There are
a lot of eBook retail sites on the web — too many to list!
Not exact matches
You can also download our handy new
eBook Distribution Guidelines that'll save you
lots of headaches when it comes time to sell through other
retail channels.
But while self - publishing can be surprisingly fast and easy — one could take a Word document to
retail ebook in about three minutes, if pressed — it's definitely not a fast and easy path, and there's
lot of effort and knowledge required to be successful.
There are a
lot of issues that can keep
eBook submissions out
of retail distribution channels.
Smashwords also had to increase its staff by 50 % in the last few weeks to keep up with its strict adherence to what it feels prevents the flood
of ebook piracy, spam, and PLR titles from reaching the online
retailer sites; these flawed - content titles have sparked a
lot of contention among
ebook proponents.
Mass, club, grocery, and drug
retailers, who account for a
lot of physical books sold, can now offer buyers the ability to buy
ebooks as well.
To start with the logistics
of publishing an
ebook are not filled with the most efficient processes, there are different formats, each with their own limitations and eccentricities, there are
lots of retailers out there with their own requirements for metadata and even bookdata have their own specifications on filling out a bibliographic entry, it really isn't enough to say it's an
ebook in the format field.
While most felt that piracy was not a huge issue, what was important was the ability for readers to find indie authors» works and be able to read them without a
lot of hassle or hoop jumping, as well as how to make it possible for readers to choose to read on a variety
of devices — even those from different
retailers — without sacrificing their existing
ebook libraries.
After a
lot of speculating and looking at other titles in
retailers» digital catalog, it was surmised that the authors with the technical know - how to create and publish their own enhanced
ebooks were probably people who had a strong interest in computers and technology; therefore, that level
of interest spilled over into their creative work.
As the largest
eBook retailer this is a potentially significant issue for anyone publishing an
eBook with
lots of images, such as a photography or illustrated book.
In countries where the major
retailers are present it is not hard to get files up for sale there, but there are
lots of other stores and channels that are not easy to get
eBooks up for sale in.
If you have any queries or are confused in general about
ebooks — check out the rest
of our website — we have
lots of information which should help you understand our services, including producing
ebooks from various digital formats, converting from printed books / manscripts, the different
ebook formats and layouts, producing Print - Ready PDFs for printed books, website design, the different
retailers,
ebook marketing etc..
The proposal was to get together a «starter» list
of, say, 800-1000 quality commercial New Zealand titles, to create them in a simple and inexpensive way through bulk - buying
of ebook production services (particularly for indie publishers, the major publishers already have a
lot of ebook inventory), and to market them as a package to early market makers such as e-reader device manufacturers,
ebook retailers, libraries, and others.
Amazon can undercut its competitors on price because it can factor in earnings from future
ebook sales, it can sell a
lot of Kindles from Amazon.com and not have to share a cut with
retailers, and it doesn't have to spend as much on marketing and promotions.
Retailers like Powells.com, Christianbook.com, etc. all lose a
lot of transactions because
of their
eBook sales are limited by file format.
As many
of you know, there are many
eBook publishers and
retailers out there besides Amazon — if you only rely on the Amazon Kindle store to «feed» your Kindle, you may miss out on a
lot of independent authors out there who write some really nice stories!
You can hear a
lot about the big players in the industry such as Amazon, Kobo or Apple but keep in mind: there are a
lot of other
retailers and wholesalers in the marketplace that you might want to consider make your
ebook available through.
We have implemented some
of these in Books4Spain (exclusively online and specialising in books about Spain)-- both on the website and on our blog, for example: independent «expert» reviews author interviews and links to them and author blog from book result page on our website ability to but non DRM
ebooks and Kindle books direct Win books competitions
Lots of added value content on blog Our favourites, special offers, recommended books, popular books and featured authors on website All this via a software platform which we have developed in - house and re Hildick - Smith warning that entering digital book
retail is very, very expensive — that is not necessarily the case since we intend to license our software platform on a white label ASP basis to other independents (
retailers and publishers) at a very reasonable price.