eBook Publishing Resources
eBook Publishing Resources
Please note, all of the following links were active at the time of this publishing. However, Internet sites come and go and some of the links may no longer be active.
HTML Editors
Disable Ebooks
- ClickLocker - This service will enable you to disable your ebook should your customer request a refund or distribute copies illegally.
HTML Templates
- Template Monster - If you will be selling your ebooks on the Internet, you will need a professional looking web site. If you are not confident in your abilities to create your own web site, Template Monster provides highly professional web site templates you can edit to suit your needs. In addition, if you don't want to edit the templates yourself, you can also hire them to create your web site for you.
Graphics
Graphic Editors
Fonts
Ebook Cover Design
- Dynamic Covers - Beautiful graphic covers for ebooks, CDs, publications, membership site cards and software boxes.
- Killer Covers - Professional graphic covers, including ebooks, CD covers, publications, software boxes, membership site cards, diskettes, web page headers, icons, etc.
- Absolute Covers - Quality, custom covers, including ebooks, software boxes, CDs, publications, web site headers and more.
- Max Covers - Professional cover graphics, including ebooks, software boxes, publications, CDs, publications, web site headers and more.
AutoResponders
Accepting Payment Through Your Web Site
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ClickBank - An outstanding company that will enable you to not only accept credit cards without a merchant account, but they'll also run your affiliate program. They charge a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees and no minimum sales requirements. Get set up today and completely automate your Internet sales process.
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PayPal - Start accepting credit card payments instantly. As the world's number one online payment service, PayPal is the fastest way to open your doors to over 40 million member accounts worldwide. Best of all, it's completely free to sign up. There are no monthly fees and no minimum sales requirements.
Professional Scripts
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Willmaster - William Bontrager of Willmaster is an absolute script master! Visit Willmaster and check out his highly acclaimed Master Series scripts. Some free, some for a fee.
Web Site Design
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Web Design Mastery - Do you need a web site? Would you like to avoid the high costs of hiring a professional designer? Web Design Mastery will take you step by step through the entire web design process -- from start to finish.
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Site Build It - Are you looking for a cost-effective way to easily launch a profitable Internet business? Would you like a step by step system that nearly guarantees your success? Site Build It! is the only all-in-one site-building, site-hosting, and site-marketing system of software tools that will enable anyone to quickly and easily launch a successful online business.
Marketing
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Insider Secrets - Learn the strategies a 23-year-old inner city kid is using to make $66,000+ each month on the internet...and discover how YOU can duplicate his success...
Web Hosting
Ebook Publishing Sites
- Author House - Author House is an online publishing company that will turn your manuscript into an eBook formatted in PDF or other formats, such as paperback and hardcover. In addition, you can choose to publish a full-color book with up to 50 color images inside. Your royalties can range from 5 to 15 percent on retail sales and between 10 and 50 percent on books sold on the AuthorHouse website. The royalty schedule you choose will affect the price of your book: the higher your royalties, the higher your book's price will be.
- Amazon.com - The largest bookstore on the Internet. A great way to sell your eBook.
- Awe-Struck E-Books - Dedicated to writing and publishing fine novels and software at affordable prices. Their books are available in electronic format, commonly known as electronic books or eBooks. They offer great titles in romance, sci fi, sci fi romance, nonfiction, and have wonderful sign language software as well. All eBook titles are readable on the Rocket eBook reader, the Palm Pilot, and, of course, your trusty computer.
- Barnes and Noble - A prominent online bookstore. Their eBook collections are mainly for Rocket books and Palm Pilots.
- Booklocker - Provides you with a web page for you to refer your customers. They handle all of the transactions and delivery. They pay 70% royalties on eBooks priced at $8.95 and higher and 50% royalties on eBooks priced lower than $8.95. You retain all the rights to your eBook. In addition, they offer of great print on demand option. They'll print your eBooks one at a time, accept payment and ship your book directly to your customer (usually within 48 hours). They pay 35% royalties on POD orders.
- Boson Books - C&M Online Media Inc. is primarily a publisher of electronic books under the imprint Boson Books.
- DLSIJ Press - The book lovers source for quality works by women authors. Publishers and distributors of e-books for the women's community.