If you'd prefer to lessen your administration burden and are willing to give up some control and access to various promotional
tools of each ebook retailer (not to mention some of your profits), then you'll want to consider using one of the following ebook distributors.
Not exact matches
It seeks answers to a wide range
of questions, including indie author income, number and length
of books published, formats (
ebook, print, audio or foreign), best marketing
tools,
retailers that result in highest sales, and the authors» goals with regard to indie publishing.
If Apple made
ebook development
tools that targeted EPUB and not a proprietary format, the non-Amazon side
of ebook retail would have more diversity
of titles and would be more competitive.
Within the publishing
tools you may opt - in / opt - out
of the
retailers you would like your
eBook distributed to.
We can give it all the time in the world, but the rest
of the
ebook world has moved on — including all the
retailers, which now accept EPUB 3 files, and other
tool makers like Adobe.
One
of the most useful
tools an author can provide to potential reading consumers is a dedicated author page, usually available as a free feature from the
ebook distribution platforms that
retail the books.
To help answer this most important
of questions, we have redesigned the Sell page to provide an at - a-glance summary
of Lulu's distribution options, services,
tools, and
retail pricing examples for both print and
eBooks in distribution.
Most
of those
tools either are directly attached to
ebook retailer websites or are attached indirectly through distributors / aggregators.
If
retailers want to ensure that the
ebooks in their online store are equivalent to the printed books you can buy at a bricks and mortar store, it makes sense to use the same
tools that have been available for keeping track
of books for a long time.
Thanks to the rise
of ebooks and the democratized access to the publishing
tools and
retail distribution that were once only available to traditional publishers, writers everywhere have options.
Leaders from top library companies weighed in on this issue during an hour - long discussion held before a gathering
of publishers, booksellers, and librarians, aiming to debunk lingering misunderstandings about ways in which libraries affect
retail sales
of ebooks and digital content, and to inform publishers
of new
tools that have been developed to market, manage, and even sell digital content through libraries.
In 2015, our authors and publishers can expect to see continuous improvements across every part
of our business, including: New distribution and merchandising
tools that make your books more discoverable and desirable by readers New price management
tools that give our authors and publishers more granular control over pricing in multiple currencies and territories New
retailer additions to the Smashwords distribution network serving
retailers and libraries Improved, more intuitive sales reporting An upgraded Meatgrinder to improve the ease and capabilities
of our flagship
ebook conversion
tool Improved search for the Smashwords
retail store... and some fun surprises that will set the stage for even greater things to come.