Yes, it’s very easy to self-publish a book if you are a new author. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection, your manuscript in a Word docx file, and a book cover image. Once you create an account with a publishing platform, you are ready to publish your first book. Self-publishing an ebook is the easiest way, and anyone can do it. But if you want to publish a print book, you need to know just a little about page formatting. The quick and easy way to self-publish your first book By far, the easiest way to […]

You know how to write a book. But new authors also sometimes need to develop their digital self-publishing skills. When it comes time to publish your new book, you need some basic computer and technical ability. You don’t need to be an expert. But self-publishing is an online process, so you need to be confident that you can do almost everything required to publish your book. Luckily, most aspects are easy or relatively quick to learn. What skills do new self-publishing authors need? I could write a long list of the self-publishing skills authors need to write, edit, market, promote […]

It’s not easy to find definitive information regarding a minimum or maximum KDP word count for Kindle ebooks. For many new self-publishing authors, finding related information on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Help can be challenging. If you are looking for maximum file sizes or numbers of pages for print books, you have to dig very deep. So to save you some time and perhaps frustration, I’ve done some research that will hopefully provide you with answers. Can a book be too short or long to publish on Amazon KDP? Yes, there are limitations on the number of pages in a […]