Have you ever heard of the “Kindle”?
The Kindle is Amazon’s “revolutionary new wireless reading device” that lets you read what you want, anywhere, anytime.
At it’s core, it’s a really cool electronic device that let’s you read ebooks without having to sit in front of your computer screen straining your eyes.
With expandable storage capacity, the Kindle will let you instantly download, store, and read hundreds of ebooks.
It’s essentially an electronic book in itself!
One of the most impressive features of this device is it’s display – it’s uses “electronic paper” technology that displays digital books on a sharp, hi-res screen simulating real paper. It’s very easy on the eyes unlike many of the ebook reading devices have come before it.
It’s extremely light weight (10.3 ounces) making it much lighter (and thinner) than the average paperback book. This thing is amazing – based on previous unimpressive attempts I have seen by other companies over the past few years I really had never had an interest in a device like this…until now!
I’m traveling to Italy this year – so a new Kindle is going to be going with me!
You can download tons of books to this thing and throw it in your backpack, suitcase, or purse and take it with you anywhere.
You can read more about the Kindle and watch a few videos explaining more about the amazing capabilities of this thing at the following link…
Here’s just a few of the primary benefits that Kindle users are currently enjoying…(Source: Amazon.com)
- Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
- Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
- Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
- Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
- More than 800,000 books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs available available, including more than 101 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
- New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
- Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
- Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
- Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
- More than 5000 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN’s Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post—all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
- Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
- Holds over 200 titles.
- Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
- Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones—so you never have to locate a hotspot. And Kindle Books can be read on your iPhone or iPod touch
- No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments—we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
- Includes free wireless access to the planet’s most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
- Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
The selection of titles in the Kindle store continues to grow daily as new digital books, magazines, newspapers, and even blogs are being added.
You can browse the existing inventory of titles available for the Kindle at this link – Kindle Store
At the time of this writing there are…
Kindle Books (869,346)
Kindle Newspapers (161)
Kindle Blogs (12,087)
Kindle Magazines & Journals (80)
That’s a lot of books!
How would you like to be the one selling those books?
And…what if you could very easily build up a whole Kindle product line using selections from the millions of public domain books right at your finger tips?
Interested? Me too!
Now you know a little about what a Kindle is and what is does. In Part Two of this series we’ll talk a little about the specifics of how you can use this service from a publisher’s prospective (and make some money!).
In the mean time if you like to learn more about this “Kindle” thing and more importantly how you can use it to earn a nice supplemental income, go check out this 1 hour and 43 minute video (webinar) to see exactly how James Jones is earning a nice residual monthly income selling Kindle books with:
- no list
- no website
- no traffic
- just a few minutes of effort (literally just 15 minutes a day)…
Let me just give you a heads up about this webinar – he is using PLR and not Public Domain in this video. I still believe that James still does (I know he has – because I learned about Public Domain from him years ago) use Public Domain content in a variety of ways.
Also – this video (I’ve watched twice) didn’t match audio to video – so it might drive you nuts to watch. It’s well worth the aggravation.
When you get almost to the end of the webinar – James says something that is totally wrong!
To claim copyright on a public domain work you must submit it to the copyright office and have them certify it. Baloney! He also goes on to say that if you change the book 40 to 50% you have changed it enough. That’s very true. That’s why I ALWAYS recommend that you use one of the 5 “Modes” Of Public Domain Publishing.
I found this on the Warrior Forum:
Here is the copy of an e-mail I received from Amazon DTP today:
Dear Publisher,
We’re implementing a new standard policy that improves the customer experience problem caused by multiple, undifferentiated copies of public domain titles in our Kindle catalog.
Our vision is to have high-quality editions of every public domain title in the world available on Kindle, including a free edition of each, and to avoid the confusion that is caused by having a large number of undifferentiated versions.
To protect the customer experience, we will stop accepting and selling duplicate, undifferentiated versions of public domain titles. We will continue to offer differentiated versions, such as unique translations or illustrated versions.
Please make sure the titles that are live on your bookshelf adhere to this new policy and that each clearly describes, in the title and description fields, how it is differentiated by February 6, 2011.
I think next in line will be PLR and Resell Rights ebooks on Kindle. There are so many copies of the same book for most of these (not to mention that most of them are crappy too).
So, if you’re into this game, differentiate your PD books as well as your PLR books (always a good idea in any case).
Amazon Kindle Terms of Service:
Public Domain
Selling content that is in the public domain is permissible through our Program. We may request that you provide proof that your submitted material is actually in the public domain and may refuse public domain content already available through our Program or available through other retail sites.
Recopied Media (This would refer to PLR)
Copies, dubs, duplicates of software, images, etc., are prohibited. Likewise, you cannot sell transferred media from the Internet to any digital format–unless explicitly approved by the author. Please do not upload or attempt to upload any content for which you do not have rights.
James has gone into PLR in a huge way… and you know I do love to combine PLR with Public Domain content – right? I have this product:
The Ultimate PLR Article Collection
This is from James Jones blog:
Kindle Publishing. I first started publishing ebooks in the Kindle Store in January of 2008, not long after Amazon introduced the Kindle. The first few ebooks I published were about Internet Marketing Topics. I quickly learned that Kindle users weren’t interested in how to get a website ranked in Google or how to keyword optimize your Adword ads. They were interested in “How to Make Irish Crochet Quilts” and “French for Beginners” and “101 Crockpot Recipes.”
So I shifted my focus and found PLR ebooks (and PLR articles that could be combined to create ebooks) about topics the typical Kindle user would buy. Namely, topics on Cooking, Learning a Foreign Language, Health and Beauty, Crafts… pretty much the types of things you would see Oprah or Dr Oz talk about on their shows.
I haven’t listed a new ebook in the Kindle Store in months but I still make $250.00 – $450.00 every month from the ebooks I listed months or years ago. And the great news is Amazon just doubled the royality for most ebooks so my profit will double as well.
Amazon Kindle Public Domain Connection Part 2
Amazon Kindle Public Domain Connection Part 3
Amazon Kindle Public Domain Connection Part 4
How To Publish On Kindle – Free Video and Report
This is a huge idea so keep reading all the “parts”…
p.s. Just so you know… some of the subscribers to the Public Domain Book Club have already used a few of the books for just this purpose! They have made “new” books using of the 5 “Modes” Of Public Domain Publishing.
