Self-publishing An iPhone App ebook

My name is Noble Smith and I'm a published playwright, co-exec producer of the award-winning film Protagonist (Netflix), a published novelist (iTunes audiobook Stolen from Gypsies), and author of the ebook iPhone app Warrior (iTunes App Store).

Getting a book published through the traditional mainstream publishers these days is a nearly impossible task. But now you can circumnavigate the industrial-entertainment-complex and use the iPhone as a distribution platform for your free ebook.*

My novel Warrior (an action/adventure set in Ancient Greece) spent years languishing in the hands of literary agents in New York. I finally took matters into my own hands and self-published it as an iPhone/iPod touch ebook app. In less than a week I had over 2,000 downloads for my free app and was in the top ten along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Secret Garden and The Bible.

This instructable takes you through the process of creating the assets that an ebook app developer will need to upload your book to the iTunes app site.

Visit www.warriorthenovel.com for more information about my ebook and how to download it.

*(Note: If you want to charge for your ebook you will have to go through the process of becoming your own app developer through Apple; and you will have to find an ebook app reader developer who will license their software to you as a developer. This whole process can be extremely expensive.)

Step 1 Contents

An ebook app developer needs the following assets to turn your digital manuscript into an ebook and upload it to Apple's iTunes as an app.*

1.) THE MANUSCRIPT: A completed and corrected manuscript using TextEdit or MS Word format.
2.) THE COVER: A "dust jacket cover" image for your book (JPEG).
3.) THE APP ICON: A smaller version of your cover image for the app icon (JPEG).
4.) APPLICATION DESCRIPTION: Text for the iTunes App Store describing your book.
5.) ABOUT PAGE: Text for the "About This Book" page in the ebook app.

*I used TouchBooks Reader (http://www.touchbooksreader.com/) and paid them a one time licensing fee of $500 (rates may vary) via PayPal. My experience with TouchBooks Reader and its president Alexandru Brie has been amazing. Brie did not ask me for an endorsement of his product, nor have I received a discount for promoting his product.

Comments

[carlthedog98]

Thanks this is great! I have been trying to publish a book, but now i think i will go with making it into an ebook first! I have one question how do i send it to the itunes store?

[mark_pw]

Thank you for the good post. eBook is becoming more and more popular. I have just heard that amazon shipped more ebooks than printed books during the recent Christmas. I found this site showing how to publish ebooks (www.publishebook123.com). It is quite informative.

[tomstedham]

This was a very good instructable, and it has inspired me. I didn't even know you could get ebooks on an iPhone!

[hellequin]

Brilliant..! Thanks for the insights...! Glad it's working for you... Congratulations..!