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Publish Your E-Book In Ten Easy Steps

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The basics on how YOU can publish your very own e-book! Links: https://delicious.com/slugdog/ebookangkortalk http://www.jweeks.net/e-books-in-cambodia.html

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Page 1: Publish your E-Book (In 10 Steps)

Publish Your E-BookIn Ten Easy Steps

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Presenter: John WeeksManaging EditorOur Books Cambodia

(Shameless Plug.)

www.OurBooksCambodia.org

Presentation is mostly verbal: links on final slide. Images from Wikimedia Commons / varied sitesImage credit also: Clint Cure and Nguon Sakal

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How did I get my book on Amazon…

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…the iBookStore…

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…and many other places?

I’ve done it, you can do it too!

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1. Write, edit and prepare your book.

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2. Choose your audience.

What language, what country, what stores?

(The iBookStore does not accept Khmer.)

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3. Choose a marketing plan.

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4. Choose your price.(Amazon does not allow you sell books for free.)

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5. Choose your publishing service.

Ideally, one without ‘Digital Rights Management’

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6. You’ll need a Credit Card.

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7. Get an ‘ISBN’ Number

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8. Format your book for upload, and check the results carefully

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9. Publish your book!

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10. Share your book with reviewers, press and friends.

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Links: http://delicious.com/slugdog/ebookangkortalk or http://bit.ly/ZtWcsW