And also, how are your paperback sales going?
Outside of Amazon, what are the best sites for sales?
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Basically, you have alternatives such as Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Press, Google Play Books, IngramSpark, and BookBaby.
Note that I have not self-published yet, so haven't tried any of them, but I am also looking for alternatives to Amazon.
Hope this was helpful, let me know.
Basically, you have alternatives such as Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Press, Google Play Books, IngramSpark, and BookBaby.
Note that I have not self-published yet, so haven't tried any of them, but I am also looking for alternatives to Amazon.
Hope this was helpful, let me know.
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It was helpful, thanks. I went wide but I get more sales from Amazon's subscription service (reads.)
kobo hands down
also B&N, Apple books, tolino, Scribd
but amazon are about 85% of the ebook market so even wide they still account for the bulk of the sales
also B&N, Apple books, tolino, Scribd
but amazon are about 85% of the ebook market so even wide they still account for the bulk of the sales
Yes, if you're wide as a self publisher you can publish pretty much anywhere, its only Kindle Unlimited aka KDP select which require excusivity.
Amazan as a whole also don't like it if you're cheaper elsewhere that you are with them, and some others may have similar terms but theres no other absolute exclusions i can think of
To promote, I use Storyorigin but I did use Bookfunnel before that. How do people fare the two?
Don't just rely on the platform itself. Use other marketing channels, such as social media, to drive traffic to the sales channel.
I've tried Twitter and facebook with virtually no results.
How have you used them? If you've just created a profile and put your work on it, then yes, you won't get a lot of traction from that alone.
Basically that. But a lot of people said even paid promos there are a waste. How do you promote?
Thanks for repling by the way,
Engage with, and in the places where your readers are likely to be found. Participate in their groups. Give people reasons to want to seek you out. I don't know what you write, so I can't make any suggestions on that front. Publish new and regular content of interest to your potential readers, so they actually follow you are look for your updates. Publish excerpts or teaser material.
I'll probably be giving self-publishing a go within the next month or two (for the first time). I just presumed I'd only be putting it on Amazon. so it's nice to know there are other options, though they don't come close to the market share. Is it worth the effort to drop a book on all platforms at once? Or maybe just see how it goes on Amazon first before branching out ?
