Best wishes to you, other
Pubit authors, and to Barnes and Noble too: a lot of readers love browsing in your stores and reading on your Nooks.
In a Fail that makes the keyword screw up (still not fixed, btw) seem like small potatoes, last night, many
Pubit authors, myself included, became aware that our books were marked as Public Domain (and -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
The
Pubit / Nook Press group services direct uploads from
authors and small presses.
«When we launched
PUBIT, we had no idea how big the community would be,» she said, and went on to describe how difficult it would have been forming direct relationships with
authors without
PUBIT.
Many
authors use the Amazon platform in conjunction with other self - publishing companies such as Barnes and Noble
Pubit and Bookbrewer «Get Published.»
Now, however, with the advent of the Amazon KDP program as well as Barnes and Noble's
PubIt program,
authors now have an alternative.
The Nook Store also offers a large collection of titles from independent publishers and self - publishing
authors through the
PubIt program.
Once you submit your book and make a
Pubit account you can submit your content and within 24 to 72 hours later you can be an officially launched
author.
H.P. Mallory,
author of Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble, and To Kill a Warlock, calls
PubIt!
The first event kicked off today at the Santa Monica location featuring H.P. Mallory, Beth Orsoff, a traditional turned self - published
author who has boosted her sales with
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.
And if you're an
author who has sold your e-books online through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's
Pubit, Lulu, Smashwords, and other locations — how has that worked for you?
2) BARNES & NOBLE (claims to have 27 % of the ebook market, must create account on «
Pubit», only U.S.
authors for now, market very limited, free to publish, royalties 65/30, can change price at any time, can publish to other platforms)
You will also have access to
PUBIT books, which are submitted by independent
authors.
Barnes and Noble released a new program last year called
PubIT, which allowed independant
authors to create eBooks and have them listed in the Barnes and Noble eBook store.
PubIT incidentally is the independent publishing program B&N offers in order for first time
authors or aspiring writers to submit their content to be sold in the companies ebookstore.
PubIt was a program launched last year that allows
authors to submit their eBooks to the Barnes and Noble online ebookstore and be listed side by side with bestselling
authors.
Also, why would an
author sign up to
pubit when using Smashwords once means they get their books on Smashwords site, in B&N, on Apple's ibookstore, in Sony and in Kobo?
Also,
PubIt's terms also state: «Please be aware that the following content is unacceptable and submitting or posting said content in your eBook file, cover image, or product data will result in immediate termination of your account: Advertisements: Material contained within your eBook that primarily seeks to sell a product other than the eBook itself...» and «Hyperlinks of any kind, including email addresses... Advertisements or promotional material» (even for the
author's other books!)
Is there any way that an Australian
author can publish an ebook directly with Barnes & Noble (via
Pubit)?
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The first event was a resounding success with around 50 people appearing to meet H.P. Mallory,
author of Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble, and To Kill a Warlock, calls
PubIt!
DangDang's revenue model is a forty - sixty split with the publishers, close to what indie
authors make through their own digital publishing efforts with US - based Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes & Noble's
PubIt!
Barbara Freethy, a bestselling and award - winning
author who is currently at work on her thirtieth title, represented by Karen Solem of Spencerhill Associates, began publishing some of her works with
PubIt!
Barnes and Noble is organizing events with the
PubIt program that invites self - published
authors to participate in panels and answer questions.
Today Barnes and Noble announced that
author Barbara Freethy has sold one million ebooks via the
PUBIT self - publishing program.
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.
B&N's
Pubit is distressing parochial and really not competing in meaningful ways — like making things better for
authors or indeed, readers.
I'm an indie
author who distributes through Smashwords, KDP,
Pubit for B&N and most recently, All Romance eBooks.
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It's funny, thinking back on it, to remember that there were no such panic attacks when Barnes & Noble brought out what was then called the
Pubit platform for indie
authors and small presses.
Lynne Cantwell walks her fellow
authors through Nook Press features on her blog that will help them sell their eBooks as fast as you can especially if you are transferring from the old
PubIt!
I moderate the General Fiction club at B&N Julia and in fact I'm celebrating
Pubit next month on the forum by featuring a
Pubit novel and having the
author visit through out the month to talk to the members and answer questions, give suggestions etc..
Both self - pubbed and traditionally published
authors are seeing success publishing their work through
PubIt!
PubIt has an «About the
Author» area you will fill in when putting your book up for sale.
Cool Gus Publishing is one of the most successful
author - generated publishing partnerships with sales ranking in the top 1 %, and numerous titles selling into the top 100 in their genres on Kindle,
PubIt and other e-book platforms, including a # 2 National Bestseller on BarnesandNoble.com and two separate # 1 science fiction bestsellers on both US and UK Kindle.
Keeping in mind the fact that anybody publishing through Amazon's KDP program, or even Barnes & Noble's slightly less popular
PubIt, will already be available to iOS users, the only real motivation for Apple here would be to draw
authors into an exclusive arrangement in some way to enhance the iBooks selection.
New York, New York — May 19, 2010 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, is extending its deep and longstanding tradition of supporting
authors and publishers with
PubIt!
«As a company that has achieved much of its success by building mutually beneficial relationships with publishers and
authors, Barnes & Noble's new
PubIt!