The giant added 200,000
exclusive ebooks through KDP in 2013, a perfectly avoidable situation.
Not exact matches
That means an author can still offer his
ebook on Amazon at his own terms and under his own name, as well as take full advantage of Amazon's
exclusive KDP Select program and its benefits, while still offering his print edition
through the other networks.
In some cases, their
ebooks are even available only
through Amazon, and yet are not enrolled in the
exclusive program and therefore not receiving those incentives.
This foresight allowed her company to be the
exclusive seller of the
ebooks, distributing them for unheard of royalties
through major online retail platforms.
Google
eBooks was a USA
exclusive until midway
through last year.
(«
Exclusive: Amazon NY signs deal to sell its
ebooks through other retailers».
Portland, OR — BookBaby, the leading distributor of
eBooks through Amazon, iBooks and other retailers, announced an
exclusive giveaway of company president Steven Spatz's new self - publishing book, The End — Now What?!
PORTLAND, OR — BookBaby, the leading distributor of
eBooks through Amazon, iBooks and other retailers, announced an
exclusive free giveaway of Guy Kawasaki's landmark self - publishing book — APE: How to Publish a Book.
By Karen Myers in ALLI (7/21/16)-- While many first - time indie authors, and more seasoned ones who have been happy with their sales on Amazon, may opt for
exclusive publication via CreateSpace for print and Kindle for
ebooks, more and more authors are «going wide» i.e. seeking broader distribution
through other channels.
and in an article at Publisher's Weekly stated: «While Amazon is seeking to distribute its print catalog
through conventional means, it seems that they are simultaneously pursuing a strategy of locking in
eBook exclusives which other retailers are not allowed to sell.
If Amazon is doing a good ob of gathering
exclusive ebook content
through KDP, there's many reasons to believe that bookstores are even better positioned to capture this kind of exclusivity at a local level, to act as publishers for that material and to profit from it too:
Unlike Kindle Unlimited Prime Day deal (which runs
through the end of July 11), this deal on Kindle
ebooks — although Prime -
exclusive — ends today at midnight.
Through their KDP Select Program we have given Amazon.com a 90 day
exclusive on the
ebook.
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