Product Description

Absolutely the best resource I've found.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #374828 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 174 pages

Review
Aaron Shepard has been more successful selling through Amazon than any other self publisher I know. --Morris Rosenthal, author, Print-on-Demand Book Publishing

I've published ten other books through regular publishers, and this route is much more fun and rewarding! --Ellen Hodgson Brown, Third Millenium Press

Packed with practical techniques for today's savvy small publisher. --Susan Daffron, Logical Expressions, Inc.

With low upfront costs, and simple procedures that don't require specialized software, it's a method that almost anyone can use. --Sheila Ruth, Imaginator Press

Review
Solid gold advice. . . . This book will give you the benefit of years worth of hard-earned experience.

Filled with details and tips obviously garnered from much tinkering and thinking.

Written by an author, for authors, in a style that even head-in-the-cloud dreamers can act upon.

Dramatically changed my direction and turned a money-losing hobby into a growing, profitable business doing what I love most.

Review
It gave me a business plan that was feasible, simple, low-cost and potentially VERY lucrative.

Customer Reviews

Required Reading for Every Author
When I received this book, I sat down and read it cover to cover, running my highlighter over all the key points. Now, I use this book, frequently as a resource. Shepard does a great job of explaining the concepts without being too wordy. It's only about 165 pages, but absolutely filled with valuable information.

If you want to learn how to sell more books on Amazon, this is the best book I've read on the subject. Shepard teaches:
How to title your book for Amazon search engines
How to create a book cover that favors Amazon sales
How to use several free tools available on Amazon to boost the
visibility of your book.
How to set discounts that work to the author greatest advantage.
How to go about self-publishing a book with Lightning Source
The reasons not to publish an eBook version of your book.
A pricing strategy for selling your book on Amazon.

Thanks to books like this one, self-published authors have a chance to succeed against our traditionally published competitors.

Best Book Out There!
"Aiming at Amazon" by Aaron Shepard is my favorite book right now because I successfully used it to create my already written book, "The Magi of Futurity", and have it listed on Amazon. After checking with others and reading the reviews for Aaron's book, I was very impressed and couldn't wait to order it. Within two months after reading this book, along with Aaron's "Perfect Pages" book, I had accomplished my goal. Thank you, Aaron, for producing such wonderful guides for aspiring authors!

A Must Have for someone who wants know how to self-publish
This book clearly dispells many of the myths and exposes the secrets of the publishing and the self-publishing industry. He does not day how to write your book, rather how to get it into print and distribution. He has terrific ideas about promotion and boosting sales and ultimately profit. He has 95% of submitted manuscripts, pays low royalties (approx 10%), and take up to three years to get your book into print, all the while usurping all the control of the content and layout.