that they're priced lower than a printed copy. Pressure from other retailers forced Amazon to make concessions. There's never been a better time to be an Indie author.
Read more: How to Sell a Book in Kindle Format | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4489551_sell-book-kindle-format.html#ixzz19jEd40Mf
Dear Publishers,
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DTP David
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Anyone planning on taking advantage of this in 2011? That would be a really awesome group project! There are some highly intelligent, awesomely talented individuals who frequent this site. I imagine some very high-quality works could be produced, either individually or as a group effort.
Here's a cool idea: coders developing their own instruction book teaching programming concepts. I've noticed there are some really great teachers here on DC.
kyrathaba:
Here's a short, concise YouTube video showing how easy it is to publish your eBook, so that it can be bought and downloaded by Amazon.com customers.
mouser:
I think it's a wonderful idea :-*
kyrathaba:
Hmm, what I'm thinking is that it would be really cool to have something similar/parallel to N.A.N.Y., except book-authoring related. Maybe one of the following...
B.R.A.N.Y. -- Books Ready to Apprehend in the New Year
apprehend = absorb, appreciate
D.A.N.Y. -- Digital works of Art for the New Year
"art" = novels, haiku, books of your paintings, drawings, etc.
Individual or groups of individual DC members could work on these throughout 2011, giving whatever teasers they wish to keep our interest whetted, and then could spring these on us on Jan 1st, 2012. If a work is intended for sale on Amazon.com, you'd make the purchase-and-download link available at that time. Free works could continue to be hosted here, or on users' private websites.
kyrathaba:
So is there not much interest in this? I was hoping to coauthor something, with someone.
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