The real benefit of Smashwords is that you as an author are able to distribute your eBook into several different platforms through it’s “ expanded distribution” option. Smashword’s user-interface whilst functional can be slightly confusing when trying to navigate and understand your eBook sales and other reports. This means that publishing your eBook directly into using the KDP platform is essential for an author looking to maximise their exposure and yes, profits!Īmazon will pay you royalties of either 70% or 35% depending on your eBook list price.
Amazon has the lion-share of the eBook market, at the last count just under 66%. Both Amazon and Smashwords have made this process as easy to understand as possible.Īmazon I think has the easiest-to-understand user-interface making navigating your account a pleasure. Many authors do not know that this is possible, and now easier than ever. The next hurdle facing our authors, once they have a well-formatted eBook, is the publishing of the eBook online.
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If you don’t have these devices please use the free software from my website for reading eBooks from your PC:
Tip: Always review your eBooks page by page before publishing online to avoid embarrassment caused by obvious formatting errors. This is especially true if you have written a non-fiction book. The range of online retailers, some needing their own eBook format means that eBook conversion can be a more involved process than most authors think.
Most of the content conversion companies operating from within South Africa are still very new and as a result often produce substandard conversion results. Only within the last 2 years have entrepreneurs within South Africa started taking the process of eBook conversion seriously enough to offer it as a service to self-publishing authors. The first barrier to South African authors looking to sell eBooks through Amazon and Smashwords was well “How do we make a well-formatted eBook?” The online service acts as a self-publishing platform helping authors reach most major online eBook retailers through a single account. Smashwords was founded by American Indie author Mark Coker in 2008. I am very hopeful that we will see our own .za up and running in the next few years. Because of this our authors and their readers are still forced to conduct business through the parent website. The adoption of the eBook technology is still in its infancy and as a result we are not yet considered a viable consumer market by Amazon. I have also included the eBook distribution portal, as it is (in my opinion) the easiest way to get your eBook into all other eBook stores online.Ī, founded by American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos in 1995, has only become a real option as an online publishing platform for South Africans authors within the last few years. It also has the easiest publishing process and very easy to understand reports. Before we begin, let me shed some light on why I have chosen the two eBook sales platforms mentioned in this article.Ī as it the biggest eBook shop, with over 3 million eBooks currently listed. New online services are emerging daily, finding ways to make the life of an author an easier one. That said, there are ways around some of these hurdles we face as (South) African authors. This means what should be a smooth process, publishing your eBook online into Amazon and other eBook stores, is a process that unfortunately has added complexities. There were, and still are many barriers that exist hampering a South African author wanting to publish an eBook online. The first South African authors only started breaking the digital barrier to Amazon as recently as 2010. How do authors receive royalty payments directly from Amazon and Smashwords?Īs Africans we are very new to the Amazon Kindle publishing platform and the processes of creating and selling of eBooks online in general.
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