Publish Your Blog On Amazon’s Kindle
Written by enetwal on July 6, 2009 – 2:22 pm -I used to be an active seller of Amazon’s Kindle until I ran afoul of the Big “A’ policies on use of the term “Kindle” in my pay per click ads. While Amazon doesn’t provide sales figures for its Kindle, I thinks it’s fair to assume it’s not insignificant. I know I sold a fair number and I was a very small player.
If you haven’t bought one yet, you can now, by going here. Kindle: Amazon’s 6″ Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
I bring it up because Amazon has just opened the Kindle Doors to Bloggers. If you blog regularly, it’s now possible to sign up and upon approval by Amazon get a subscription to your blog listed for sale on their Kindle.
I did as soon as I heard about this, about 30 minutes ago. So I don’t know for sure that my blog will be accepted, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be. From what I read, I don’t expect to make a lot of money from Amazon in the near term. They set the price, not you, and it appears that initially the going rate is 99 cents a month. Amazon will keep 70% of that, so don’t order than new car just yet.
You need to make $50 before you will see your first payment. So unless you have a good way of promoting your blog to Kindle users it’s likely to take a while to get your first check.
That said, your blog will appear in their Kindle Blog Directory and if you have a good title, description and content, you will attract readers you may not have otherwise found. And that’s why you should seriously consider adding this venue to your marketing program.
It took me less than 15 minutes to log in at http://kindlepublishing.amazon.com and get my first blog (this one) set up.
One thing about the kindle that makes it a bit different. They will publish images as well as the full text.
Tags: Amazon, Blogging, kindle
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July 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
That’s very cool! I had no idea you could publish your blog with it, this is definitely something to consider, especially if you already have an active fan base for your blog.
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July 6th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Definitely something to keep an eye on. Not sure how big a player the Kindle susbcriptions will be but having your links on Amazon should be wotrthwhile even if you never make a dime.
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July 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Great tip, Earl!
Probably like all other areas of marketing, the best use for it would be to see what titles are selling best on Kinle overall, and then create a niche blog that specifically targets that niche.
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July 6th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Sounds like a very cool idea!
Will definitely have to take a look. Not sure this will do well for my internet marketing blogs, although it’s possible that it might.
However, I do have a niche blog that might actually do quite well.
Thanks for the heads up on this one Earl!
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July 6th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Sounds interesting. Will have to keep it in mind. Not sure if I want to pursue it right now. Need to stay focused on hat I am already doing. Thanks for the info.
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July 7th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Nice!! I will have to take care of that for my own blogs….thanks for the find! I’ve been hearing about the ever-growing popularity of Kindle…it only makes sense to take advantage of it.
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July 7th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Had not heard of this before now so will be something to check out. Have you figured out what type of car you will want when the check comes in ? -:)
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July 7th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Interesting subject Earl. Never did much with Amazon. Gave ad’s showing but never made any money from it. Kindle is new to me so with checking upon. Seems Amazoin is getting a little more aggressive in their advertising…
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July 7th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Great idea. I don’t have a Kindle yet but would like to get one soon. I can see alot of potential in having your blog listed with Amazon even if the sales take a while to come. I’ll take a look.
Thanks for the info
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