Ebook aggregators distribute your book to online retailers, print book distributors send your print book to the online retailers and bookstores.
An ebook aggregator distributes your ebook to a wide range of online retailers.
An ebook aggregator distributes and sells your book to a wide range of online retailers.
Not exact matches
Be sure to read the «5 questions» article below to fully understand the key trade - offs when using
aggregators to
distribute your
eBooks.
There are two ways to get an
eBook into a bookstore: create an account with that bookstore and upload books directly, or use an
aggregator to
distribute books to the bookstore.
I normally
distribute my
eBooks through Smashwords, but since I'm trapped in Smashwords support hell right now, I decided to try another
aggregator for my latest book The Deiform Fellowship One: The Atheist.
As
eBook aggregator, XinXii converts
eBooks to the ePub and mobi format and
distributes to major
eBook retailers all over the world (Amazon, iBookstore, Casa del Libro, Kobo...)- for free.
You can create a free account at Amazon, at Kobo, at Apple, at Nook, or at Smashwords or Draft2Digital or one of a dozen other great
aggregators who'll
distribute your book, and you'll have your
ebook live in anywhere between 3 to 48 hours.
An
eBook aggregator converts word processing files — preferably Microsoft Word files — into a variety of
eBook formats, and then
distributes them to
eBook retailers.
In my article 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Decide How to
Distribute Your
eBook I recommend indies ask themselves these 5 questions as they weigh self - distribution vs. using an
aggregator:
I have also included the two most popular
aggregators that specialize in
distributing eBooks to other eBookstores.
There are a number of
ebook aggregators like Smashwords, BookBaby, BookTango, and others that allow you to upload your
ebook file and they then
distribute it to a list of retailers.
Indie authors can upload
ebooks to sell at each online
ebook retailer directly, but we might instead choose to
distribute them to many using an
ebook aggregator.
During the enrollment period, the
eBook may not be
distributed anywhere else in the world — including the author's website or blog or on sites like Smashwords, an
aggregator and
eBook retailer, and the primary
eBook provider for many international consumers.
As a workaround, you can consider using an
aggregator service that
distributes your
eBooks to the iBookstore, Nook, and elsewhere.
Smashwords is an
ebook aggregator that
distributes your
ebooks to their store and to the online
ebook retailers (plus app stores and libraries).
Several sites act as
aggregators and will
distribute your books on multiple
ebook vendors.
on sites to which the
aggregator distributes, but you'll want to use the same ID number for the
ebook everywhere it's for sale.
That will make the distributor the publisher of record (as in, their name will show up in the publisher slot on most retail sites); also, you're not supposed to use the ISBN except on sites to which the
aggregator distributes, but you'll want to use the same ID number for the
ebook everywhere it's for sale.
The
aggregator PublishDrive (great
ebook distribution and analytics) is currently sounding out indies for interest and may well be
distributing audio - books next year.
Vook and BookBaby are both
ebook aggregators who not only
distribute your
ebooks to the online retailers, but can create your
ebook for you — including Fixed Format EPUBs for complex and image - heavy books.
Smashwords is one of the few authorized
aggregators that
distributes ebooks to Apple iBooks.
As an
eBook aggregator, Smashwords provides authors with a platform for publishing and
distributing their books to numerous outlets.
For example, Apple iBooks refers to Smashwords as an authorized
aggregator because we're authorized to
distribute ebooks to iBooks.
They need to pay distribution fees to the wholesalers and
aggregators who
distribute the
ebooks on their behalf.