How to publish your ebook on kindle, ipad, nook and more. The highest paid authors on amazon have a series of books and have spent years building that up. Open up to over 6 million ebooks and audiobooks on awardwinning ereaders and the free rakuten kobo app. How to publish on kobo kobo ebook publishing bookbaby. In fact, kobo s beta merchandising tool is available for englishlanguage books.
Get published with bookbaby and well make sure your ebook is made available in all the most popular ereader stores including. If youre interested in publishing your book with rakuten kobo, visit the kobo writing life help center here. Short easy to read solutions to your self publishing problems. And now your book can share virtual shelf space with the latest pulitzer prize winners, new york times best sellers, and timehonored classics. If you decide to publish your ebook on a platform, you probably already know that the service will take a cut of the take. Publish your book on amazon kdp, lulu, kobo, blurb by. Publish your books with rakuten kobo if youre interested in publishing your book with rakuten kobo, visit the kobo writing life help center here. And the highest paid authors on amazon kdp tend to be fiction writers, too. Selfpublishing on kindle and amazon kdp and other retailers. And if you arent already distributing to kobo, its as simple as checking a box on the publish tab of your book. Get your books into walmart with draft2digital draft2digital. As a selfpublisher, youre probably familiar with kobo and the kobo ereader. More information on some of the platforms in the table below.
According to kobo, when you publish with kobo writing life directly, you do have more control over book price and promotion. How to sell ebooks at walmart and kobo 1106 design. As a result, its much easier to publish your ebook on all the different devicesipad, kindle, nook, kobo and reach your readers when they are ready to buy. Select the territories where you hold distribution rights. Begun as a toronto startup, kobo was purchased by a japanese corporation and is a global ebook seller.
How to self publish your book using kobo s direct sales portal authors can create a kobo writing life account. Ebook publishing with ingramspark selfpublish your ebook. This will take you to a screen that will show you each of your published books. Publish and sell books with ibooks author apple support. If you publish on amazon kdp, can you publish elsewhere. When a title does not meet our standards for publication we will decline the title and inform the author the reason for rejection. If you select yes, this field defaults to todays date. If your book has already been published before you can enter the original publication date here. These are the best online stores and distributors for your print on demand books.
Why you cant make passive income with amazon kindle direct publishing. Consider the following when choosing the right publishing platform for your book. Add to that, through kobo s strategic partnerships, your ebook will be available around the world in the online bookstores of leading retailers in over 190 countries. Global ebook publishing on walmart with kobo has partnered with kobo to deliver six million ebook titles to readers in 190 countries. Once you have your files and have made up your mind on amazon exclusivity, its time to actually publish your book. How to make sure your books are accepted by kobo writing life. Using the tools in the app, you can add artwork and metadata to a book. Publishing ebooks with kobo self publishing on a budget. If you are a traditionally published author, please contact your publisher directly.
In practical terms, this means uploading your ebook file to the major eretailers, namely. Your hardcover or softcover book can be for sale on amazon, the largest online retailer in the world, alongside literary classics and bestselling authors. On kobo, you can set a sale price or do an ebook giveaway. Your books will disappear from kobo within 24 hours my experience on draft2digital or it may take 24 years just kidding. To set up and publish your book, complete these three steps. Fiverr freelancer will provide convert files services and publish your book on amazon kdp, lulu, kobo, blurb including book upload within 1 day. Well add it to the kobo catalogue within 72 hours and keep it. But self publishing a book on amazon is not a home run play by any means. If you want to be available through your participating independent bookseller, youll want to upload to kobo. When you choose bookbaby ebook publishing, we keep 0% of your royalties. Unpublishing from draft2digital or smashwords is easy. Every book published through kobo writing life undergoes our qa process and because no book is perfect, some will be rejected.
Where to sell your ebooks online the balance careers. When you choose to distribute your content through kobo writing life, youre choosing to reach readers. Selling books at kobo and publishing news with mark. Walmart rivals amazon in its reach and customer base worldwide, so this is a tremendous opportunity for d2d authors to improve their odds of discoverability with a growing and eager audience. To make changes to an existing book, simply click on that books cover. There are many platforms on which you can self publish your novel as an ebook. Just create a kobo writing life account, upload your manuscript, and set the price. But, if you enroll your ebook into kdp select, you cannot publish the book anywhere else for 90 days.
Fulfill your dream of publishing your work and finding fans around the world. They will help you turn your book into an audiobook thanks to their partnership listenup audio. On ingramspark, you can set a new price at any time, but the price is applicable across all retailers. Kobo writing life user guide 5 kobo writing life kobo is proud to introduce kobo writing life the self publishing portal that allows authors and publishers to easily create, edit, and upload content to our ebook stores around the world. Just go to your dashboard, uncheck the box to delist the book from kobo and simply republish again. Want to learn more about the nittygritty of ebook publishing. Publishing your book on kobo writing as a second career. Founded by julie broad, the canadian self published and amazon best s. Audiobooks can open up new markets and revenue streams for self published authorsbut, as with all things indie, youll have to put in plenty of time, effort, and money. Setting up a new ebook kobo writing life help centre. How to publish your ebook with kobo book publishing for. Were lucky to have more than one option to distribute and sell our books globally as self published authors, and today im focusing on kobo.
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