CreateSpace, always ahead of the game, is now offering Kindle conversion for a low price of $69. 

Kindle-Ready File Conversion 
Broaden your readership by making your book available through the Amazon Kindle. eBooks are widely popular, especially since the launch of the Kindle. Our Kindle-Ready File Conversion service converts your trade paperback book into an eBook for the Amazon Kindle.

Price: $69.00*
* Books with complex formatting may require additional fees (e.g. mathematical formulas, tables, and heavy graphics). In rare cases we may be unable to convert your book.

I have used e-book Architects in the past with great results, but I must admit that I'm intrigued with this rock-bottom pricing. If it includes the links to for an index and the TOC, this price is a steal. But you know what they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...

I'm going to call and get the details on Monday. It sounds incredible, but, I have to say I'm skeptical that this includes basic extras like TOC links and index links. I'll bet it's just a basic conversion with no internal linking, which is something that anyone can do, honestly. I'll post the response from CreateSpace when they respond.
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Question: Do you know anyone who is making a real living using POD?

Answer: Yes! I can give you plenty of examples of writers who are making a fine living self-publishing. I'm making a very good living using POD. I have one Kindle book in print.
 
Here are some other authors that are "making it" with POD or self-publishing on the Kindle:

1. Joe Konrath
2. Zoe Winters
3. Aaron Shepard
4. Dan Poynter
5. Morris Rosenthal
6. Nick Russell (Founder of the Gypsy Journal and my co-Author on the Step By Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit)

I have never been published by any traditional press, although I have had articles published in mainstream magazines.

My bestselling books are technical in nature and my potential buyer market is very small (about 10,000 people take a specialized tax exam every year, and I write a study guide for it). I started with nothing, and it took four years to get where I am now.

My point is that anyone can do this, as long as they are stubborn enough and have fairly good writing skills. I say "fairly good writing skills," because what most people don't realize is that this business is 90% stubbornness and 10% talent. You have to work hard, long, and have a thick skin.

You have to accept rejection, criticism, and still get up and write every day with no guarantee of sales or success. That takes a special type of crazy. If you can manage to ignore all the voices that tell you that you are "never going to make it," then you can make a living as a writer.
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