Amazon KDP – M J Mallon YA Author and Poet

Recently, I was asked by fellow blogger and friend Annika Perry how to fill in tax details for publishing on Kindle KDP. I messaged Annika the link below via twitter and this encouraged me to write this post to help others with some of the painstaking detail of self-publishing.

Here is the link :

KDP Tax interview:
https://catherineryanhoward.com/taxinterview

I have been collecting many other links which might be useful to people considering self-publishing. Most of these are related to publishing on Amazon Kindle:

Size of artwork for books: http://www.wordhook.com/publishing/correct-ebook-cover-dimensions/

http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/blog/how-to-format-your-ebook/

https://chrismcmullen.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/kindle-ebook-formatting-example/

https://litworldinterviews.com/2015/07/02/how-to-create-a-ncx-table-of-contents-for-amazon-upload-using-calibre/

If you need to sign word documents this is useful:

http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/blog/self-publish-book-amazon-kindle-kdp/#format

To make a table of contents use bookmark, typing the titles of each chapter heading briefly without any spaces.

Further self publishing links:

https://janefriedman.com/self-publish-your-book/

Ways to earn money by publishing online serially:

Tapas – A Serial Publishing Platform That Earns Money for Indie Creators via Jane Friedman

http://kindleformatting.com/faq.php

http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2015/04/28/how-to-use-custom-fonts-with-kindles-embed-fonts-in-kindle-ebooks/

How to embed fonts – this is only for paperback: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984714/software-productivity/how-to-embed-fonts-in-word-documents-so-they-stay-even-if-you-send-the-file.html

How to schedule a free kindle kdp promotion: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/A34IQ0W14ZKXM9

How to add kdp select:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/A6KILDRNSCOBA?ref_=_faq

How to do a kindle countdown deal:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/A3288N75MH14B8

How to add your details to Amazon Author Central. I made a bit of a mess of this to begin with, so this one is an important one to get right!

https://authorcentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/home

And the Creative Penn is an invaluable resource as are all the following links:

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/how-to-self-publish-an-ebook/

https://nicholasrossis.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/introducing-readerlinks-and-author-helper/

http://www.thesitsgirls.com/make-money/how-to-make-a-media-kit/
https://richardankers.com/writers-resources/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/285059/how-to-create-a-table-of-contents-by-marking-text-in-word

http://www.aliventures.com/formatting-microsoft-word-for-kindle/

Huffington Post Legal Issues in Self Publishing What Authors Need To Know

Oh, and ideas for marketing!!!

https://watchingthedaisies.com/2017/11/22/free-marketing-resources-for-new-authors/

Please feel free to add further links and tips to the comment box below, many thanks.

Bye for now, hope I got my facts right!

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