

Now it’s easy for indie authors to publish their books online and achieve a global reach. If you want to keep your distribution model simple, and only sell your book through one retailer directly (and not bother with an aggregator), Amazon’s your (wo)man!Īmazon (love them or hate them) have leveled the playing field between traditional publishing and self-publishing. I choose a different distribution model based on the book niche, and I have just one book that is only available through Amazon KDP and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited so that I get royalties for page reads.Īmazon’s author page is a must-do and should be an integral part of your author marketing plan, and AMS (Amazon Marketing Services) is a low cost foray into paid book ads. There’s no reason to access their network through an aggregator, because you’ll get a higher royalty rate by selling your book directly through Amazon KDP.Īll of my ebooks are available through Amazon KDP, and I like rolling out new book to Amazon first, and then releasing them through some other retailers directly, and reaching other retailers through my preferred aggregator, Draft2Digital.

If you’re only going to go direct with one retailer-let that be Amazon KDP. This article is part of my Beginner's Guide to Self-publishing direct with ebook Retailers series.
