The Solver - Store

Buy crossword, anagram, sudoku related products
puzzle books, crossword and anagram software, electronic dictionaries

Home page

Wednesday, 17 August 2005

Home page

Add to Favourites

Link to this page

Something else

Current Store: UK Store

In association with Amazon.co.uk

UK Store
front page

Back to listings

Product Categories

Books : Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on Demand by Lightning Source and Book Marketing on Amazon.com

by: Aaron Shepard


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 070.593 EAN: 9780938497431 ISBN: 093849743X Label: Shepard Publications Manufacturer: Shepard Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 174 Publication Date: January 01, 2007 Publisher: Shepard Publications Sales Rank: 300689 Studio: Shepard Publications	Average Rating:
Buy Now!

Related Items:

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Very useful
A really great book for beginners... I love the way he writes, it's as though he's sitting right there, he talks directly to you.

Very easy to read and informative, but it'd be great to see a version for UK readers as much of the information is geared towards the US market.

Still, highly recommended.

Rating:

- Hits the Target!
Aiming at Amazon is a good common sense resource that covers the basics of publishing, building your book, and promoting on Amazon.com. The book is primarily geared for beginners in the book publishing game. However, it has some excellent ideas and resources for someone who already knows the basics.

The decision making process of how to market your book today is tough. You have to get above the Chattering Monkeys so people notice you. I understand there are somewhere in the neighborhood ... Read More

Rating:

- A Great Starting Point for the Self Publisher
I found this book an essential guide to the art and science of self publishing. What I liked about it was its practical, no-nonsense approach and the many helpful tips it contained. Definitely a must for anyone thinking of embarking on self-publishing.

Rating:

- Useful, but limited for the UK self-publisher of fiction
This book is written in a very down-to-earth, honest and engaging style. However, by the author's own admission, it's more geared towards those who are releasing non-fiction works. Straight away then, my use for this book was rather limited.

It's also very US-based (for example, if you look at the index page, Amazon.co.uk has only 4 mentions, while Amazon.com has well over 100 mentions).

Overall, if you're going down the self-publishing route, then this is an interesting read from ... Read More

Rating:

- Great for Working with Lightning Source and Promoting on Amazon
I think I broke several "Aiming at Amazon" rules. One thing Shepard suggests is to set a publication date four months ahead of time. I didn't do that with my recent book, but I wish I had. It gives journalists enough time to review it, and several of these journalists require a four-month window. Had I done this, my book could have some reviews before its pub date.

Shepard says not to use a white cover image (note the word "image," not the actual cover. The actual cover could be white, but the ... Read More

Buy Now!

Browse for similar items by category: