Comments on: Fighting Firewalls With Kindle Blogs

By: Mad Kane

Mad Kane — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:53:43 +0000

Kitty, yes, Amazon gets the rest. And yes, it’s a paltry, silly amount of money for the writer. On the other hand, the blogs are already available on the net for free, so how much could you charge for Kindle versions? The highest price Amazon sets is for some blogs $1.99 per month, and I have trouble imagining many people paying that for something they can read for free online.

By: kittyliterate

kittyliterate — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:40:38 +0000

If only 30% goes to the writer, does Amazon get the rest? So you’re actually getting 30% of $0.99. Yikes.

By: madkane

madkane — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00:10 +0000

Linkmeister, I’m pretty sure that you just need a working auto RSS feed, so you’re probably okay.

By: Linkmeister

Linkmeister — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:44:18 +0000

Why oh why doesn’t Amazon list which blog software is compatible with Kindle? Yeah, I’ve got an auto-generated RSS feed, but is that all that matters?

I’m still using MT 3.15, which is about five years and who knows how many upgrades old.

By: madkane

madkane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:32:10 +0000

AWT, Amazon / Kindle doesn’t charge bloggers to make their blogs available on Kindles. The only fees are those paid by Kindle owners — subscription fees to read the blogs they choose to subscribe to.

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:19:37 +0000

How much if I am willing to pay to get someone to read my global adventure humor blogs?

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:56:42 +0000

I put my blog on Kindle a while back and wondered why anyone would read it there. After all, it’s free everywhere else (online, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and now by email). Even worse, the links don’t work on the Kindle version (I write about free and bargain books; the Kindle version of the blog is the only one where you can’t click and buy/download).

Of course, most of those options are blocked by some employers and some of them require you to “check” for new updates or can get lost (I know my inbox scrolls quickly and a missed message will get buried in no time). My subscribers does keep going up and I’ve started getting monthly checks (not much, to be sure, but conversely there is no effort involved after the initial setup).

Karen
Books On The Knob - a blog about free and bargain books
http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com
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