Regardless of whether or not you include your title in Expanded Distribution,
all CreateSpace titles can be distributed through the Amazon.com and Amazon Europe channels.
I remember reading somewhere that in actuality, the main reason indie bookstores do not stock
CreateSpace titles is that the discount to the retailer in Creatspace's expanded distribution is much less than what they normally get.
(Perhaps the two companies will be consolidated, or perhaps
all CreateSpace titles will migrate to KDP.
It would also open bookstores to distribution of
their Createspace titles, as well open library doors to their titles via Overdrive, 3M and Baker & Taylor.
Drafte2Digital no longer can send titles to CreateSpace and next month it seems D2D's existing
CreateSpace titles will be pulled and authors will need to reload them directly.
On a side note, I have always understood that Barnes and Noble does not carry
Createspace titles, but I see that your InDesign CC 2014 book from CreateSpace is listed there.
If that describes your case, then you'll need to create a new edition with a new ISBN, and remove
the CreateSpace title from distribution.
Amazon removed the self - published ebook, but the paperback is still available as that is
a CreateSpace title, which is a separate entity within Amazon's platform.
Not exact matches
Inspired after discovering an old coloring book from the»70s in 2012, Morrison has since independently created and sold eight
titles on
CreateSpace, including Flower Designs Coloring Book, which was on the bestseller list for eight weeks.
No
title or writing is necessary, as this is all done online once we upload the files to
CreateSpace.
Yesterday we have a post by our Dick Waters showing us how easy it is to create your own print
title with
CreateSpace.
What I really wanted to
title this post was here are five ways a print - on - demand book can help an author make more money than if they published only an eBook, and
CreateSpace is the easiest and most pain - free way to produce a book in print.
We're the only self - publishing company that distributes all POD
titles through
CreateSpace and Lightning Source, thus securing a low trade discount for sales on Amazon while preserving the higher trade discount required for maximum sales potential through all other retailers and wholesalers.
The first sales were off of
Createspace's e-store with the
title ID number given to the author.
At
CreateSpace, you can upgrade a
title to the Pro plan and get expanded distribution, but that won't get your book onto other Amazon sites.
I just started putting books out via
Createspace and add all the kindle backmatter plus a teaser of sample chapters for other
titles.
Send us an email with the synopsis of your book, or the book to read and your information — author name and
title, the level of book cover package, and what service you are publishing with (Amazon,
Createspace, Smashwords, etc).
Platforms such as
Createspace can offer Expanded Distribution which makes a
title «available» to and through bookstores, libraries, etc., but, unfortunately, this does not guarantee «placement» in any particular outlet.
Even with advancements like inclusion in the Ingram catalog or
CreateSpace's expanded distribution option, libraries have had the ability to stock these
titles, but really had no incentive to notice or find them them.
The
title sponsor, along with its self - publishing imprint
CreateSpace and publishing house Penguin Group USA have narrowed down the field of novel entries from 5,000 to just six, with the grand prize winners in both the general fiction and the young adult fiction being announced on June 13.
Amazon's
CreateSpace holds the top position for print production of self - published
titles, with 39 % of the industry in 2011, while Smashwords produced more self - published ebooks than any other platform with 47 % of the market.
Often books are for sale via the Kindle Store or physical
titles using Amazon
Createspace, or even the audiobook edition via Audible.
As mentioned before,
CreateSpace is not a great option for full - color and highly image - intensive
titles.
Self - publishing and distribution platform Smashwords released the news that Bowker has declared the site to be the top producer of ebooks in 2012, and the second largest producer of self - published
titles following
CreateSpace.
Now, Ingram Spark does offer things you can't get from
CreateSpace (or its allegedly upcoming counterpart, KDP Paperback), like the option to produce a variety of hardcover
titles or use different binding methods.
It's not that bad now, but the wise POD authors always list through
CreateSpace for Amazon these days in order to keep their
titles from going out - of - stock, but I digress.
Amazon (= online) sales of the transferred
title, including sales through its
CreateSpace store, stay as they were, with CS.
Part I covered many of the basics; Part II covered the «short list» of tips and tricks that helped me get my
title to
CreateSpace.
I did not realize that the
CreateSpace Expanded Distribution would automatically place my
title into the online Barnes & Noble book store.
Createspace just announced that Matte cover finish is now available for print books, on new and existing
titles.
Createspace: Started a new project with new
title.
Sign up for
CreateSpace (CS) and load my
titles in there.
If you want your
CreateSpace book
title to remain available, but would like to make it unavailable for purchase, you may do so by following these steps.
Unfortunately, when I searched for the
title of my book (The Year of the Elm) and
Createspace, Bing refused to return any hits for that relatively longstanding page.
With low setup costs (about $ 60 per
title) and total distribution through the Amazon store,
CreateSpace offers an easy do - it - yourself approach to publishing.
Book authors and publishers can get free listings in various directories such as Books in Print, Words on Cassette,
Createspace and the like, but in order to ensure that your
titles ever get into the Books in Print database at all, you must first submit your book's
title information along with the ISBN number you've already registered with R.R. Bowker.
Of course, there is enough room, since Lightning caters more to trade and micro publishers and
CreateSpace to the quick do - it - yourselfer, but that hasn't stopped Amazon from reporting «stocking issues» with Lightning Source - produced print - on - demand
titles, especially those that are selling in higher volume.
This initial post covers the reason for printing my
title, why I went with
CreateSpace, and some beginning knowledge you might need if you want to do so yourself.
The book was published on
CreateSpace, according to Zuckerberg Media COO Jim Augustine, and the
title is available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book.
While there is a free expanded distribution option with
CreateSpace that at least makes it possible for libraries and bookstores to stock the
titles, it sees limited results for most authors.
Dr. Amy Tiemann, author of Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family and executive editor of the book Courageous Parents, Confident Kids, has arguably experienced practically every model of publishing available to writers today — a traditional deal, a strict self - publishing option, and print - on - demand through
CreateSpace — throughout the process of publishing her three
titles.
For Stokes McMillan, who opted to work with
CreateSpace to publish his
title, One Night of Madness, the work of writing the book and finding a route to publication was simply to make sure the story was told.
My
titles went into B&N immediately upon publishing by
CreateSpace, as well as an amazing number of small retail booksellers.
Romance author Theresa Ragan, a featured author through the
CreateSpace platform who also publishes her mystery and thriller
titles under the name T. R. Ragan, spoke to GoodEReader at BookExpo America last week about how both options are ideally suited for self - published authors.
CreateSpace is also a leader in manufacture on - demand for Books, CDs and DVDs maintaining «in - stock» availability for
titles without inventory risk.
Author Gabe Berman, who maintains blogs at both GabeBerman.com and OMGabe.com, first published his bestselling inspirational
title, Live Like a Fruit Fly, through
CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing.
Also, if your
title didn't have any sales through the
CreateSpace eStore in the last year, your royalty rate for Amazon sales will continue to be 60 %.»
To help with this transition, for six months starting November 1, 2017, you will earn an average royalty rate calculated across all sales of your
title through both the
CreateSpace eStore, Amazon.com and Amazon Europe over the last year.
In 2011,
CreateSpace dominated the print segment, supporting the creation of 58,412
titles (39 percent of self - published print books).
I use
CreateSpace for my self pubbed
titles, but only so I can easily have paperback copies for book signings, a few on consignment to the local bookstore, have copies to send relatives and friends who aren't into e books yet, and do Goodreads giveaways with signed copies.