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lovecares34:
pls chairman can I we chat on WhatsApp? that formating part is my problem. my book has pics. Pls I won't stress u much if u can just assist me. its just some little questions on msword and I will be fine. I can use ms word very well I just need little direction in d formating part and I will be fine.

Just use kindlecreate

twosquare:
Then you can use it. You can form a business later. The name on the EIN must correlate with what you are filling. Nothing do you. Sole proprietors too use EIN if they don't want to use their SSN.

Thanks

twosquare:
How did you get an EIN and what's the address attached to it?

A U.S address. But I don't have business in the U.S�

twosquare:
If you have an EIN that is really yours, use it. You will have 0% withholding rate.

Thanks. I'm hesitating because of all those questions during the interview. It's for those that have business in the United States. They even ask for business address in the United States.

Any ideas how to avoid the 30 percent withholding for tax? I don't have TIN. I have EIN but I'm hesitant to use it.
Need guidance, thanks.

Silence everywhere. Hope everyone is writing and earning

davidhobo:
Hey, guys, thanks to this thread, I just published my book on kindle. I am a rookie writer, but I can dream too, cant I? It is free, so pls go read and kindly drop a review. Also feel free to give me tips how to promote this book as well.

In Love With A Siren is a tale that celebrates the indefatigability of the human spirit and the unputdownable nature of the human soul in a love story that unravels across three continents and half a dozen cities...

It is found on amazon kindle. Please read and kindly drop a review

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BNJ7TN8/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_DZH8Eb6WRWX65

Page Extent: 222
Word Count: 60,388
Price: $4.99 (Free now because it is on promo/kdp select

SYNOPSIS:
Ken Malisse is a young, ambitious journalist, strategist and spin doctor for politicians. He is long on potential, but short on results. He is also down on his luck and without a dime to his name, having lost his way within the bureaucracy and fallen out of favor with the Apparatchiki.

He has also been abandoned by family and friends, and hounded by his own government- the very people he had served so selflessly and without blemish in the past.

At the nadir of his existence, he decides to go in search of the American dream and build a new life, out of reach of his persecutors and far removed from memories of his troubled past.

He hoped to start his own family with a new woman, new friends and a new career in God's own country. Africa had done him dirty, and he was turning his back on her for good…and never, ever coming back.

So, he thought, till he stumbled on Koko in the quiet, horseshoe town of Uyo, deep within the backwaters of Nigeria's Delta right on the eve of his departure.

Sensuous, enchanting and alluring, Koko Nakide was as mysterious and she was amorous- beautiful to look at, but lethal to love, attractive to behold but difficult to tame.

She was a woman with a restless spirit, driven by raging desires that sucked men into the vortex of her appeal. Deep within this desirable but wanton woman burnt a fire so violent, no man could quench.

From the creeks of Nigeria’s Delta to the opulence of her capitals- Lagos and Abuja, this tale of love, passion and obsession rolls unhindered, snaking under the glittering skyscrapers of New York to the crime ridden streets of Baltimore, gathering momentum in the sunbaked streets of London, while morphing into a toxic experience that would threaten the sanity of both lovers and change their life trajectories forever.

Go to: www.thesirentrilogy.com for excerpts

I like the website. But the cover doesn't do it for romance. Check the other books in the genre.
The blurb is too long and wordy. It's supposed to make people buy the book not tell the story.
All the best.

pabon:
I follow Dean Wesley Smith and one of the things he advised is not to wait until your book is perfect. What's the guarantee that your perfect book that took you years to write will sell? Do you know the number of people that publish books on Amazon monthly? Your book will be like a dot in an infinite space.
What should be your goal should be to always develop yourself. So, learn, write, publish, and repeat. Don't wait until your book is perfect.
This doesn't mean you should just put out a badly written, badly edited book out there. You'd only be doing yourself a world of evil.
I've been studying the writing business (especially self-publishing for a while now now). I follow some of the highest earners in the industry (especially fiction). I've watched dozens of videos, listened to near a hundred podcasts. It will surprise you to note that one thing about them is that they publish pretty regularly.
Jonathan Greene said, "Quantity is a quality' of its own.
You could decide to wait until your book is inch-perfect. When it comes out, you'd still have to compete with a host of others who have the money to spend on advertisements, who have employed the best cover designers and the best editors. You might end up depressed with the results you get.
Someone else will write a book a month, learning all the way, and still make better money than you'd make with your perfect book.
Self-Publishing these days is a game of numbers.
Yes, people do hit it with their very first book. But, the statistics will shock you. They are the exception, not the rule.
You think every one can be JK Rowlings? You'd be surprised that apart from the Harry Potter books, the other books she's written hasn't sold nearly a much, some with pennames. So, isn't it with the same perfection she wrote those books.

