It’s not easy to find a major publisher who is willing to get your
novel out there but why leave your writing career in the hands of
others when
you can get your own ebook out there yourself. How about publishing your book in electronic form, as an eBook? You essentially produce it the same way you would a printed book, but without the paper and the printing (and the major cuts publishers take off each book sold).
Well, we’re here to give you a list of websites
to start you out in your career as a published eBook author.
The following are places where you can sign up to sell your books in.
Most of the sites have zero sign up fees and a majority of the sale (if
not all of it) will go to you. If you’re not sure on how to convert your
‘great idea’ into an ebook format, some of these services will even
handle that for you.
Payhip will help you do most of the hard work: host your eBooks and
securely deliver the eBooks to your customers. It will also handle
payments through PayPal for you; all you have to do is upload your eBook
to start selling. Once your eBook is on the site, you can promote your
book anywhere (FaceBook, Twitter) with a link for your eBook page.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [100%]
Lulu has a wide network of retail partners through which your eBook
can reach readers, including the iBookstore and Barnes & Noble
NOOK. You are even given the flexibility to set your own price. You can
begin your eBook journey with their free
eBook Creator Guide.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [90%]
If you know eBooks, you should also know what the Kindle eReader is. Publishing here would mean your books are on the
Amazon Kindle Store and at the fingertips of many eBook users. Get started
here or watch a
video tutorial on how to publish eBooks on Kindle Direct Publishing.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [35% - 70%]
Publishing your eBook on Smashwords means it’ll be able to reach the
Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo, the
Diesel eBook Store, Baker & Taylor’s Blio and Axis360 and more. By
registering, you’re entitled to free ISBNs and eBook conversion to 9
formats. Here is a comprehensive guide:
Self-Publish an EBook with Smashwords.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [60% - 85%]
With Kobo Writing Life you can reach out to millions of readers in
over 170 countries. It is a do-it-yourself eBook publishing portal which
makes your book available within their main catalogue, on any device.
Just start out by bringing your own written materials to them in a
simple Word document format and they’ll convert it into a complete eBook
for you.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [70% - 80%]
PubIt!, powered by Barnes & Noble, is where you can self-publish
your books, ideas and content easily. It has a free conversion service
to turn your work to be compatible with the NOOK, and other mobile or
computing devices. You are however to pay them a slight cut off your
royalty per sale since you’re able to reach a high number of readers
through Barnes & Noble.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [40% - 65%]
Booktango is a free service that helps you design a cover for your
eBook and then helps you publish and market it. You can sell your eBook
through their connection of major retailers which includes Barnes &
Noble, Apple iBookstore, Kobo, Sony, Amazon, Google and Scribd.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [100%]
A basic publishing package at BookBaby will cost you $99, a standard
one $149, and $249 for premium services. The more you pay, the more
services and support you will get like being able to personalize your
eBook layout and graphic elements. However, regardless of packages you
sign up for, you get to select retail partners which include Apple’s
iBookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo and
more.
Sign Up [$99 - $249] |
Royalty per Sale [100%]
MyeBook is a free web service that allows you to create, publish and
get your inspirational content for the world to read. If you have a few
eBooks that you want to sell, you can promote your ‘bookstore’ through a
link (myeBook.com/my/
username). With PayPal integration, your payments will also be smooth and hassle free.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [90%]
Blurb has an
online eBook creator
to get you started. Edit and design your eBook on a simulated Apple
iPad display. Once you’ve finished editing the content and design, your
eBook will be ready to be sold on Blurb or the Apple iBookstore.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [80%]
E-Junkie offers a simpler alternative to selling eBooks – sell them
in PDF format. They also offer eBook security through ‘PDF Stamping’
where the buyers name, email address and transaction ID will be
‘stamped’ on the top right corner of each page to discourage
unauthorized sharing your materials.
Sign Up [$5/Month] |
Royalty per Sale [100%]
Scribd can help you manage and promote your work, while keeping track
of your sales and earnings. However, to be able to sell on the Scribd
Store, you’ll require a seller account which is only available for users
in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [80%]
If you already have your eBook ready, you can list them at eBookMall
and earn a percentage off every sale. eBookMall accepts both PDF and
ePub formats. However, bear in mind that if you submit your eBooks to
eBookMall directly through this program, your eBooks will not have DRM.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [50%]
eBooktIt takes you through the steps of converting your writing into a
professional eBook to be distributed through major eBook retailers
which include Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, Sony, Ingram,
and Kobo. You have to pay a fee for the processing and conversion of
your writings into proper eBook formats, which cuts down the royalty
that you can make from it.
Sign Up [Start with $149] |
Royalty per Sale [50% - 80%]
It doesn’t matter if you see yourself as a poet or a technical writer
– Tradebit enables you to publish your book/content/writings within a
matter of seconds. You can start selling your file on eBay or on your
homepage immediately. Download the Tradebit quick start tutorial
here.
Sign Up [$4.95] |
Royalty per Sale [70% - 85%]
ClickBank offers a unique online retail environment for digital
products including eBooks. With a one-time product activation fee of
$49.95, you are ready to promote your writings to more than 100,000 of
ClickBank’s active affiliate marketers.
Sign Up [$49.95] |
Royalty per Sale [50% - 90%]
PayLoadz is a secure eCommerce service for downloadable digital goods
including eBooks. Through the PayLoadz Store, your eBooks can be
marketed to all PayLoadz users. The website has a reputation of tens of
thousands of visitors today and is a great start to your eBook marketing
campaign.
Sign Up [$14.95/Month] |
Royalty per Sale [95%]
List your eBooks in PaySpree marketplace for instant exposure to
thousands of potential new customers and affiliates. As a vendor you are
allowed to list one product for free. If you want to add more products
there is a one-time Premier account ($29 to activate) which entitles you
to list an unlimited number of products for life.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [90% - 100%]
You’ll be able to publish and sell eBooks online without any startup
costs. Click2Sell will store your eBook on secure servers and deliver it
instantly to buyers after successful payment – everything will be done
automatically for you. You will receive protection against illegal file
sharing by customers as Click2Sell encrypts and protects it.
Sign Up [Free] |
Royalty per Sale [90% - 95%]
With Instabuck you can sell digital products which also includes
eBooks. With a premium account you’ll get more features like product
development and customer support handled for you. There is also an iOS
app that you can use to keep track of your sales. With support of PayPay, ClickBank and AlertPay, money is instantly paid to you.
Sign Up [$4.99/Month] |
Royalty per Sale [100%]