5 Fabulous Reasons to Put Your Content or Book onto Amazon’s Kindle
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Amazon’s Kindle has become a serious player in the publishing world. Of course it does compete with Barnes and Noble and the Ipad. However the distribution of potential and existing content on the devices is amazing. You can even borrow another Kindle Users book! They have a Kindle Library. How cool would it be for other people to be borrowing YOUR content all around the world. Think about it for a moment….how could that affect your business?
So here are my 5 reasons why you should get published on Amazon’s Kindle.
- Rapid Growth – Amazon’s Kindle sales are rapidly growing – which means a market for your product or service and the information on it. The average income of a Kindle customer is around $80,000 so they will have disposable income to spend on what you have to offer.
- Amazon is HUGE as I am sure you know. Not only is it HUGE but it has millions of people a day BUYING stuff from it and visiting it = lots of traffic. So if you have even ONE book on it. Don’t you think you may get SOME business. Naturally this will depend on the TITLE of your content. Have you done a Google Key Word Search – – type that into Google. The Google Key Word Search Tool should be the first link. Its free and will show you how many people search for particular words every month. This gives you an insight into what people ARE searching for and how you can adapt your offering.
- Credibility – If you are on Amazon’s Kindle as an author – I do believe the credibility from that will do you well in sales conversations, conversations with potential business partners and the beginning of a marketing funnel for your other products and services.
- The content does NOT have to be War and Peace. It can be a short report or Ebook PACKED with very useful content. On the internet CONTENT is still KING. So whatever you have that ADDS VALUE to others, in particular it solves a problem or challenge for them, consider getting it into Kindle. Yes, there are huge amounts of information out there, however people will still pay for information they really need or can answer all their questions fast!
- Kindle versus traditional publishing. I have to say even for me, handling a paperback or a hardback book is still sexy. However things are changing so rapidly, even big publishers are now on board with Kindle, they know its there, they know its power and they are not ignoring it. For those of you that are already established authors using the traditional publishing route then this is a great alternative. For many people, the idea of going down the traditional publishing route is daunting. So if this is you and your content is READY you can upload it and publish within hours on Kindle. So what are you waiting for?
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If you have any success stories on Kindle I’m always interested to interview you (and more publicity for you) and naturally if you have any questions just facebook me at www.facebook.com/connecttosuccess or go to our site www.connecttosuccessacademy.com
Happy publishing and as always to your health, wealth and success
Amanda
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Writing for Kindle is a great addition to any social media marketing plan for a business or brand.Written well (as I have read books that were written very poorly), they can position you as an expert in your field.
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I bought this the day after it came out, and I’ve been using it for the last few days. I have to say, I’m generally not an early adopter of technology, but this really hit a chord with me. I had looked at the Sony reader several times, and liked the product, but didn’t think there was enough content available. I travel frequently and read a lot, so this product really appealed to me.
Here’s what I like:
– Very easy to read books. The screen is well designed, and the eInk looks great. I could read easily in low light with no eye strain.
– Downloading new content is simple. It works exactly as advertised – the Kindle came pre-linked to my Amazon account, I went to the “Shop” page on my Kindle, found the content, and it downloaded in less than a minute. I had pre-ordered a few books from the Amazon website, and they were available as soon as I turned the device on.
– It’s small enough and light enough to throw in a laptop bag and not notice.
– Good selection of content at reasonable prices. You can certainly do better on some items in hard-copy if you’re willing to shop around, but the prices on new content are generally a bit lower than I’d pay at a new bookstore, and the convenience makes it worth it for me.
– The reading software is well designed. It automatically remembers your spot in the book, you can change the font size, and bookmark pages. It works particularly well if you’re like me and read multiple books at the same time. It was very easy to switch back and forth without losing my place.
Here’s what I’m not crazy about:
– The hardware design still seems a little rough around the edges. For example, it comes with a case, but once you put the Kindle in the case, it’s difficult to use the left button to move to the next page (there are two next page buttons – one for each hand).
– The interface is not completely intuitive. It’s fine once you get used to it, but plan to spend a little bit of time learning how to use the wheel.
– I personally found the magazine/newspaper content difficult to read in this format. I think I’ll stick with my online subscriptions for now.
– The black flash when you turn the page is annoying, although I quickly got used to it. Apparently it’s inherent to the eInk technology.
– The music management software is very rudimentary. This is not a big deal to me, since I bought the Kindle for reading, but I won’t be giving up my iPod for this.
– I’m hoping/assuming that additional content will become available over time. I have a lot of books I’ll re-read periodically (the oldies but goodies) and several of them weren’t available.
Bottom Line:
Overall, this is a device that works well for reading books. If you’re looking to replace a laptop, iPod, etc., this is probably not the device for you. If you’re a heavy reader, want access to lots of content, and are comfortable with the price and trade-offs, this is a solid device. I’m happy with my purchase, and will get a lot of use out of the Kindle.
Yes it is Amazing…
Great feedback Erin !!!
@AmandaSteadman
Well, since many of these reviews are from people who don’t even appear to own a Kindle, I’ll preface this by saying I have one in my hands, and have been using for a day or so now. I also have a Bookeen Cybook Gen3, so it should be fairly easy to make a nice comparison between the two.
Setup was almost non-existent. The device was set up at the factory with…
Yes some people don’t have one and do make a review about it and I dont know how can they review it then?
However some people borrow it, like you can borrow books on Kindle for few days!!!
So what do you think about it now after few days? @AmandaSteadman
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Yes I am … Why? @AmandaSteadman