I've learned that your readers, not you, are the best judges of your book. Stop licking your wounds. Get up and move to the next. Don't stop learning. Don't stop implementing.
You learn as you go. And what's to say that you can't go back and edit the older books you'd published some months or years ago?

My first self published book didn't make anything (save for $2 that someone spent pre-ordering my book), few days ago, something else happened. First time I saw myself and the word bestseller associated. And I didn't even write that book to be perfect.

My two cents

I went through your diary. It's sooo relatable. I could feel your determination. I wish you the best.

pabon:
I follow Dean Wesley Smith and one of the things he advised is not to wait until your book is perfect. What's the guarantee that your perfect book that took you years to write will sell? Do you know the number of people that publish books on Amazon monthly? Your book will be like a dot in an infinite space.
What should be your goal should be to always develop yourself. So, learn, write, publish, and repeat. Don't wait until your book is perfect.
This doesn't mean you should just put out a badly written, badly edited book out there. You'd only be doing yourself a world of evil.
I've been studying the writing business (especially self-publishing for a while now now). I follow some of the highest earners in the industry (especially fiction). I've watched dozens of videos, listened to near a hundred podcasts. It will surprise you to note that one thing about them is that they publish pretty regularly.
Jonathan Greene said, "Quantity is a quality' of its own.
You could decide to wait until your book is inch-perfect. When it comes out, you'd still have to compete with a host of others who have the money to spend on advertisements, who have employed the best cover designers and the best editors. You might end up depressed with the results you get.
Someone else will write a book a month, learning all the way, and still make better money than you'd make with your perfect book.
Self-Publishing these days is a game of numbers.
Yes, people do hit it with their very first book. But, the statistics will shock you. They are the exception, not the rule.
You think every one can be JK Rowlings? You'd be surprised that apart from the Harry Potter books, the other books she's written hasn't sold nearly a much, some with pennames. So, isn't it with the same perfection she wrote those books.

I've learned that your readers, not you, are the best judges of your book. Stop licking your wounds. Get up and move to the next. Don't stop learning. Don't stop implementing.
You learn as you go. And what's to say that you can't go back and edit the older books you'd published some months or years ago?

My first self published book didn't make anything (save for $2 that someone spent pre-ordering my book), few days ago, something else happened. First time I saw myself and the word bestseller associated. And I didn't even write that book to be perfect.

My two cents

True.
I think there's a delicate balance between producing a quality product and quantity. We low name authors just have to find it.

SanThiago:
I couldn't have said it better.

As per storyteller kdp comp.

I'm publishing my blockbuster hit on the 4th of July

Storyteller 2020 is coming home

All the best.
August is the deadline so you can take your time to edit.

SanThiago:
One thing i want to advise you and everyone on this thread is not to rush to publish your book. Even if you publish a book per year, as long as its top quality. U'll make thousands more than what 20 books of low quality or carrying errors will fetch you.

Where the crowdads sing , the book that ranked 3rd in Amazons best sellers two months ago, was written by a female writer who had last published a book in 1989.
She took years writing her book and when published, she broke records and won hearts, selling over 4million copies.

I learnt this the hard way, and after publishing three books within the space of a month with little or no sales. I sat down and gave out time to study amazon kindle publishing from a writers point of view rather than from a business point of view. I profiled the writting pattern of greats like stephen king, Delia owens and the mighty J.K rowling. I immediately unpublished some of my books and reading them now, i laugh and wonder if i ever did go through before publishing.

I Must tell you now that i see amazon KDP from a different light. I'm not going into the business of KDP anylonger, I'm building my writing career through KDP.

