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Is publishing your own book something that you\'ve always wanted to do. Perhaps you have the next great American novel in the top drawer of your desk? Or maybe you have a collection of short stories? Possibly you would like to publish the life story of one of your relatives?

If any of the above strikes chord, then you may be happy to learn that, not only are you far from alone, but that the options open to you are increasing all the time. It\'s easier than ever before to publish your work. Not only is it easier, but it is cheaper - and in some cases it is free. In fact, you can even make money if your book sells.

Amazon for example, are a company who, apart from being very successful, have a strong Association with both books and reading. When the original Amazon website launched in 1995, the manner in which many people bought books changed forever.

With the launch of the Amazon Kindle reader in 2007, the way that people read books also began to change. The release of the enhanced Kindle 2 in February 2009, swiftly followed by the large format Kindle DX in the summer of the same year, facilitated the acceptance of e-book readers by the general public. Even although the market was still fairly new and in a developmental stage, sales of e-book readers and e-books really started to take off.

One of the key factors in the success of the Kindle - apart from the fact that it was an extremely well designed piece of hardware - was the large amount of Kindle books which were available for the Kindle users to choose from. Currently there are more than 400,000 Kindle books available on the Amazon website - and this number is growing at an average rate of 500 everyday.

As well as changing the way that books are bought, delivered and read, the Kindle offers the opportunity for would-be authors to publish their work and have it showcased and sold by the world\'s largest book seller. Publishing your book in Kindle format is simple, fast and free. What\'s more - as long as you set the price of your book at between $ 1 and $9.99 Amazon will give you 70% of the sales price (minus a very small delivery fee - definitely no more than a few cents) for any sales made.

You will need an Amazon account before you can publish your Kindle book. This is free - as a matter of fact, if you have ever purchased anything from Amazon then you will already have a free account. With your account in place, all you have to do is to format your book and upload it to Amazon\'s website. One very simple way to do this is to format your book using Microsoft Word and then save it in HTML file format. This option can be found by selecting \"save as\" from the file menu. Other methods exist, but using Word is one of the easiest. It\'s also a good idea to choose a suitable illustration for the cover of your book. This will make your book more appealing to potential buyers. This is also easy to do, simply upload your selected image to the Amazon site and you\'re done. After that, you just need to fill in a few fields, choose a good title for your book, set your price - and you will be a published author!

Check out the Amazon Kindle reader for yourself - and have a look at the wide range of Kindle accessories available to help you personalise your reader.