KDP is great for ebooks, offering the best exposure and earning the most money, while on the physical copy side of things, bookstores and libraries prefer to work with IngramSpark. Whether you take the short and easy but somewhat narrow Amazon route, or a more scenic stroll on the IngramSpark trail, is entirely up to you. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
But which is worthy of your affection? Free access to the Kindle Create formatting tool. How different? Amazon is, he argues, creating a market with fewer retailers. Then, when all the other options have disappeared and Amazon completely dominates the market, Amazon will raise prices and charge authors less, and authors and readers will be trapped, he speculated.
In response to this, Amazon said that authors set their own prices for books. Amazon does have a history of hooking people on products and services and then changing the terms.
An Amazon spokesman told me that authors find it valuable to participate in KDP Select, and that 95 percent re-enroll in the program every month. Now, anyone can try to reach a large audience without going through the traditional publishing gatekeepers. King and Robinson, of Alexa Riley, told me that a traditional publishing house probably would never have accepted their manuscripts because their books were too dirty.
But have authors traded one corporate overlord for another? Now, Amazon is making the rules, prohibiting authors from publishing both on Kindle Unlimited and on other sites, for example, incentivizing people to produce huge amounts of content, and stoking a race to the bottom on book prices. Authors who may have, in an e-book utopia, been able to set their own prices and sell their books wherever they want online, now have to choose: go exclusively with Amazon and KDP Select or try to sell their books without Amazon.
Authors getting all their sales from Amazon are playing a dangerous game, Coker said. But for now, self-published authors seem to be willing to take that risk. Samantha Christy told me that an agent recently approached her to talk to her about going the traditional publishing route.
As of press time, Mike Omer was still the top author on Amazon. I have no idea. Hopefully, this guide can help you get started. Josh Steimle. Max Pecherskyi. Alp Mimaroglu. Julia Weikel. Skip to content Profile Avatar. Subscribe to Entrepreneur. Magazine Subscriptions. By Matthew McCreary October 31, Ezra Bailey Getty Images. You can start off by writing shorter books that are very focused on a singular topic and charge a lower price for those books.
The most cost-effective and efficient way to do Amazon self-publishing is through ebooks , which allows people to download your work directly to their devices, like the Kindle ebook reader.
You do need an Amazon account. This program has several advantages:. This option, with paperbacks, is also available in the Kindle Direct Publishing program. You can easily have your ebook converted into a print book which is an easy way to sell more books as there are many people who still prefer physical print books. There are some differences.
For example, with paperback Amazon self-publishing you get up to 60 percent royalties, instead of 70 percent. Also, because this is print on-demand, Amazon subtracts publishing costs from each sale too.
If you are publishing a with Amazon Kindle then you should surely take the extra step to offer a print version of your book as well. This will increase your overall sales and profits without doing any extra work.
Once you have a good handle on the Kindle Direct Publishing program, you could take it to the next level with the KDP Select program, which allows you to reach more readers and make more money, although there are important guidelines to follow.
Start with the standard program first, experience some success, then check out the Select version. One key thing to sell your book is to create an attention-grabbing page for your Amazon self-publishing listing.
And, when you use keywords related to your topic, people searching Amazon or Google will see your book high in the search results. Keywords also come into play when you pick your book title. Most people write very short descriptions on Amazon, but you have plenty of space to write a very long thourough description that can really sell people on the benefits of your book and why they shouod buy it.
Reviews are also vital in selling your book. People want to see what previous readers thought before committing to buying. So, as a new author, where do you get reviews? Send the book to people in the industry or experts in the topic covered in the book, co-workers, friends, and family… then ask them to submit an honest review.
The key here is to be diligent in your follow up with getting reviews. Most people are extremely busy and even writing a short book review is something they are not likely to do without a little nudging.
You should also put out in the word out on your social media like Facebook and Twitter. Put up a website. Create an email list. Join forums related to the topic of your book and join the conversation… and casually mention your book.
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