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CARLA KING

HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH EBOOKS and APPS

in all the formats for all the e-reading devices in all the online retailers

to online book retailers and brick and mortar bookstores

PRINT BOOKS

The most important sales & distribution channels

MAJOR ONLINE BOOKSELLERS MAJOR EBOOK RETAILERS LIBRARIES APP STORES

BRICK & MORTAR BOOKSELLERS

NICHE & FREE

Smashwords Amazons KDP BookBaby CreateSpace

Getting the EPUB and Kindle les you need from Word docs and PDFs
Controlling your ISBN #s and distribution information

NO OUCH! Sidestepping common mistakes

Easy Formatting & Distributing Ebooks & Print Books

Quick, free, plainly formatted DIY eBooks & Apps distributed everywhere Plain or highly formatted eBook $99 Free

Print On-Demand (POD) $69

eBook Distribution
iBookstores in 32 countries, including B&N, Sony, Kobo, WH Smith in the UK and FNAC (both powered by Kobo), the Diesel eBook Store, eBooks Eros (operated by Diesel), and others.

App Store Distribution

include Stanza on the iPhone and Aldiko on Android mobile devices, reaching millions of readers combined.

Formatters & Cover Design

DIY or send email to list@smashwords.com Subject line: Mark's List and receive a list of formatters & designers instantly via autoresponder.

eBook Distribution

Formatting
Free basic file conversion from docs Reasonable charges for formats like PDF, InDesign

Cover Design
And other add-on services available

Short Run Printing

no distribution

Compare
Fees: None (free to upload) Royalty: Smashwords gets 15% of sales and: Other channels get their cut Services: Outsource (list provided) Formatting: Plain Revisions: Free
% YOU KEEP iBookstore BookBaby: 70% Smashwords: 60% Barnes & Noble BookBaby: 50% Smashwords: 60%

Fees: $99 for doc file (more for PDF, etc) Sony Ebookstore + annual fee ($19) (and up) BookBaby: 50% Smashwords: 60% Royalty: BookBaby gets 0% of sales and: Other channels get their cut Services: In-house Formatting: Sophisticated Revisions: $50+

PRINT ON DEMAND WITH

Proofs - for proofreading Advance Reading Copies - ARCs Always available in amazon.com $65 conversion to Kindle format % of sales you keep (cover price): CreateSpace store = 80% Amazon.com = 60% Expanded Distribution = 40%

IPG/Small Press United & Smashwords

Short-Run Print by Lightning Source / distro by hand/mail

CreateSpace & Lightning Source BookBaby & Smashwords

Crowdsourcing

subsidy/vanity

assisted
50/50% You write They design, edit, publish, sell For bloggers - they curate and edit your best posts Ebook only

common mistakes

ISBN

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