by Mary Ellen Boyd | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
For years, Amazon was the perfect place for me. I loved being exclusive, loved the perks. And to be frank, loved the money. However, over the years, Kindle Unlimited seemed to be skewed toward the fast writers, the book-a-month authors who could put out 10-12 books a...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | May 8, 2017 | general author's life, Uncategorized
I probably jumped the gun on my Facebook page when I put up my upcoming book and labelled it “coming soon.” At that point, I had received the proof copy from Createspace and it was on the way to my Editor. However, editing, if done right (and she does it...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
The previous post I covered mainly what happens when you first decide to self-publish. You now know the first few links that will get you to the page where you upload your book. Click on the “Create New Book” box. Now you get into the real meat of putting...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 21, 2016 | epub, Kindle, Smashwords, Uncategorized
I hope I can save everyone money here. First things first: you really only need this information if you are going into other ebook retailers than Amazon’s Kindle. After I decided to risk putting one of my books into other markets, I paid $204 to have...
