Amazon is particular about the format of your ebook – make sure it’s aligned vertically and mostly text fancy graphics don’t do well on the Kindle and might be a reason your ebook is rejected from the store.Also be prepared with a fairly large image for your ebook that will be displayed on your Amazon page.That will prevent it from being able to be viewed on other devices or computers and may cut down on illegal sharing I’d recommend it. You’ll be asked if you want to use Digital Right Management (DRM) protection for your ebook.

All you need is a standard Amazon account to get started or to create a free one. You’ll have to certify that the ebook is your original work and create a description that will be displayed on your Amazon page (which will look like this). You can self-publish your ebooks to Amazon using their Digital Text Platform. Selling ebooks on Amazon or B&N (and you should really publish to both instead of just one) doesn’t require an ISBN or any other addition to a standard PDF of your ebook. You’ll also need to purchase an ISBN number (for sale in the US) at a minimum to publish on either Amazon or B&N that costs around $100 and distribution is done by the publisher for a fee (~$75). Those of you looking to have hard copy editions of your ebooks available as well can do that using a host of online publishers like Lulu.

Publishing ebooks only, that is without a hard copy option, is free and a much more straightforward process than selling physical books. Both Amazon and B&N let you post ebooks for free, here’s how. While you won’t make quite as much from a given sale (Amazon takes 30% and B&N 40%) you’ll have access to a much broader audience who can potentially find what you’ve written. Getting any ebooks you may have written or coming up on either platform is fairly easy, with a few caveats. I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my next ebook to be released very soon, called The Ultimate Tech Guide For Travelers, which will also be available on the two predominant e-Readers – Amazon’s Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook.

Barnes and noble ebooks on kindle