24 Websites for Managing, Promoting, and Marketing Your Self-Publishing Business

Here is a list of websites that you must know about when starting out as a self-publisher. Most of the sites listed are considered to be the biggest names in the industry. They are listed in a random order:

1. Google.com/AdSense: they manage the affiliate programs for many websites. These websites, including BarnesAndNoble.com, require an account with Google AdSense if you want to earn referral fees. Free.

2. LinkedIn.com: a way to list yourself and make professional connections. Free.

3. WordPress.org: the biggest, the easiest, and the best way to create a blog. Free.

4. Scribd.com: PDF document storage and sharing; and sales of documents and ebooks. Free.

5. SmashWords.com: excellent place to get involved with publishing ebooks. Smashwords is an ebook publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers and readers. We offer multi-format, DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.

6. Amazon.com: the largest and most important internet retail sales book site. You are going to spend a lot of time learning about Amazon.

7. BarnesAndNoble.com: the second largest retail sales book site.

8. Yahoo.com: for website management. Easy way to access my Yahoo websites and WordPress blogs.

9. iTunes.com: for sales of ebooks; and a very important place to show your videos.

10. Blip.tv: they distribute your videos throughout the internet, including to iTunes, VodPod, YouTube, etc. Free.

11. YouTube.com: the most important place to show your videos. Free.

12. LightningSource.com: a POD source for printed books and ebooks; will manage your POD sales worldwide, and distribute to Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Considered a back-door way to get your publications into Ingram’s database.

13. BowkerLink.com: the source for buying and managing ISBN’s.

14. FreeBarCodes.com: a great place to create Bookland barcodes for your publications. Free.

15. Linda.com: the best place for learning about publishing software. I spend a huge amount of time using this website.

16. MailChimp.com: mailing list management. Free to a certain extent.

17. EzineArticles.com: authors can post their articles in a searchable database for newsletter publishers to publish. Free.

18. PRLog.com: is an online press release distribution and release submission service. Free.

19. CreativeCommons.org: provides licenses that help the copyright owner share some rights with others. Free.

20. Gravatar.com: a website used to create your personal avatar that will appear where ever you post a comment. Free.

21. CafePress.com: an excellent website to create t-shirts, hats, etc. with graphics and images that you create. Excellent way to add a small side-income to your book sales.

22. SPAWN.org: Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network. Excellent way to connect with your peers. A huge amount of helpful information. Their mission is to provide education, information, resources and a supportive networking environment for creative individuals and small business owners interested in the publishing process.

23. IBPA-online.org: Independent Book Publishers Association. Excellent way to connect with your peers. A huge amount of helpful information. IBPA is a trade association of independent publishers. Founded in 1983, it serves book, audio, and video publishers located in the United States and around the world.

24. SelfPublishingReview.com: is an online magazine devoted to self-publishing: book reviews, publisher reviews, interviews, news, opinion, and how to’s.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr. is an author, publisher, educator, business manager, and entrepreneur. Life-long love affair with books and reading. Very excited about being part of the new media movement. Known for casual, easy-to-read writing style and ability to explain complex topics in an understandable way. “If you are serious about your work you should self-publish. Retain creative control. Retain the profits. Enjoy the satisfaction and status that comes with being published.” Visit Kunz’s website about all aspects of self-publishing at http://www.KunzOnPublishing.com/, for an insider’s guide to becoming a financially successful and happy self-publisher, and sign-up for his free newsletter.

Author: Joseph C Kunz, Jr
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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