Summary: In this session of The Smart Passive Income Podcast I pick the brain of someone who is seeing massive success by publishing books on Amazon's Kindle platform. As many of you may know by now, I'm deep in the middle of publishing my own Kindle book for the first time, and when conducting research and asking around for advice, more often than not, this person's name kept coming up. I'm happy to welcome Jonny Andrews and his business partner Hollis to the SPI podcast today where we talk about his success on the Kindle platform, and more importantly, his approach - and I have to say our conversation was such a breath of fresh air. Why? Because like with any online make-money opportunity, there are a lot of people out there who teach the quick and easy way to do things, ways which don't really provide value to the end user, unfortunately. With Jonny, however, his main priority is making sure that extreme value is being provided to those who will be purchasing books on the Kindle platform, because it is that value that will put more people in front of your book, introduce more people to your brand, and drive more sales. In this session you'll learn about: The #1 most important thing to consider if you really want to be a successful author on Kindle. Why keywords are actually irrelevant when it comes to book publishing on Amazon. Other potential benefits (beyond monetary) that can come out of publishing in the Kindle marketplace. What the Amazon environment can offer authors that really no other marketplace can. How to go where the eyeballs on Amazon are looking. Where to start when you don't have a platform and existing audience to sell to. Why most people fail when it comes to creating cover art that works. Why the reviews for a book are more important than the book itself. Why Jonny says there is zero competition on the Amazon platform. Jonny's thoughts on using ghostwriters and why one should strongly consider it. Tips for using images in your Kindle book, and how not to lose money because of it. <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/patflynn/SPI042.mp3">Right click here to download the MP3</a> Items mentioned in this podcast include: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/357112331027292/" target="_blank">Pat's 1st Kindle Book Private Facebook Group</a> <a href="http://www.goinswriter.com" target="_blank">Jeff Goins at GoinsWriter.com</a> <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com" target="_blank">Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing Program</a> <a href="http://www.publishingedu.com/" target="_blank">PublishingEDU.com</a> After listening to this session you might understand why I'm so excited to be going through this process myself! As I mentioned in the podcast, I'm documenting and reporting this entire process in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/357112331027292/" target="_blank">Private Facebook Group</a> in hopes that by the end of this I not only have my first book published on Amazon, but a convenient, step-by-step guide for anyone else who wants to do the same. It would be a nice addendum to my existing eBook, <a href="http://www.ebooksthesmartway.com" target="_blank">eBooks the Smart Way</a>, for sure. :) Thank you all for your support, thank you to Jonny and Hollis, and I wish you all the best! Please subscribe below to the podcast to get automatic updates for your device: <a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/itunes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcast-rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click Here to Subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed)</a> Transcript <a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/download/transcript-SPI042.pdf" target="_blank">Click Here to Download the Transcript for Session 42 (PDF)</a>
