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The Benefits of Creating eBooks on KDP

The Benefits Of Creating EBooks On KDP

KDP is a force of nature, probably the ultimate in User-Generated Content. The KDP platform enables any person with a reasonable competence at writing to create a book on any subject, have the interior formatted inexpensively, find a talented book cover designer and skilled editor at reasonable costs, and publish your book within about four to six months. Then once your manuscript is uploaded to Amazon KDP where more than 80-85% of books are sold, your book is made available for sale on the Amazon retail website, exactly the same as a JK Rowling or Tom Clancy novel, and competes for sales on level terms. If you, the Author, want one copy, you simply order one and it’s printed on-demand and shipped to you, usually within 24 hours at an average price point of about $3.50 – $4 per book. The old term “Vanity Publishing” has now given way to the more accepted “Self-Publishing” and a huge independent literary sector has taken shape. The book business is booming!

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Self-published books offer you a much higher royalty rate than traditional publishers because you get to keep 50-70% of your book’s profits. On the other hand, traditional publishers take much more and you only end up with 10% to 15% after years of proving yourself as an author.

The Amazon Self-Publishing Platform

Amazon’s platform consists of three key elements, each of which is a major opportunity for you, the author;

KDP – Kindle Direct Publishing: Amazon’s web-based service platform which enables you to upload a complete book to an online server, which then formats it so that it displays properly on Amazon’s Kindle devices (Kindle, Paper-White, Kindle Fire) plus the range of third-party Applications which allow Kindle books to be read on Apple and Android devices.

Once your formatting is complete, your book is immediately available on Amazon’s websites across the world, and you have complete control over pricing and distribution channels. Amazon takes a cut of every sale, and you get 70% (or 35% in some cases). Your book can be bought in places like Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the UK, and more. For example, the following is an example of Tom Peters’ eBook offered on various platforms support by Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP):

Excellence Now: The Forty-Three Number Ones by Tom  Peters

US –  https://amazon.com/dp/B08QVN6G75/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_QNFbGbFAT3S9K… 

Australia – https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08QVN6G75

Brazil  https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B08QVN6G75

Canada – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08QVN6G75

France – https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08QVN6G75

Germany – https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08QVN6G75

India – https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08QVN6G75

Italy – https://www.amazon.it/dp/B08QVN6G75

Mexico – https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B08QVN6G75

New Zealand – https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B08QVN6G75

Japan – https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B08QVN6G75

Spain – https://www.amazon.es/dp/B08QVN6G75

UK  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QVN6G75

 

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