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Terry Persun – 360-379-6885 – [email protected] -- www.TerryPersun.com Amazon Programs Use these Amazon programs to broaden your reader base, as well as open you to new genres to try out before you rush to writing that 400 page tome. Self Publishing Programs Amazon Studios: https://studios.amazon.com ACX Audio Books: http://www.acx.com Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com KDP Select (Exclusive): To help gain more readers Kindle Unlimited: Free ebooks (paid from a Global Fund when 10% is read) Kindle Owners’ Lending Library: Free ebooks for Amazon Prime members (one/month) Kindle Countdown Deals: Time-bound promotion at discounts Free Book Promotion: For a limited time CreateSpace: https://www.createspace.com Hybrid Publishing Programs Day One: http://www.amazon.com/dayone StoryFront: http://www.amazon.com/storyfront Kindle Singles: http://www.amazon.com/kindlesingles Kindle Serials: http://www.amazon.com/kindleserials Kindle Worlds: https://kindleworlds.amazon.com Kindle Scout: https://kindlescout.amazon.com Traditional Publishing Programs White Glove: Agent-assisted and Publisher-assisted Self-publishing Amazon Publishing: http://www.apub.com AmazonEncore: Rediscovered Works and Previously-published, overlooked books from emerging authors: http://www.apub.com/imprint-detail?imprint=4 Thomas & Mercer (Mystery, Thrillers, Suspense) AmazonCrossing (Translated Works) AmazonEncore (Rediscovered Works) 47 North (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror) Montlake Romance (Romance) Amazon Publishing (Nonfiction, Memoirs, General Fiction Grand Harbor Press (Personal Growth and Self-Help) Little A (Literary Fiction) Jet City Comics (Comics, Graphic Novels) Two Lions (Children’s Picture Books, Chapter Books, Novels) Skyscape (Teen, Young Adult) Lake Union Publishing (Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Popular NF StoryFront (Short Fiction) Waterfall Press (Christian Nonfiction, Christian Fiction) Services Amazon Associates: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ Author Central: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com .

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