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Nice insights. Couple of questions:

1. Did you also considered Leanpub?(I think they have a smaller fee) If yes, why did you pick Amazon over Leanpub?

2. Why didn't you used an easy to convert format? I mean instead of Word-like processors (be it Docs, Libre, Office or whatever) you could use Markdown, LaTeX or something similar, so you could convert into... anything: html, epub (so you could publish on iBooks as well), mobi, azw, pdf, word etc.

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1. No I didn't. I have heard it is mainly for tech books, and the blogs/forums I visited all said that Amazon is the biggest marketplace.

2. Ignorance :( I thought everybody used Word/Docs so I too started there since I thought converting would be the easy part. Turns out that it's tough. Next time I'll be sure to use Markdown/LaTex.

Do you write books too?

Let's say that I'm that guy you see in movies that want to write a book for ages and always postpone it... -_-

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