Useful Info for LavaCon presentation

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This presentation is intended for self-publishers. Please contact me directly if you’d like help setting up accounts for a corporate entity.

Adobe and LavaCon 2011 have opened up this free presentation to the public!! The first 30 registrants for this free Sunday session qualify for a free backpack and a chance to receive a free LavaCon conference pass.

If attending my presentation on 11/13/2011 please bring the following information with you to assist in rapidly setting up your Kindle and iTunes publishing accounts:

General

Decide whether accounts and revenue will be a separate tax entity (corp, llc, etc.) or filed as income on main tax return.

Consider a separate bank account for revenue and expenses related to book efforts.

Kindle

• Amazon account info
• Tax ID for royalty payments
• Bank account and routing number

iTunes

ePub Distribution

IMPORTANT:

Apple will review material and approve/deny individual applications. You may or may not get notification of status.

The Apple ePub application process is ridiculous. A list of 3rd party services is available at

https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/wo/27.0.0.9.7.3.1.11.21

App Development

• ISBN capability
• ePub capability
• EpubCheck
• US Tax ID
• Download iTunes onto your laptop
• valid iTunes Store account, with credit card on file
• the email address and password used to buy music or download to iPad
• Tax ID for royalty payments