Navigating the Amazon Sales Position

Did you understand that it's possible to offer eBooks right through the key 3 retailers: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes? You don't have to sort out an alternative party aggregator (as iTunes/Apple firmly recommends), or any other distribution station like Smashwords, Guide Child, Lulu, or Lightning Source. You are able to go direct to all these places and cut out the middle-man, getting all of the royalties for yourself.

It's surprisingly an easy task to do. All you need to do is 1) put up an consideration at each outlet and 2) give documents and book information.

Before we enter the logistics of every store, let's talk a bit about pricing. At this time, the special spot is between USD $2.99 and $9.99. When you can hold your retail cost between 2.99 and amazon quickbooks integration, your royalty charges will be the highest. Here is a breakdown of how that appears per outlet:

Amazon: 70% royalty (less distribution fees) between 2.99 and 9.99. Outside this range, the royalty declines to 35%. For VERY big files, the delivery payment may be therefore large that you'll earn more money at the 35% royalty rate.

Barnes & Respectable: 65% royalty between 2.99 and 9.99. Outside that selection, the royalty drops to 40%.

iTunes/iBookstore: 70% for all value ranges. HOWEVER! You should price your book on iTunes at the lowest retail value that you provide in any outlet, including print. iTunes does not want to be undercut in their pricing model.
Amazon

I would suggest you begin with Amazon - they are the easiest and sell the most books.

Pay attention to KDP Choose while you're here. A lot of experts (especially not known authors) have experienced great achievement using KDP - you provide your guide for free for a particular number of time. This will produce perhaps tens and thousands of downloads and offer momentum for paid income when the time period is up.

WARNING: If you should be presently working together with iTunes, applying KDP Select is against your iTunes contract. Look at the iTunes agreement for additional information concerning this - iTunes prevents you from offering on yet another outlet when you promote in the iBookstore.

Add a MOBI file to Amazon.

This assures that Amazon does the least add up to the file in the "conversion" process. Amazon typically takes about 24 hours to place a book out there for sale. Very quick to promote!