Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ricardo Bueno

Today I wanted to show you how to put your blog on the kindle. Why?

Exposure of course.

To get started, simply go to kindlepublishing.amazon.com and sign up for a free account. Provide them with your blog’s URL, add a screenshot of your homepage and click “Go.”

The Kindle Team will take it from there. They’ll review your blog and let you know once it’s available on the Kindle. Pretty simple huh?

Kindle will automatically assign a standard subscription fee for your blog, which you can’t change. It’s something like $1.99. You do however receive a small percentage of the proceeds but don’t expect it to be a big money-maker.

So why bother? Like I said, exposure. It’s a nice way to get “social proof.” Your blog will automatically have a higher perceived value simply because it’s published on the kindle and available for subscription. And who knows what new readers may come across your blog while browsing amazon?

Here’s one Real Estate Agent who got her blog listed on the kindle.

From there, it’s up to you to keep feeding your blog with fresh new content so Kindle readers have something to stay subscribed to… :-)

So, will you be adding your blog to the Kindle?

If so, let us know by Tweeting the following: (Click Here to Tweet or just copy paste the following)

Publishing my blog on the Amazon Kindle. Thanks to @DiverseSolution for the tip: http://tinyurl.com/3z7txvu

About Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno is the Mareketing/Content Guy at Diverse Solutions. He writes about how to use blogs, social media and IDX technology to generate more leads. Follow him on Twitter @Ribeezie or Circle him on Google+.
  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Great tip! Thanks Ricardo as I was not aware as how easy this was to do. I am going to take a shot at it and see what happens. Why not, it cannot hurt. 

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Heh, there ya go Suzanne! I have a blog (or two) to submit myself :-)  

  • http://about.me/jameshicks James Hicks

    Thanks for the tip. Just submitted 2 blogs.

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      w00t w00t! Link me once they’re approved James. 

      There’s no badge that Kindle provides to post on your blog (at least not that I’m aware of). So it’d be neat to see how folks promote it on their sites if at all anywhere. 

  • Aaron Dickinson

    I went ahead and signed up… took 10 minutes including screen shots.  Can’t hurt, right?

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Aaron: Awesome! And heck, in under 10 minutes, I’d say that’s time well spent :-)  

  • http://www.athomeinscottsdale.com drubloomfield

    Ricardo, Thanks so much for the mention! I finally ordered a Kindle yesterday, decided it was high time for me get on board with the technology.  Setting my blog up was so easy, and I’m excited to see just how user friendly the Kindle is now.

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Dru: You’re welcome. And congrats on ordering the Kindle, that’s awesome. I still love the smell of a good hard-cover book, but man, the Kindle makes it easy to not have to lug books around :-)  

      • http://www.athomeinscottsdale.com drubloomfield

        I’m a book lover to. That’s why it’s taken me so long to take the plunge.

  • http://mytitleguy.net Stephen Garner

    I had to ask Google “what’s a Kindle?” on my iPad……
     

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Nice!

  • http://esalehomes.com Shawn Jardine

    Thanks for the tip! I can’t live without my Kindle so naturally it makes good sense to publish my blog there. Just submitted all the info and now waiting for it to go live.

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Shawn: That’s awesome. Pretty simple eh? 

      Like I said, for Kindle readers such as yourself, it couldn’t hurt to put your site on there for a little added exposure :-)  

  • http://www.redwagonteam.com/ hometourjay

    “don’t expect it to be a big money-maker”….rats….I was hoping to cash in Ricardo.

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Hmm… Well, it doesn’t hurt to be optimistic :-)  

  • http://seattlecondosandlofts.com Ben K

    Thanks for the info Richardo.  Keep up the great job you’re doing with the blog…lots of great info you’re providing.

    • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

      Thanks for the great feedback Ben. Just doing my part to point you all to the best tools on the web to help you rock out your websites! 

    • http://seattlecondosandlofts.com Ben K

      My blog got approved!  That was fast.  

      • http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog Ricardo Bueno

        Yep, told ya it’d be easy!

  • http://www.accessavhomes.com Susan Horton

    What an excellent piece of information. I know what Kindles are, but I didn’t know people who used them have the ability to read blogs.