Top 7 Platforms to Sell Your eBooks

It is a post targeted specifically at writers who plan on writing eBooks to sell. In this post, you will learn about the 7 best platforms to sell eBooks. But before we talk about those platforms, we want beginner writers to know what an eBook means and where to sell it.

What is an eBook? Where to Sell It?

An eBook, also known as an electronic book, is a type of book that can be published and accessed through electronic devices.

An eBook is just like a normal book. You can choose to write whatever you want, fiction or nonfiction. Once you have written your eBook, you can choose to sell it on different online platforms of your choice.

7 Best Platforms to Sell Your eBooks

The following seven are the best platforms to sell eBooks:

1. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is, without a doubt, the biggest platform for people to publish and sell their e-books. Every list of eBook publishing platforms has Amazon Kindle in it. Amazon Kindle is one of the most famous platforms for eBooks, for publishing and selling.

You would be interested to know that 35% of the market share for all the books sold by Amazon belongs to indie books, being the most popular ones. This shows that you can sell your eBook quite well if you use the correct marketing strategies and practices.

Furthermore, you can publish your eBook here for absolutely free. With each sale, Amazon will offer you 35% to 70% royalty options, which is 70% if you price your eBook between $2.99 and $9.99 or 35% for pricing it below $2.99 or above $9.99.

You can publish your eBook here in three easy steps. All you have to do is register online, then open your store and click publish. With enough marketing, you too will be able to sell eBooks. Don’t just use Amazon for purchasing purposes; use its full potential and begin to publish and market your eBooks.

Not only do you get your eBooks sold on Amazon, but the buyers can also review your product there.

2. Google Play

You can use Google Play for more than just downloading games or other software. Publishing eBooks on Google Play is a possibility. You can target Android and Google Books users with ease with the Google Play Books Partner Center.

The control you get here is quite similar to that of another eBook publishing platform, Apple Books. All you would need to do is upload your eBook, set up the selling price, and get access to people from all over the world.

The reason why Google Play is such an amazing eBook publishing platform is that with Google Play, you get access to a market much larger than any other platform. Even Amazon Kindle falls short in the competition when it comes to market size. Moreover, using Google Play will make your eBook more compatible with Android devices. Your eBook will be accessible to anyone who uses Google.

Even if someone uses an Apple product, you will benefit from how familiar the user is with the search engine. The enhanced UI will allow Google to give your eBook a preference over others.

For instance, if you have published your eBook in both Google and Amazon, your Google version of the eBook will always be on Google Books first unless you choose to enroll your book in KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited) because KDP Select requires exclusivity. So, you should avoid enrolling in KDP Select to publish your eBook on both platforms.

3. iBooks Author, Now Apple Books

If you want to go Apple exclusive and want to target the audience that uses Apple, you can choose to go along with Apple Books. To most people’s surprise, setting up an account and publishing here is completely free via its publishing portal. Although you will have to pay some amount of your proceeds from each sale to Apple.

You will gain access to dozens of eBook templates that Apple Books for Authors recommends you use, built directly inside the Apple Pages app. There will also be some other design tools in Apple’s library. Publishing is as easy as just clicking one button. You also have the liberty of setting your price here. Be aware of the percentage you will have to pay when setting up the price. Remember that customers will have to pay the full price, so increasing it doesn’t always make it more profitable.

This app is best known for its simplicity when it comes to publishing an eBook. You can publish directly from the Pages app. Furthermore, you can categorize your books to target a specific audience/ market on Apple Books.

4. NOOK Press, Now Barnes and Noble Press

Barnes and Noble is another bookstore that helps hopeful writers publish their eBooks free of cost. It provides two platforms where you can publish your books: The NOOK e-readers and BarnesAndNoble.com. NOOK Press is their publishing site.

Besides being completely free, Barnes and Noble Press also gives you full control over how much you are willing to charge for your eBook. Again, this can have an impact on your royalty rates. Keep in mind not to overcharge for your eBooks. Keeping it simple is the best way.

Every tool required to publish an eBook is provided by Barnes and Noble Press, such as a formatter.

5. Smashwords

Smashwords, a store acquired by Draft2Digital, is probably the only platform that can give the market leaders a challenge without being one of them. You can edit, format, market, distribute, manage metadata, and have sales reports of the eBooks with this free tool. This app also provides you with the facility to publish if that is the only thing you are looking for.

You will gain full control over your book with Smashwords. This is something that even the print author's desire. Further, you not only get to set the price of your eBook but also how the eBook is going to be marketed. For example, you can set up the sample size.

With all those free tools, you will also have the privilege of keeping a big percentage of the sales to yourselves. If your eBook is sold at any major retailer, you will keep 60% of the amount, and if sold at the Smashwords store, you will get up to 80%! Smashwords/Draft2Digital is integrated with almost every eBook store there is, including:

• Kobo
• Google Books
• Apple Books
• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Tolino and Several others.

Other than the free supply chain tools listed, Smashwords provides unlimited updates, free formatting, free ISBN, eBook conversion tools, and much more.

6. Payhip

Payhip is a highly recommended eBook selling and hosting platform. Payhip includes various features such as marketing, analytics, affiliates, discount codes, and customer management. Here, you can give a good commission to other bloggers and marketers to promote your eBooks.

Payment can be handled with PayPal or Stripe. You must be aware that, other than the small charge fee, there will also be PayPal or Stripe transaction fees when you sell your eBooks. There are three plans for how you can choose to price when using Payhip:

• Free Forever: 5% transaction fees, including Stripe or PayPal transaction fees.
• Plus: $29 a month, 2% transaction fees, including Stripe or PayPal transaction fees.
• Pro: $99 a month, no transaction fees; however, Stripe or PayPal transaction fees are included.

Another advantage of using Payhip is that they will report and pay EU VAT for you. Payhip is quite a user-friendly site. Although it lacks some selling options, it is a platform that is very easy to use and has a lot less hassle. Payhip has helped people make thousands of dollars.

7. Blurb

Not only can you publish and sell your eBooks on Blurb, but you can also actually create your eBooks with the amazing features of Blurb. With Blurb, you can create, promote, and sell your eBooks. You can choose to sell your eBook either on their platform or on Amazon, Barnes and Noble platform, and the Apple Books Store. This website offers some great features that will help you create and style your eBooks before you can promote them and sell them to your targeted market. Besides eBooks, you can also create high-quality printed books and magazines with Blurb if you wish to. Therefore, if you already have an eBook and are looking to take this a step further, give this service a go.

Conclusion

There are tons of eBook publishing platforms available out there on the internet. The only thing stopping you from becoming a published author right now is you. In case you have a hard time finding the motivation or getting the time, you can always look to hire professional ghostwriters who can help write, edit, format, publish, and market your eBooks. All you need to do is start working for your goals. Becoming a published author is not as hard as it seems.

We hope you found this article about the top 7 and the best platforms to sell eBooks helpful. Do give all of the mentioned websites a check before choosing where to sell your eBook.

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