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Beyond the Literary-Industrial Complex: How Authors and Publishers Are Using the Amazon Kindle and Other New Technologies (... to Unleash a 21-Century Indie Movement of Readers and Writers)

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As a Kindle author, with three novels available and others in progress, I found Stephen Windwalker's work invaluable. This, and the companion work on marketing to Kindle readership, have provided great support and keen insight on preparing my work to better leverage colophon and copyright issues. The step-by-step support on the publishing process answered many questions that were not present on the Digital Text Platform site. If you plan to publish a Kindle book, or already have one, check out these easy to follow tips (20 of them). I'm delighted that there are more Windwalker tips in progress. It's great to have his works at my back.

I bought this ebook knowing full well this information was available through other sources online. So why'd I buy the ebook? Who has time to search for instructions when you can just buy a straight-forward how-to guide?

The author writes in plain English, lays the steps out one by one, and in proper sequence.

After buying this ebook, the next day I published one my own, arguably a good succession or add-on to this ebook: Graphics on the Kindle. You can find it by searching for B0018LILMO. Get it here: Graphics on the Kindle

Back to the ebook: If you're new to ebook publishing and want a well-written instructional guide that will reside on your Kindle, this is a good buy. Just follow the instructions and you're all set!

There has been plenty of focus on what the Kindle means to readers. Read this article and you will get a very clear idea of the amazing opportunities that the Kindle provides for writers, whether they are Stephen King or guys like Windwalker or even me. Windwalker unlocks a remarkable vault of tips and strategies not only for publishing on the Kindle, but also for making sure that Kindle readers can find your work!

Being a newbie Kindle author, I am grateful to Stephen Windwalker for his most helpful guide on creating works for the Amazon Kindle. His book covers some important aspects that I had not even considered, plus great advice on every page. This has been one of the most informative books I have ever read, and it is now one of my favorite tools to work with!

Robert E. Black

There has been plenty of focus on what new technologies mean to readers. Read this book and you will get a very clear idea of the amazing opportunities that the Kindle and other developments provide for writers, whether they are Stephen King or guys like Windwalker or even me. Windwalker unlocks a remarkable vault of tips and strategies not only for publishing on the Kindle, but also for making sure that readers can find your work! He also takes an unflinching look at the ways in which new technology can play the role of gatekeeper and quality control, something that the old publishers ceased to do long ago. Groups like SPAN and the Independent Book Publishers Association should give out a copy of this book to every one of their members.

The title alone should indicate to you that this book is certainly a crock written by a marketing executive at Amazon. While this is fine, I resent being told that there first is a literary industrial complex and second that the product that Amazon is selling is somehow going to break that. Sure, there is a gap in what publishers can publish- can Amazon solve that...- absolutely not. I certainly hope that this annoying, offensive publication was merely an experiment in advertising department at Amazon and that it certainly is testing the markets taste for future publications.