Has anyone here had luck selling scripts on kindle? Also, what's the best format to convert from Final Draft that looks somewhat presentable? Thanks.
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Allow me to clarify. Newbie here, but not to writing. Written over a dozen screenplays over the years (thrillers mostly), was once under contract for writing on spec, even had a B-level actor hip-pocketing another one (which obviously went nowhere). After kids, took a hiatus with that and my day job...
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Richard "RB" Botto
- 8 years ago
You're in great company here, Mark. Over 90,000 screenwriters in the community and, as mentioned when you joined, over a half million creatives worldwide. Don't be afraid to jump right in. Definitely upload a headshot when you have a moment. It will certainly help with your networking.
Ashleigh Morrison
- 8 years ago
That sounds amazing! Welcome!
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@John Hunter I tend to do things to see how it works and if I can leverage it. I had never heard of people making any real money from Amazon, except Amazon of course.
"authors are screwing themselves if they don't do both Amazon and Apple Store with their books." - Absolutely. You should try and utilise every outlet out there. I use Createspace to create the paperb...
Expand comment"authors are screwing themselves if they don't do both Amazon and Apple Store with their books." - Absolutely. You should try and utilise every outlet out there. I use Createspace to create the paperback versions of my books that then get sold in Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc. I use Smashwords to create the eBook version - that gets distributed to everywhere EXCEPT Amazon but, fortunately, the Smashwords converter converts it into .mobi format so customers can download it directly from Smashwords and I can use the same file to create the Kindle version via KDP. And there's reasons why I published some of my scripts via Kindle - It was work I had done which I wanted to collate somewhere other than my blog (where it will be lost in the midst of time etc.) that I was not successful in getting produced. And, you never know, some producer MAY read it and want to option it etc. People consume content very differently these days and I suspect that the "traditional" channels for scriptwriters may well evolve also.
@David is 100% correct I'll probably do Apple as well. But they are about 10% the size of Amazon, so I won't be ordering the new car just yet. I think it is a good thing to do. It is just as hard to p...
Expand comment@David is 100% correct I'll probably do Apple as well. But they are about 10% the size of Amazon, so I won't be ordering the new car just yet. I think it is a good thing to do. It is just as hard to promote a book as it is a screenplay, may be harder. There is nothing motivating a book buyer. A producer at least needs one script to make a movie.
David thanks for tip I will try Smashwords err where is 'everywhere' ...
I wouldn't put the screenplay on there. Put your treatment there.