There are dozens of paths that will take your novel from a computer to Kindle, and the route will largely depend on the current file format of the work. We're going to start with the most common for indie authors: a Microsoft Word document.
People are watching the movie Priest as I write this, but they aren't reading my vampire novel because it's still in my hard drive.
It seems the Charlie Sheen school of publicity has hit the indie publishing scene in a big way. Author Jacqueline Howett took great exception to book blogger Big Al's review of her indie novel.
Yup, I'm finally ready to re-launch my Sioux Rock Falls Short Story, Burning Moose. This was the first of a series of stories that appeared in Storyteller Magazine between 2002 and 2006.
So I'm working my way through the Smashwords Style guide, and I'm surprised to discover that they want me to put a long warning about copyright infringement at the beginning of my e-books.