If one can do this perfectly and drop a banger in the next 5 years, i assure you that you'll be made for life.

Delia owen's "where the crowdad sing" sold 4million copies since it hit amazon KDP. Thats about 13billion naira after amazons 30% cut

The reason I'm quoting you please is that i went through your book and i can tell you that there are so many grammatical and spelling errors in your Authors introduction. One can only wonder what the contents will look like.

Take your time to edit and format your book please. If possible, outsource it to a native english speaking freelancer on upwork or fiverr and pay for it. You wrote in a very wonderful niche and your topic would easily draw attention, but reading your introduction, i almost felt ashamed as if it were my book.

"did you know that" (Do you know that)

"aging" (Ageing) -This one was a big turnoff because your book is about ageing

And more errors.

Thumbs up brother.

Seconded.
Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction. Give it your best shot. For fiction, it's different. Follow genre conventions. Read books in your genre. Edit the hell out of the book, write a compelling blurb, publish.
Then do it over again.
There are no short cuts. Do well and the readers will reward you.
Meanwhile, some might be interested in applying for kindle storyteller 2020.
It's Amazon, whether you win or not the book will still make money.

ymbappe:
I need someone to format my book for Amazon KDP publication.

The book has been written and all I need is formatting and an e-book cover designer to sort it out.

Send me a message let's relate this.

Use kindle create

GoldPencil:
More power to your keyboard. *clinks glass*

Who create your covers?

GoldPencil:
new fiction loaded. make we see whether we go fit use am pay nepa bill this month.

Hey. I write fiction too. Well done

07068816023
Please add me to the WhatsApp group.. Any writer of fiction here?

Who do you recommend for number 3. Up work?

I signed up but didn't request for it. Just told customer support I wanted to link it to my bank acc

I'm not doing amazon FBA. I opened it to accept payment for kindle publishing and have been doing so for more than two years.
I don't have a payoneer card.

Yes, my details are normal. I have it linked to my Dom acc.

dyonpoint:
I am thinking of this too, but I don't know if it will work.
I really need a US billing Debit card cos I want to be dropshipping from some suppliers in the US.

My payoneer account is personal.

Guys.
Finally found a way around it. But I'm doing drop shipping not FBA, maybe the same method might apply.

it is very simple, when u have created your stripe account and ready to go, then go to shopify and click on settings then go to payments and deactivate shopify payments then go to general settings then change the store country from USA to France and save it then go to payments again and select choose payment provider then select stripe as your payment provider, then login to stripe from shopify to activate the account and once your login to stripe is successful, it will take you back to shopify and then go back to general settings and change your country from France to USA again and save and you are good to go. Shopify made all USA accounts to account shopify payments by default and they removed the stripe option from the payments provider list.

Yes, they require a physical bank account.

dyonpoint:
With personal or business payoneer account?

Personal but already linked to my Dom acc

FrancisAdl:
When you start hitting big numbers like $1000 daily, EIN would be compulsory so it's safer you apply for LLC before signing up for stripe

True. I followed due process. I'm waiting for stripe verification.

I saw this

https://theprofany.com/stripe-account-for-non-us-citizens/

But I got my LLC though. I saw this after. She's doing it without LLC.
I'm still trying to connect my payoneer to stripe. I just contacted them after providing I.D details.

just freelancer

How did it go guys? Is it genuine?

I would feel guilty if I don't testify. I stumbled on the $1000 thread and became a writer. I work on my on time and earn enough to take care of myself. It has never been easy but I have enjoyed writing so much I even rejected jobs when they finally came.
I don't write articles or copywriting for businesses. I write short stories and novels so the journey has not been easy, but I will keep going.
Just want to say, thank you

How many author post per day is optimal?

I used Luno. They are somehow linked with gtb. Check the gtb app, so you can easily interchange naira for btc and pay to anonsteem. I just learnt some of the money will be returned back to you as steem power.
So you'll lose nothing registering through it. I thought it was expensive until I saw the money in my Steem wallet

AncientTimes:
Please, how did you go about doing that. Is it paid? What did you pay? Thanks for your answer in advance.

I used anonsteem. Costs 0.0042BTC. About 16000. Registration is immediate