I just released my first book through Amazon's Indie Kindle Direct Publishing program. 3 days in, my book is the No.1 Western in UK Amazon, and No.1 Sci Fi Adventure in US Amazon store. AMA

Good luck. Try and keep this thread going and if you post a separate IAMA, also post it here. As someone planning the same thing, it'll be interesting to see if your choices on writing a serial, length of each serial, and release period work well for you.

Great, I will do. Thanks.

Best of luck sir!

Commenting so I can find it later on today

Great. Thanks!

awesome, I downloaded it. I just finished ASOIAF and saw Django, I am in the mood for this type of material now. Lets make you a success.

Trying to work out what ASOIAF is... but thanks! :)

What made you take this approach to releasing your story? Why not write the entire novel then release as oppose to serial pieces?

I'm writing a story myself, and have been grappling with how I want to make my entrance to the market.

I'm too impatient. I would have probably sat on that story for another year, telling myself it was still a novel in development. I would have eventually forgotten about it, and started writing something else. This way, it has begun, for better or worse, and there's no turning back.

Care to share anything about your experience selfpublishing?

It's much more difficult to put the words on the page than it is to put your finished work online for sale.

How many units is it selling a day?

Also, I'm working on my own eBook. Any tips/suggestions for a guy that has almost no idea what he's doing? Also, did you code the eBook yourself?

just visit kdp.amazon.com - Just write your book in openoffice(.org) or word, save it as a .doc (or pdf?) and upload it. Simples.

Just downloaded! Excited to read shortly. Congrats!

That's cool! Thanks!

Fantastic, congratulations.

Are you from Europe originally or North America? Have you visited Nebraska or any of the mid west states or did you go off of remote research for the book?

That's top secret, sorry! ;)

Awesome!, im struggling to get my first web comic out there. First project im really proud of and ive been writing my whole life. I know how hard it is to get your stuff done at all let alone recognized. This has to be a dream come true. Congrats man!

Will you publish through Amazon? Any links? Thanks! :)

I just read it; it's good. Will you be using "fudge" instead of "fuck" throughout or was that guy just crazy?

He was just crazy. :)

PS. Glad you liked it! Thanks!

Any plans to bring it to the apple store? Edit: never mind, I see I can download a kindle app for my iPhone.

That's what I use too.

Downloaded :)

Nice!

Releasing it for free, do you hope to catch on with a agent/publisher or is there something else you get out of it? Was it written for pure enjoyment?

I enjoyed every second of writing this, because I wrote it for me. I wrote it whilst imagining I was reading a book instead of writing one. Which meant I couldn't wait to get back to writing it, so I could find out what happened! I wanted to get the book read by as many people as I could. So I made it free for the 1st 5 days. I have no more 'free days' from Amazon left after that so then it reverts to it's full price.

D-Man I logged in to say thanks for the read

Is that me? Cool, no probs.

Congratulations. I just downloaded it in India. I'll let you know know how i like it once I've finished the book i'm reading now.

Thank you!

I just got it and will start reading it today. This was perfect timing for me. I needed a new book to read. Thank you!!

Hope you like it. :)

I'd just like to say, as someone who has seen a lot of self promo of KDP on r/writing, I was expecting to read the first page and immediately find some typos, atrocious grammar and no idea at all of what formed a good story. Instead, I was immediately hooked by your characters. Well done.

That's nice to hear. Thank you.