In short, createspace lets you upload your book, design the cover, setup your amazon page and then post it for everyone to buy. As with any product and any store, the person buying your book is a. Expanded distribution amazon kindle direct publishing. To use kindle direct publishing, you must have the electronic rights to the book. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
That has the disadvantage of making it obvious that your book is selfpublished. Moving your book from createspace to kdp print nicholas c. Ive published eleven books and the quality of the finished books has been consistently excellent. The 2020 guide to amazon fees and royalties for kindle ebooks.
Createspaces new fees help authors publish your own ebooks. Createspace is a platform for authors to publish books to amazon, a role it seems to be continuing this service for now. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Also, is there any good info anywhere on how to produce a photobook in createspace. Publish your book for free and reach millions of readers. Granted, i do all my own work from cover design to interior set up so the cost is zero. Up until april 2018, it was also a platform where authors could hire the selfpublishing services needed to produce a book. Ingramspark vs kdp print book publishing on the face of it, there isnt that much difference between the createspace service and what kdp is offering on the print side. May 22, 2012 createspace started around 2002 as a dvdondemand company, called customflix, and was acquired by amazon in 2005. Kindle direct publishing kdp is an amazon selfpublishing service. The createspace estore is a website that allows readers to buy your book direct through createspace, paying you slightly higher royalties than amazon. Authors who understand the benefits of the printondemand process and have opted to use the amazonowned company, createspace, to handle the printing and shipping of their paperback title, might at some point need a large quantity of the paperback, printed and shipped to a certain physical location.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It also offers royalty programs for purchase of the books on kindle devices and kindle apps for ipad, iphone, ipod touch, pc, mac, blackberry, and androidbased devices. Open a kdp account and use it for both your paperback and kindle ebook. I have happily selected all 6 distribution channels, the 3 standard ones, amazon europe, createspace estore and the 3 expanded distribution ones bookstores and online retailers, libraries and academic institutions, createspace direct. How to add categories posted on july 4, 2017 june 19, 2017 by dale createspace publishing is the greatest way to selfpublish paperback books to release on the amazon marketplace and a bevy of other platforms through their expanded distribution. Using kindle direct publishing, createspace and smashwords kindle edition by john, christine.
Kindle direct publishing is a free program that helps authors selfpublish their book as ebooks. Createspace have discontinued their pro plan, effectively putting more money back into the pockets of authors. Feb 17, 2018 avoid getting your book listed in two places your book will disappear from createspace when you move it to kdp print avoid having to upload your files again its literally as easy as ticking a couple of boxes and copyingpasting your isbn, so be sure to watch all 3 minutes of it and avoid a lot of hassle down the road. If you would like to signup as a reseller on the createspace direct website, and pull up our title, the directions below should help. The createspace publishing checklist how to save time and. Ive searched for this but cant find any information more recent than 2009. The only real use for this is to send book buyers to the createspace estore to purchase your book so you can earn more royalties than you would on a normal sale on amazon. Your titles will remain available for sale during this time and you can continue to create new titles on createspace through august 2018. The choices available for the size of the book as well as the. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons improved publishing services. Amazon kdp formerly createspace and ingramspark printon. At that time, we will begin to move your createspace disc catalog to amazon media on demand. With amazons self publishing services you can reach millions of readers worldwide and keep control of your work. Createspace is a platform for authors to publish books to amazon, a role it.
Your book is printed on demand when customers purchase it. A customer purchases your book on and a book is printed to fulfill that order. Createspace is a great way to reach readers around the world for little cost, however for those of you who might be in smaller countries it still might be best for local distribution to use a local printer to handle your local book printing requirements and use createspace to reach everywhere else. We love helping you find books quickly and saving you money, so please dont hesitate to let us know if you have any questions. Online shopping from a great selection at kindle store store.
By enabling this channel, you can make your books available to certified resellers such as independent bookstores and book resellers. Createspace books are now on kindle direct publishing. Print on demand amazon kindle direct publishing amazon kdp. Author copies are copies of your live paperbacks that youve made available for sale on amazon. Jul 19, 2011 createspace does not offer a hardcover option at this point, so if thats a deal breaker, youll have to choose another platform like lulu to publish your book.
