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Video – eBook or Print… Which is better?

Authors love to talk about publishing. After all, it’s the last threshold you have to take to go from writer to author.

I use the personal definition that a writer is someone who writes – an author is someone who is published and shares their message with the world.

It never fails, as part of the publishing conversation, I get asked this question all the time…

“Should I publish an eBook or a print book?”

It’s a great question – and one that I love to talk about. To answer the ebook vs print book debate, here’s a 2:36 minute video!


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To answer more questions about publishing your book so you can share your message, be sure to download “Kim’s Kickass Publishing Checklist: Stop Procrastinating, Start Publishing!” here.

or at http://PublishYourBookChecklist.com

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Should You Offer A Bonus With Your Book?

It’s very common in the online sales realm:

Should you offer a bonus with your book?You buy a program for $997 and ALSO receive $2,000 worth of related bonuses. Really makes you feel like you got a lot of bang for your buck, right? The thought is that you’ll come for the meat of the topic (main offering) but stay for the potatoes, salad and dessert (bonuses).

But guess what, that doesn’t always translate from the online sale of information to the sale of books on the Internet. In the book publishing world, this “add in a ton of “value” with bonuses” approach often backfires.

Your reader purchased your book for a very specific reason; they were looking for a very specific solution. Offering them more than what they came for usually doesn’t scream “BONUS INFO! This author really knows her stuff!”

It says:

“This author couldn’t figure out how to stay on topic!”

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eBook vs Paperback? Which is better?

Ice cream with sprinkles and chocolate sauce.In some ways this is like asking to I want chocolate sauce or sprinkles on my ice cream… I want both!

Still, a question that I answer a lot is:

“Should I publish an eBook or a paperback?”

That’s a great question! Here’s the quick and easy answer:

YES!

I’m a firm believer that you should publish your book in BOTH versions! And here’s why:

eBooks:

  • Lower cost to buy – People who are price resistant are more likely to buy it
  • Instantly available – If your book solves a pain, people don’t want to wait for their solution
  • Available anywhere – Printed books though Amazon aren’t available in all countries (or its cost prohibitive to ship!) so an eBook solves that problem
  • Wave of the future – Just like postal mail, printed books are never going away but eBooks are the current technology
  • Highly portable – Big or small, your book weighs exactly the same as the eReader used to read it
  • Private – so if you’re reading something that you don’t want to announce to the world, all they see is the back of your eReader or smartphone.

(Um, I’m not actually thinking about trashy novels here, although that fits as well! I’m really thinking that you might not want your spouse to see you reading a travel guide to Italy if you’re planning a surprise vacation for him!)

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Is Exclusivity with Amazon a Good Thing for Your eBook? A Look at KDP vs. KDP Select

When you’re looking to publish your eBook it makes sense to publish with Amazon – through Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP. But then the questions comes to:

Do I enroll my eBook in KDP Select?

KDP Select means that you’re giving Amazon a 90-day exclusive to the eBook. And when they say exclusive, they MEAN exclusive – you can’t sell or make your eBook free on your own website, in any format.

For a long time, I was very anti-KDP Select. I was uncomfortable with putting all my eggs in the Amazon basket. After all, they can change the rules of publishing and any time, and you and your book are stuck until the end of the 90-days. I preferred to also publish my books on Barnes & Nobel’s Nook and Kobo’s platform.

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3 Tips To Using Your Content To Create Your eBook

If you’ve spent any time hanging around me, in person or online, you’ll know that one of the ways I help people create their books is by taking the “stuff” they already have and using it to create a book.

This stuff can be:

  • Blog posts or articles
  • Training courses
  • Audios
  • Videos
  • .pdf worksheets, freebies, or handouts

Seems simple, right? You put your content to work for you – no more lazing around.

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But there’s more to it than just collecting the blog posts you already have, slapping a cover on it, and calling it an eBook! (Or putting it together for a printed format.)

Amazon (Kindle) has this little-known rule that says that the majority of your book needs to NOT be available elsewhere on the web. And if it IS available… they will find it and potentially take down your eBook.

While this seems harsh – it is YOUR content, after all – it’s actually a really good thing for a couple of reasons.

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eBook or Print? Which is better?

I’d say that the TOP question I get asked by people looking to publish a book is:

“Should I publish an eBook or a paperback?”

That’s a great question! Here’s the quick and easy answer:

YES!

I’m a firm believer that you should publish your book in BOTH versions! And here’s why:

eBooks:

  • Lower cost to buy – People who are price resistant are more likely to buy it
  • Instantly available – If your book solves a pain, people don’t want to wait for their solution
  • Available anywhere – Print books though Amazon aren’t available in all countries (or its cost prohibitive to ship!) so an eBook solves that problem
  • Wave of the future – Just like postal mail, printed books are never going away but eBooks are the current technology
  • Highly portable – Big or small, your book weighs exactly the same as the eReader used to read it

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