I’ve released my first book, The One-Minute Mysteries of Inspector Gerard: The Ultimate Flatfoot (available now in paperback, pre-order for Kindle). For years I’ve wanted to dip my toes into the self-publishing space, but I finally had time to do so a couple of weeks ago. I decided collecting my absurdist, postmodern detective stories from high school and college into one volume would be a relatively easy and fun way to learn the ropes of self-publishing on Amazon.
If anyone else is thinking of publishing your works this way, I would definitely encourage it. I don’t expect to make tons of money off of my silly short stories (although that would, of course, be nice), but the process was quite easy overall, although slightly more involved than I anticipated. Still, it’s an effective way to get your work out there.
To that end, I thought I’d share some of my experiences using kdp.amazon.com—Kindle Direct Publishing.
The Portly Politico 