With this expansion, we have decided to focus on this initiative and work to help more publishers get more titles
into these eBookstores.
Getting your book
into the ebookstores and print - on - demand is pretty simple, but there's a learning curve, and you may have to invest a few hours the first time.
If you go
into the ebookstore - powered solution, actually Amazon / Kindle is the best available option.
Not exact matches
Simply choose regular KDP distribution
into the Kindle store, and you'll still be able to sell in other
ebookstores.
If you upload your book file to Smashwords, they will distribute it for you
into almost all the other
ebookstores (iBooks, Nook and Kobo included), and make it available digitally to libraries.
One of the reasons independent booksellers have trouble breaking
into the ebook market is a lack of branded
eBookstores or e-readers.
By default it is dealing with the Bookeen
eBookstore, but you can get them to tie it
into whatever free source of paid or free ebooks that you want to.
Described by the developers as a revolutionary eBook - oriented desktop publishing program, Playwrite can help put your creation
into all of the major
eBookstores (including Amazon, Kobo, and Apple's iBookstore) and turn you
into a successful author.
To help lessen the confusion and offer a glimpse
into the values each store offers, we thought we'd compare eBook prices in four of the largest and most well - known
eBookstores in the world: Apple's iBookstore, Amazon's Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble's NOOK Bookstore, and Google's Play Store.
We'll learn how we can influence visitors to online
ebookstores, turning as many of them as we can
into buyers of our titles.
Pressbooks is easy - to - use online software that lets you convert your book
into the professional - quality files you need to publish your book, in
ebookstores and in print.
It's apparent that in the coming years, more and more of these indie
ebookstores will enter the market, and the author that knows how to tap
into their energy will be one who not only finds a broader audience, but also an energized bookseller.
When self publishing ebooks, you'll want to downsize your images: large ebook files can lead to slower downloads and, in some
ebookstores, «delivery fees» that cut
into your royalties.
Bookbaby continues to be a great way to get your eBook (s)
into a lot of
eBookstores without a lot of effort.
Unless you are a techie, if you buy an e-reader and use the manufacturer's
ebookstore, you will probably be locked
into that provider for the foreseeable future.
If you want a frontlight - equipped ebook reader that supports ePub format and content from multiple
ebookstores you should look
into the Kobo Glo, GlowLight Nook Touch, or Onyx Firefly.
It would behoove you to speak to real Independent Author - Publishers, not adopt your own presumptions or indulge in wishful thinking, and then transform it
into declarative statements of fact, in order to denigrate
ebookstores you simply dislike or don't understand.
While reviewing the iriver Story HD and getting a closer look at how the Google
ebookstore works, I think that Google should add the option to let users upload their own ebook library
into Google eBooks, similar to Ibis Reader where you can upload DRM - free ePub ebooks to your library.
With your book listed on Google Books (print) and the Google
eBookstore (ebooks), someone can walk
into a local bookstore (if the store is also a member of the Google Books Partner Program) and place an order for that book, and the store gets some credit.
Take also
into consideration that if you browse for a book within the
ebookstore, you'll have a list of results with a thumbnail of a cover plus a title, author and price.
Today, we get the first insights
into Barnes» digital strategy with the company's two - prong announcement of the Barnes & Noble
eBookstore and its e-book reader plans — including the company's partnership with Plastic Logic to produce an e-book device.
A new Barnes & Noble
eBookstore will be integrated
into the reader, serving as its exclusive storefront.
The news comes shortly after the Google
eBookstore went live on December 6, and rather than attempting to compete directly, Amazon has teamed up with Google by embedding Kindle for the Web directly
into the Google Chrome Webstore.
The easiest way to make a file that conforms to the
ebookstores» standards without needing to learn them or code for them is to use Pressbooks to turn your manuscript
into ebook form.