You can earn up to 70% royalty on kindle ebook and 60% on paperback sales. Ingram spark is a division of lightning source, which provides a wide range of publishing, printing and distribution options mainly for publishers with a list of books. It really is just one of the many ways you can jumpstart a business on amazon when it comes to starting your life as an author, getting an agent or a traditional publishing deal is mostly geared for the elite. The process is easy and convenient with an immediate offer and free shipping. We will start with the official comparison chart on kdps website and then dig a little deeper into features and differences not mentioned here. Createspace for self publishing and sticky royalty payments for canadian authors. How to publish your book on amazon using createspace. With a fortyplus percent share of all books sold and sixtyplus percent of the online book market, amazon is by far the biggest market that you can reach as a selfpublished author. But the choices multiply to four when you use amazons createspace as your printondemand. Amazon is popular because it provides any publisherselfpublishers and major publishers alikeautomatic distribution to both services provide highly competitive pricing. Oct 12, 2017 createspace is closing its online bookstore.
Have you ever wondered how selfpublished authors get a hardcover version of their book on their book s sales page. If you enable expanded distribution, the royalty is 40% of the book s list price effective in the distribution channel at the time of purchase minus printing costs. Createspace is a member of the amazon group of companies providing. But theres no option for printondemand hardcover books within createspace or kdp, which forces us to look elsewhere. Support for indie authors meet your next favorite book.
Apr 02, 2015 if i read your post right, i can use my own isbn for both my createspace and ingram spark editions. How to self publish a book self publishing on amazon. Amazon owns createspace, the printondemand solution that allows indie. Unfortunately, they dont tell you which one of these your book sells to im assuming the latter. Generating a discount coupon on createspace celebrating. The system will then pull through all the information about your paperback trim size, paper type, cover finish, bleed settings, and then the. When readers buy a book they like, they can lend it to others. Createspace is the easiest way for an average person to selfpublish their book because it publishes books directly to amazons sites all around the world. Well talk about the additional options later on, but i want to focus more on helping writers print ondemand with createspace. Step 1 for using createspace for publishing a print on demand. How to move from createspace to amazon kdp paperback. Books published with createspace retail exclusively on amazon, unless the author. Top 10 selfpublishing companies for firsttime authors editage. Important things to know about createspace and kindle direct publishing.
Listing a createspace item in my sellercentral store. Assuming you select yes, you will then be prompted to input the isbn number for your createspace edition which will either be the free isbn number that createspace assigned you on publishing, or your own isbn number if you went that route. A stepbystep guide to book publishing with createspace. Createspace vs ingram spark print book distribution. Our team at direct textbook takes great pleasure in helping you find the books you need at the best prices available anywhere. Jan 29, 2012 createspaces new fees help authors if you have been thinking of using the print on demand services of createspace to get your ebook into print then i have some good news for you. Amazon gives customers a better browsing and purchase experience by linking a books paperback and digital versions. Createspace will close its estore from the end of october. Paperback self publishing checklist book publisher and. Createspace is closing its online bookstore good ereader. Ordering copies of your own title from createspace are termed member orders.
Amazons kdp formerly createspace is a printondemand pod service from amazon, and ingramspark is a competitive service from the industryleading distributor, ingram. To maintain uninterrupted enrollment and availability in expanded distribution and keep your books available for online retailers and bookstores to purchase in a few weeks when the move from createspace to kdp begins, youll need to make your books available for sale on. Alli watchdog giacomo giammatteo provides an invaluable detailed analysis of the two biggest print service providers for indie authors, ingram via its two different subsets, lightning source for publishers of many books and ingram spark for individual selfpublishers and amazons createspace. You can also distribute your titles through createspace s expanded distribution channels to bookstore and online retailers, libraries and academic institutions, and through createspace direct. Shes interested in an a4size book but i cant see anything about sizes and price according to size. Should you move from createspace to kdp paperbacks. Of course, your books are still available for sale on and amazon europe. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Depending on your location, tradein items may take up to 10 business days. You will note that although before it said that the book might take an additional 12 days to process, it doesnt say so anymore. Your book is a 333page paperback with black ink sold through expanded distribution. The amazon tradein program allows customers to receive an gift card in exchange for thousands of eligible items including amazon devices, electronics, books, video games, and more. However, it has to be an isbn that i purchased directly from bowker.
Aug 28, 2018 i also wrote the forward to this book, where you can read the huge effect applying these methods had to my own career. How to self publish on createspace in three easy steps. Kdp has published extensive instructions, which you can read here. She wouldnt have the money to pay someone to format it for her. The cost of the book is the same everywhere but the royalties diminish. Ingramspark has continued to improve and expand its printondemand business by offering the widest choice of trim sizes, many in both hardcover and paperback bindings.
