Publishing Sites:
Visit Amazon to publish your books to their Kindle store or publish on demand with CreateSpace and make your book available to the millions of Amazon customers.
PubIt! by Barnes and Noble. (Note: You have to have a US bank account to publish here.)
Smashwords
Kobo
Authonomy, from HarperCollins, is a site where you can upload your book for free and is is read and ranked by acommunity. The top five will be reviewed by HarperCollins.
Promoting Your Books:
Read John Locke's "How I Sold a Million Ebooks in 5 Months." http://www.amazon.com/Sold-Million-eBooks-Months-ebook
Create a profile on Amazon's Author Central and tag your books.
Add your books to Amazon's Listmania.
Get reviews.
Create a profile at GoodReads and Indie Aisle and participate in forums.
Advertise on The Indie Spotlight.
Create profiles on Twitter and Facebook. Lesser known social media include LinkedIn, Tagged, Ning, hi5 and Yuku.
Blogs:
John Locke: John is the leading indie author who posts short, infrequent, target-specific blogs.
Amanda Hocking: Amanda is the one of the leading indie authors and has published every step of the process in her blog.
Derek Canyon: Derek provides a unique look at epublishing through his ongoing experiments.
Alan Rinzler: Alan's blog, "The Book Deal" gives writers and book people an inside view of publishing.
Joe Konrath: Joe's blog is "A Newbie's Guide to Publishing"
Lindsay Buroker: Lindsay is a fantasy author who talks of e-publishing, ebook marketing and blog promotion.
David Farland: Subscribe to David's "Daily Kick in the Pants" for insights on writing, motivational tips and news.
Cover Art:
Phatpuppyart: Her website speaks for itself. See examples of cover art from such authors as Amanda Hocking, J.L. Bryan,T.R. Graves and Autumn Dawn. Choose from one of her beautiful photographs or custom design your own.
Logo:
FUNKY CHICKEN Design Studio: Check out Fanny's Facebook Page for examples of logos she has created for various companies. Guest post link.
Merchandise:
Visit rush imprint to put logos on business cards, mugs, t-shirts and more.
Visit Fresh Ink Apparel to add your logo or book cover to t-shirts, hoodies, bags and more.
I will continue to update this page as there is so many excellent resources for epublishers!
