DTP, Smashwords and
Pubit do that for free, and you can grab the Smashwords files at no cost, and using Calibre you can modify the ePub fairly easily.
Many other companies like Kindle Direct Publishing and
PUBIT do not really have great tools to make your book.
Before you get all gotcha - y,
PubIt did that, I have been screaming at them for weeks to fix it, and if it WAS a marketing ploy, it would be a really bad one, as the book has not sold well on B&N anyway.
Not exact matches
I've been
doing well on
PubIt!
Okay, realize that if you have an internal business publication deadline, don't announce the exact date because it takes days for a book to come live on Kindle and
PubIt and Kobo and iBooks, a month of time at least for any POD with proofing, and such.
Understandably, the representative wouldn't commit to that, but
did say that with input from
PubIt!
Pubit books
do not have that feature.
Do you think the publishing houses are ecstatic about the
Pubit, Ipad and Kindle?
I have so much to
do that I opted for the lazy way out, but I may go ahead and use
Pubit.
I have not used Barnes and Noble's
PubIt Self - Publishing platform so I don't know if they will also convert your manuscript via their site.
After you have your business checking account, so you don't have to change these later, set up publishing accounts on Amazon,
PubIt!
I make almost as much on Sony as I
do on Barnes and Noble through
Pubit.
The indie publisher has to
do a cover, which includes finding the photo or the art, then format the manuscript, and then launch it on Kindle and
Pubit and Smashwords, among others.
Chore # 1: After you have your business checking account, so you don't have to change these later, set up publishing accounts on Amazon,
Pubit (B&N), Smashwords, and CreateSpace.
Or
does Barnes & Noble's
PubIt!
I don't think this is their «Press» section (I guess that is what used to be
PubIt?)
I think perhaps you either stumbled across a listing that was in flux because the author has uploaded to
Pubit and they've combined listings (the whole process at
Pubit seems to involve merging listings before the Smashwords one disappears), or perhaps you've gotten ahold of of some listings where there are other versions like a print or audio edition that
did not have the description limitation.
Mark kindly came back in comments and verified that it absolutely is a separate deal and
does not have the restrictions that they have at
Pubit.
I don't want to risk the new ones going away and having to start all over re-earning my rankings, etc. by switching from
Pubit back to Smashwords.
So how many sites
do you sell to now if you are an indie publisher and put your work on Kindle,
Pubit, Smashwords, and CreateSpace???
I just can't imagine not selling on B & N. Like Susan said, if you didn't want to take the extra effort to
do Pubit, then just upload to Smashwords and sell there and several other places.
Like you, I'd recommend
PubIt over going through Smashwords, but I'd surely recommend going through Smashwords before NOT
DOING IT AT ALL!
It
does take longer, generally, for titles to go live on
PubIt than it
does on Amazon through KDP, at least that's been my experience.
You
do not need an ISBN to publish via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) or Barnes & Noble
Pubit (Nook).
What services
does this offer that Smashwords, DTP Kindle and Barnes & Noble
Pubit give for no front end fee?
I was told by Theresa Horner, who is the spearhead of self - publishing that
PUBIT never received any big updates and
did not get enhanced in over three years.
Also,
does anyone here know of someone who's making money through
PubIt!
I read through their entire documentation and found eight other points I
did not like and concluded that my publishing company would not be using
PubIt unless or until it modifies its terms.
For those of you who don't know, Nook Press (formally known as
Pubit) is the only way indie authors can upload their ebooks to the Barnes & Noble site directly.
service takes a similar stance: «You
do NOT need an ISBN to sell your eBook through
PubIt!.
I've now sold over 4000 copies, total, and even though I didn't release the book through
PubIt until the middle of October, the gap between Kindle and NOOK sales has narrowed to merely a few hundred.
Barnes & Noble's
PubIt self - publishing platform just went live over the weekend (I don't know if October 1 still counts as «summer» — maybe here in South Florida it
does?)
I don't see this as just a blog; there's a lot of potential to
do new things now that platforms like Amazon's KDP and Barnes & Noble's
Pubit are available for publishing original content.
I published six books (all had
done well in Amazon's KDP Select program) through
Pubit, and I can count on one hand the number of sales that were generated via that outlet.
Agents are trying to skim the best of self - publishers off the Amazon /
Pubit / Kobo pile, but the question is, what deal can they get a successful indie that is better than what they're
doing?
Also, don't rely exclusively on the preview features on the websites for KDP or
PubIt.
That also means you don't have the up - to - date sales figures you can have through the KDP or
PubIt programs that allow you to see your sales on a daily / hourly basis.
If the only publishing you are going to
do is eBooks on the big retail platforms, then I would suggest adding either Barnes & Noble Nook (via
Pubit) or Apple's iStore after giving Kindle a running start.
They don't publish via
PubIt!