PJ, you may want to check the link in post #14 from Sgt_Schultze, it’s a Kindle book, on how to publish for the Kindle, that’s free for the download.
Thanx for the info. So obviously Kindle publications are available for FREE. Now to find out if short article length publications can be made available to the public for free. BTW, I was thinking PRINT when I put the upper word length limit at 1000 words. I see now reason why I could publish articles of up to 3000 or even 5000 words in length.