This additional platform offers not only choice to more indie authors, but also to international readers vying for digital content for their e-readers who can not access
some other ebook publishing platforms.
Not exact matches
Other recent developments in the POD / self -
publishing space include Amazon's merger of Booksurge and CreateSpace; Lulu's adding 200,000
eBooks from traditional publishers to their
platform; and Andrew Sullivan is self -
publishing a book via Blurb.
That will be sufficient to get you started by
publishing to Amazon in print and
ebook form, and once you've mastered that you can move on to the various
other distribution
platforms.
I am wondering if you would consider
publishing your recent statement about
ebooks on a
platform other than Facebook?
Amazon's CreateSpace holds the top position for print production of self -
published titles, with 39 % of the industry in 2011, while Smashwords produced more self -
published ebooks than any
other platform with 47 % of the market.
His personal formula for writing and
publishing through
platforms like CreateSpace for his print editions and online
platforms for
ebooks has resulted in twenty - five books on the bestseller list, featured articles in the Wall Street Journal and
other major newspapers, and a book co-written with Clive Cussler, to be
published later this year.
While long form journalism and e-novellas have taken off thanks in large part to digital
publishing, short story authors are still feeling the frustration of being relegated to anthologies or trying to swim their titles in the sea of
other 99cent -
ebooks without a
platform for discovery.
Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital sections of some
ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several
other self -
publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self -
published titles from sale until a thorough review... [Read more...]
Publishing on
eBook platforms such as Amazon Kindle Direct
Publishing (KDP) is extremely inexpensive by comparison to all
other print options.
The iBooks store is known to be the Mikey of
ebook publishing platforms — rejecting epub files for small formatting issues that are not a problem to any of the
others.
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)
While many people still consider traditional
publishing the «real way to
publish,» this stigma is quickly dying as Kindle and
other ebook platforms become more popular.
Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital sections of some
ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several
other self -
publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self -
published titles from sale until a thorough review could be conducted.
Coincidentally, in a year spent collaborating with
other platforms to form new connections and new opportunities for authors,
ebook distributor and self -
publishing platform Smashwords also saw a 45 % increase in titles
published to the site.
Apart from Amazon, which the majority of self - publishers are using to self -
publish a book, there are
other platforms like Smashwords which make sure an
ebook is
published in various
other ebook stores.
This allows us to
publish them to
other eBook platforms.
Kobo recently raised the ire of some authors due to restrictions in its self -
publishing platform, Writing Life, due to the appearance of erotica and adult - themed self -
published ebooks making their way into online book retailers» children's sections, with the end result being a statement from the company that they will not consider for sale certain inappropriate thematic elements and that, like most of the
other retailers including Amazon and Barnes and Noble, they would be deleting titles whose metadata or keywords seemed intentionally misleading.
Depending on the
publishing platforms you choose, you may have to remove any references to
other eBook retailers (e.g., links to your
eBook on Amazon, B&N, etc.).
He explained how he chose the length of Byliner Originals, great nonfiction and fiction stories
published for Kindle and
other ebook platforms.
If you want to self -
publish, I recommend you look into
other (cheaper) options, such as CreateSpace or IngramSpark if you want to do print, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device
platforms such as Amazon's Kindle Direct
Publishing, if you want to do an
ebook only.
Many of them are geared to people who want to start a small imprint to
publish other authors, and most were too dated, failing to address
ebooks and author
platform at all.
And you (probably, because you're looking at my page) are a writer who knows that there's so much more to self -
publishing than writing a book and sticking it on Amazon (
other ebook platforms are available).
Geuppert says that in Germany — in offering print and POD (print on demand) as well as
ebook production — epubli, neobooks, and
other platforms offer physical retail presence for self -
published books, as IngramSpark does.
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However, if you withdraw within the 90 days period of enrollment in KDP Select, you can not
publish your
eBook on
other platforms until these days get over.
We have speculated before that back in 2003 and 2004 when Jeff Bezos, Steven Kessel, and
others began dreaming up the Kindle and its associated
publishing and retail
platform, they were driven by fears that the rise of
ebooks — with some
other parties in the drivers» seats — could, within a decade, destroy the retail print book business that was then the core of their business.
If there are any
other published ebook authors out there — curious your thoughts and experience w / the
other platforms.
We specialize in
publishing ebooks and comics for our interactive mobile app and releasing stories with enhanced features on
other digital
platforms.
Publishing your book in the iBookstore is a little more complicated than publishing your eBooks to other
Publishing your book in the iBookstore is a little more complicated than
publishing your eBooks to other
publishing your
eBooks to
other platforms.
Smashwords is an independent
eBook publishing and distribution
platform, available to any author globally with premium distribution to Amazon Kindle, Apple iBookstore, Sony, Kobo, and
other platforms.
When Amazon launched its pay - per - click ad service in January 2015, it stipulated that
ebooks had to be enrolled in KDP Select and not
published on any
other platform.
However, by submitting a work for consideration in the contest, the winning author grants the American Bar Association and / or the ABA Journal the non-exclusive and perpetual right to
publish the work in its periodicals, books, anthologies,
ebooks, audiobooks or any
other publication
platform, whether print or digital, without further compensation.
Newer, cloud - based products like Boundless, not to mention Adobe Digital
Publishing and
other widely - available
platforms, facilitate collaboration among faculty and even among law schools in developing and sharing content, while initiatives like CALI's eLangdell («
eBooks for Legal Edcuation») make available to faculty and students everywhere professional, scholarly content on a Creative Commons licence, intended for incorporation into digital legal casebooks and textbooks.