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Aiming at Amazon

by Aaron Shepard

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  • auctiontheory · Jun 13, 2013 · Recommends

    This article provides some good pointers, but for more detail (all you need to know), read Aaron Shepard's blog, and also read his Aiming at Amazon and POD For Profit. You'll thank me. To keep your options open, you definitely want to buy your own ISBNs from Bowker (if in the US). Above all, do not use a "vanity press" that charges you to publish…

    on “Everything I Know about Self-Publishing” ↗
  • sjcsjc · Dec 3, 2014 · Mentions

    Not vouching for him, but Aaron Shepard, a children's author, maintains you can self-publish efficiently and profitably these days. "In fact, by aiming at Amazon, I was able to sell close to 30% the number of copies sold by one of those nationally-distributed competitors including its bookstore sales. And because the profit from my publishing system is so high…

    on “Why my book can be downloaded for free” ↗

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