Today it is the best time to become a writer and one of the reasons for that is due to the infinite possibilities of access to write, publish and sell.
Self publishing is possibly one of the easiest ways to become an author and millions of self published authors are literally making bank from being self published.
The bird that thought the real making of money of an author life that could only be found with a publishing house, has well and truly flown.
Kindle authors are killing it today in self publishing. As an indie author – someone that writes and self publishes, you have control over everything including your royalties.
Yes when an author publishes with kindle they can earn as much as 70% of all kindle books sold and that is a big deal because Kindle own more than 80% of the online ebook market place.
So how do you start?
Simple, sit down and open your laptop and start writing.
Here you will develop your passion and your flow and follow our simple steps to becoming a self published author.
Steps to becoming a self published author:
- Ensure you have a decent laptop and a memory stick!
- Set aside a time each day to write – structure and routine are key to being successful in publishing.
- Write in word format.
- Always save on your laptop and your USB.
- When finished upload to amazon kindle. Amazon Kindle is a FREE service. If you don’t have an account you can get one here.
- Create your book cover using the Kindle Book creator or Canva if you want something more custom designed. Get a Canva account here.
- Press publish and Voila! you are an author.
