WRITING AND PUBLISHING A BOOK ONLINE

Over the years book writing, formatting and publishing has been a serious tasks for writers, authors, editors and publishers. However, with the development in technology, many applications have been created and accessible online to make this a simple and interesting exercise. Among such applications is Kindle ebook application on Amazon. Thus, there is need to first consider some important terms.Writing is the process of using letters of the alphabet and punctuation communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form. Traditionally we make use of pen or pencil in writing however technology has brought to us the use of keyboard in typing. Pen or pencil is used on a white background while a keyboard is attached to a computer or mobile device to input information which can be read on a monitor. Writing is part of the communication skills others are listening, speaking and reading. Our audience or the type of audience we want to attract will determine the language we will use in writing. In addition, there are different types of writing, formal and informal writing. The information we want to communicate will determine the type to adopt. How do I know when to stop writing? Individual can know when to stop writing by looking out for the following indications; when the writing is turning into struggle,When there comes a need to increase the volume of the book and When you are just adding anything into the book. E-book: it is fully referred to as electronic book which consist of text or images composed in or converted into digital format for display on a computer or any other electronic device. E-book makes referencing easier for writers, even readers can easily access those references. It is also cost effective for both writers and readers. Most importantly both readers and writer can make use of it comfortably when ready to do so. Creating E-book starts from the process of using Microsoft Word to format your manuscript.Jeff Bezos made E-book publishing and selling an easier task through Amazon. He is the founder and CEO of Amazon and globally he is the richest person. He is the first person in modern history to accumulate a fortune over $200 billion. Jeff Bezos, accumulate his wealth and fortune from online retail giant Amazon. He spends his fortune on real estate across the US, a $65 million Gulfstream Jet, and his space exploration company, Blue Origin”.Publishing: this is the act of preparing and issuing books, journals or any other print materials. Publishing online requires the writer sit down to put down his or her thoughts and / or idea logically. At initial stage the ideas may appear not organize but as writer note down and read in between lines necessary readjustment can be done until the write up is interesting and ideas flow together. The success of this depends on the writer ability to; choose the words, direct thoughts, group words into paragraph and the arrange paragraphs. This is often rigorous to complete. These are what make writing a process. There are two ways of getting books published, the first method is formatting the book and cover page/paper back manually while the other entails downloading an application to help in formatting raw manuscript and also with the application one can choose a paperback and/or cover for the manuscript.To start with let’s look at the processes entail in publishingIn book formatting there is-basic method-advanced methodIn advanced formatting processes includes-downloading the application-interior decoration-cover creation-uploading and publishingBasic methodThe first method is the basic method, also referred to as manual formatting. This is the manual way of writing a book and getting it published using CREATESPACE. To start this, get or download a template that you can use to format your manuscript without stress of going through developing a template by yourself. The template contains tools needful in structuring your work.