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This book is also a section found in the more comprehensive resource titled: "Advice and Cautions for Independent Publishing Authors." Within the chapters of this book, I offer tips to other indie/independent authors who are considering publishing their eBooks with sellers such as the Amazon KDP and Pubit (Barnes & Noble) publishing platforms. I will additionally include some information regarding my personal experiences writing for content websites (sites that publish articles in exchange for ad-revenue shares), in consideration of the fact that many indie publishers begin their writing experience with these type venues before advancing onward to eBook publishing. While I may at times have straightforward things to say about advantages or disadvantages involved in publishing and selling through these types of venues, I do not resort to degrading language toward those I have had less-than-positive experiences with. I will also be frank regarding sales or publishing issues I have experienced, as an independent author but since I do share much of this information from a personal perspective, there will be a few inevitable rants and raves added-in from time to time. My best publishing experiences have been with the Amazon company, both their Kindle Direct Publishing (eBooks) and their CreateSpace (paperbacks) divisions. This doesn't mean that I don't have good things to say about other publishing platforms because I certainly do but the outcomes I experienced do not reflect what every independent publisher will experience with same venues or platforms. Many factors are involved in publishing success, including the genres one plans to cover (types and subjects of eBooks being published) and how one plans to promote them. At the same time, I feel there are things we can learn from fellow-publisher experiences. If you're a publisher, especially of the indie type, I believe you will find my shared experiences to be interesting (some more than others but with each hopefully conveying a "lesson learned"). It is my hope that readers of this book, will glean a few helpful nuggets of information that will lend positively toward their own ongoing publishing experiences, including advice regarding cautions that should sometimes be taken when proceeding with the different types of venues that are available for developing authors. CHAPTER ONE Publish Your eBook Free on Amazon KDP CHAPTER TWO The BooksOnBoard eBook Publishing Platform CHAPTER THREE Mean-Spirited Spam Book and eBook Reviews CHAPTER FOUR Amazon's KDP Select: A Sales Boom for Me CHAPTER FIVE Is it a Good Thing to Write for Content Websites? CHAPTER SIX My Unusually Negative Experience on a Publishers Help Board CHAPTER SEVEN Content Farms: Authors Beware CHAPTER EIGHT Why I Write Short Subject Health eBooks/Books

This is now my third short subject book (Approx. 4,472 words in length), regarding a negative publishing experience I have had on the world wide web, that I was eventually able to glean positive things from. While I have written about other similar experiences in past books, this is my first time for relating this particular one. I will not be referring to any websites by name, as I provide some details regarding my experience. There are many writers for content websites and those who are publishing their self-authored eBooks who have at-times, experienced the bad side of dealing with online business entities, just as I have. For many, this results in them putting a halt to their efforts in attempting to publish successfully because they literally feel as if they have hit a wall that hinders their ability to grow as aspiring writers. This is especially true when they have several bad experiences with e-commerce publishing companies, which can leave them with a bad impression in-general, toward businesses that are within this field. It is my opinion, that just about any negative online experience in publishing, can present positive possibilities and certainly not all publishing opportunities are potentially negative because many have great potential and are offered by highly ethical companies. With this said, it sometimes requires honest-but-shrewd thinking and a determination to move forward regardless of any setbacks that might be experienced by developing authors. Much of what I relate within the headings of this book, is in regard to a content website I previously wrote for that is actually reputable and that does display a high level of online quality. My experience with the site CEO/owner, does not necessarily detract from the aspects they have gained toward positive online presence. It does however, demonstrate the fact that authors/writers who contribute to them, are not always recognized for the essential part they may play in building and sustaining their visitor-traffic via their published articles. When content contributors recognize a downward trend in treatment from the administration of websites they enter into contract with, they should seriously consider taking some degree of action to overcome it, as an obstacle to their own growth as authors. Over time, this can make a difference within the field of content websites in-general, who should be willing to offer contracts/agreements that are reasonably beneficial to writers and treatment toward them that is reasonably fair for their hard work. Certainly content websites should also protect their own interests and should be recognized for having the authority to correct their contract contributors and to also reprimand them when it becomes necessary. If such a relationship becomes unreasonably imbalanced in the favor of either party, the slighted party should be prepared to seek resolution to the problem. In-short, I believe it is important for sincere writers to move forward from negative experiences they may have in regard to online publishing, which is the subject of this book. It is my sincere hope that the personal experience I relate within the headings that follow and the advice I add to my related experience, will offer a bit of positive inspiration to my fellow online publishers, who are simply seeking to enter into honest relationships with ethical e-commerce companies. HEADINGS: 1. My First Experience as an Editor for a High Traffic Website 2. A Misspelling in the Same Article that Granted Me Editorship 3. A Legitimate Correction Request with an Insulting Attitude 4. When Unnecessary Venting Takes Over Professional Etiquette 5. Basic Standards in Business Practice are Obvious (No Surveys Required) 6. The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree 7. The Dark Cloud with the Silver Lining 8. Things I Recommend for Aspiring Authors Considering Content Website Work

The two sections in this book, are also found in the more comprehensive resource titled: "Advice and Cautions for Independent Publishing Authors" SECTION ONE: "Legitimate Opportunities for Authors" SECTION TWO: "How To Avoid Negative Online Publishing Experiences: Cautiously Marketing Your Intellectual Property" The revenue-sharing content website industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar a year online business. These are websites (sites) that offer interesting or needed information to readers who visit their online pages but who at the same time, sell advertising units, which appear as ads around each piece of content they display (i.e. articles, audios, photos or videos). This system can be very beneficial to content contributors but much of this depends on what websites one decides to register-with and the level of quality content submissions one has. In some cases, less-reputable or dishonest revenue sharing websites have done disservice to their contributors, by discontinuing revenue-sharing after gleaning massive amounts of content from them, by canceling contributor's memberships for bogus reasons or by unrightfully penalizing the revenue shares of members. In the chapters of this book, I address these types of issues and offer recommendations for choosing revenue sharing sites that can be beneficial rather than negative experiences for content contributors. TABLE OF CONTENTS (SECTION ONE): CHAPTER ONE My Personal Experience with Revenue Sharing Websites CHAPTER TWO Things to Consider in a Content Revenue Site Contract CHAPTER THREE Getting your own Blog or Website to Generate Revenue CHAPTER FOUR My Plagiarism and Article Re-publishing Observations CHAPTER FIVE Tips on other Types of Publishing and Republishing TABLE OF CONTENTS (SECTION TWO): CHAPTER ONE Avoiding Fly-By-Night Online Businesses: (A Simple Rule of Thumb) CHAPTER TWO The Better Business Bureau: Not Just a Slap on the Wrist: (Bringing Resolution to Bad Online Business Practices) CHAPTER THREE My Heated Exchange with an Online Beatles Radio Station: (Putting the Blue Meanies in Their Proper Place) CHAPTER FOUR Removing my Blog from a Major Revenue Sharing Website Conglomerate: (The Strange Practices of a High-Profile Content Farm) CHAPTER FIVE A Content Site Who Deleted Contributor Articles with No Warning: (One More for My List of Negative Writing Experiences)