People like expressing their ideas, thoughts, and feelings by writing something. Today, because of the development of technologies, reading is more convenient and it can be done at anytime and anywhere, only if you have an electronic product. Moreover, this also brings convenience to writers, who can attract more readers to enjoy their books if they have published an ebook version online.
If you also want to make your books to be more popular and convenient for readers from all over the world to enjoy, try to publish an ebook on Amazon and other websites where people will go to find ebook resources to read. This review aims at guiding publishing ebooks online to those in need.
Part 1. How to Publish an Ebook on Amazon
Many writers will choose Amazon as their first option to publish their ebooks. Because Amazon is the world's largest online shopping platform, and it is also the place where has the most physical books and ebook resources for purchasing. Therefore, Amazon has millions of and even more buyers around the world. So it would be the best choice to publish your ebook to Amazon. Here you can know the steps on how to publish an ebook on Amazon.
Step 1. Firstly, you need to prepare an ebook version of the book you need to publish to Amazon, which means you need to enter the content of your book to a computer using some document editing software like Word or TXT. But after finishing the book, you need to convert the format of your ebook to .mobi because this is the format supported by Amazon.
Step 2. Then before publishing the ebook to Amazon, you need to create an Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) account. Just go to https://kdp.amazon.com and follow the instructions to complete all the information, then you can easily get the account.
Step 3. When your ebook and Amazon KDP account are all prepared, begin to upload the ebook to the platform now. You need to enter some information about the book such as title, subtitle, and description, etc. Just follow Amazon's guide to complete entering the introduction of your ebook.
Step 4. After deciding the date to launch the book, just release it as you plan! Then you can build some hyperlinks to your ebook for sharing it with more people. For example, you can publish a review of the book on some forums, or just share the books with your followers on social media platforms. These ways can bring more readers to enjoy your book easily.
Part 2. How to Publish an Ebook on Other Website
In addition to Amazon, you can have more chances to share your ebook online to reach more readers. More websites encourage writers to share their ebook resources online. So you can choose some reliable online websites for sharing your ebook as well. The operation to publish an ebook on other websites may have differences, but the overall process is similar to publish the ebook on Amazon. Here the basic steps are described to you.
Step 1. Do some researches and choose a topic to start writing your ebook. Remember to use software to edit the content because you are going to publish it online.
Step 2. After finishing editing the ebook, save it in the format that other online websites support. The universally supported formats are PDF and ePub, so just choose the one you'd like to save your ebook.
Tip: If you have printed your book on paper, you can scan the book into PNG images, then use PNG to PDF converter for converting the physical book into a PDF ebook. If the size is too large, use a PDF compressor to help.
Step 3. Go to the website where you want to publish the ebook. Normally, you need to create an account on that website. Then login it and go to publish your ebook.
Step 4. Enter the information about the ebook following the guidance of the website. When this step is completed, you can successfully publish your ebook to that website. (Some websites may need to review the content of the ebook in advance, so please wait for the website to review your ebook.)
Summary
It is not complicated to publish an ebook on Amazon or other websites because such service is more and more convenient. By releasing your ebooks online, you have a chance to make your books attract more readers from different countries, thus boost your reputation in the writing field.