You guys told me you were able to order my books from bookstores and get them in the libraries. Tammi edited digital 3 and superfans, but i asked tammi to edit those books because she knows her sht inside out and is a literal ninja. From this chart, it seems distribution across international stores is identical, except that japan is available only on kdp print. It might also be good if you are marketing to libraries and bookstores however buyers like this may already be approved for createspace direct or have established accounts with ingram and. Some bookstores frown on stocking books with the createspace imprint. We moved your createspace books and account details to kdp. Run a social media giveaway, gift your books to readers at an event, or send copies to newsletter subscribers. Booksellers and libraries purchase paperbacks from large distributors. Nov 18, 20 createspace has always been a pod specialist and although authors have been able to buy their own copies of their book at special prices there has not been a discount for volume. Thats because printing at createspace is faster and amazon prefers that, of course. The createspace direct program allows eligible resellers to buy books at wholesale prices directly from createspace. Jun 16, 2015 scroll back up and click on the createspace edition. Amazon renamed the operation and expanded its base to include book publishing. On the other hand publishers selling quantities of book are probably better off selling direct because they can only discount on an individual book basis.
Login to get started with kindle direct publishing, manufacturing on demand, or print on demand for publishers. If i get a free isbn through amazons createspace now. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing needs. It is more convenient for buyer and likely beneficial for me to direct a buyer to a single location.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Createspace offers bulk book printing discount deal. As you may already know, createspace and kdp are printondemand distribution services that can hanldle making your paperback books. For the free ones, you have to use createspace s imprint createspace independent publishing platform. Ksenia anskeblogdistributing your selfpublished books. Mar 05, 20 createspace direct make your book available to certified resellers through our wholesale website. When someone purchases the book on your amazon page, createspace prints out the order and ships it to the customer without you having to do anything in terms of printing or storing the books. Since then, createspace has added audio book publishing and other services to its offerings.
Oct 08, 20 now all you have to do is provide the purchase link to your book in the createspace estore and the code for the discount, and youre ready to go. You can also distribute your titles through createspaces expanded distribution channels to bookstore and online retailers, libraries and academic institutions, and through createspace direct. Createspace books that arent available for sale on amazon. Createspace has merged with kindle direct publishing kdp both amazon companies. Keep in mind these coupons are only good for purchasing directly from createspace. How much does it cost to publish a book on createspace. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. You can publish your books in digital and print for free and sell on amazon to millions of readers. And i will also note although there doesnt seem like a price advantage purchasing from createspace, the shipping is.
Cs expanded distribution sells books through createspace direct wholesale to certified independent bookstores and resellers, libraries and academic institutions, and major online and offline retailers. This article, written by lyn horner, guides us stepbystep through the process of publishing a book with createspace. There are two components to book and ebook costs when selling on amazon using kdp kindle direct. If you enroll your paperback in expanded distribution, well make your book available to distributors so booksellers and libraries can find your. Mar 26, 2014 on the other hand publishers selling quantities of book are probably better off selling direct because they can only discount on an individual book basis. Starting in july, you will be able to take advantage of the new amazon media on demand experience. Createspace royalty structure for canadian authors, no. Expanded distribution can help you reach more readers through bookstores, online retailers, libraries, and academic institutions. Just start by creating a project name and then choosing if you want to build a paperback or one of the cds of dvds.
Learn more about our specialized publishing options. Jun 17, 2015 cs expanded distribution sells books through createspace direct wholesale to certified independent bookstores and resellers, libraries and academic institutions, and major online and offline retailers. Although createspace says plain text is the preferrred format for your description, that is no longer true, unless your description is a single paragraph. They are just closing the createspace estore where readers could buy the pod books from. At least if by cost, we mean a direct upfront payment a publishing fee. To reenroll in expanded distribution, make your books available for sale on amazon. Exporting your book from createspace to kdp paperback and need to make changes to your files first.
Selfpublish ebooks and paperbacks for free and reach millions of readers on. How to choose 1 of 4 isbn options when using createspace. The purpose of this manual is to give you the skills and knowledge to take an original manuscript, an existing ebook, or private label rights materials, and. How to publish your book to amazon using createspace introduction welcome and thankyou for purchasing amazon cash machines. Oct 27, 2012 ive looked at the createspace info on amazon and find it quite hard to navigate. Jul 16, 20 there are a number of compelling reasons why a business or publisher might want to use createspace publishing to produce a printondemand pod edition of their ebook by most estimates print books are still 5080% of the market. To list the book with the other two items through sellercentral requires me to buy the book from createspace, ship it to myself, then reship it to put in inventory with sellercentral. How to switch from createspace to kdp print david gaughran. Createspace looks great for books with text but does anyone have recent experience with them for producing photobooks.
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