One of the things I love about this site is when those of you reading it share your experiences in church communications. Recently I received an email from Pastor Laurence Edgar from Belfast sharing his experiences on creating books for Kindle. I got his permission to share them with you and they are shared below, lightly edited for space.

One of the most important things about this is the encouragement that if you have a message you feel the Lord wants you to share, you can do it. You never know who will come across your material once you put it out there. Here is what Pastor Laurence had to say about it:

An Opportunity for All

by Pastor Laurence Edgar

Here is an opportunity for everyone who can write—converting your books to Kindle. Fiction, Novels, Series, Religion, Write articles, Food Recipes, Music, Exercise, Keep Fit, Sports, Healthy Eating. Write just about anything. It could turn out to be an extra source of income for them or their church.

I myself always liked writing tracts, and Bible Verses. I began to write small booklets
several years back. I tried to sell them as downloads through a web site which I designed,
without success, no one ever downloaded them.

Then I read about Kindle and I decided to take up the challenge. I edited my books into Kindle format, simple PDF format. I designed a Book cover, which wasn’t really that difficult. Nothing difficult about the whole process.

Here is how I did it: [Read more...]