Should You Self-Publish Without Amazon?
There are many other options you should consider
You have written a book and want to get it out there in the world. You have considered getting an agent, but that took too long. You also looked for independent publishers, but that didn’t work out and you want more control, so you have decided to self-publish.
What are your options? Is Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing the only game in town?
Guess what? No. There are several other ways to self-publish and we will look at all of them here.
Should You Self-Publish Without Amazon?
No matter what you think, Amazon is a huge part of the book market. But, there are alternatives and good ones. You can still do a lot of marketing to get your book some visibility. We discuss alternatives to Amazon. You should understand that no matter where you self-publish it is not easy and can get expensive. However, you can hire help to do the heavy lifting in terms of getting your ebook online, your ISBN, formatting your book for publication, and more.
You still have the responsibility of marketing your book to the world when you should use aggregator platforms, and if you should simply sell books directly from your website.
Links to the companies:
1. Apple
2. Google Play
3. Kobo
6. Publishdrive
7. Ingramspark
8. Lulu.com
9. Smashwords
Usually, the reason writers choose to self-publish is that they wish to remain in control of their book. This includes creative decisions, sales and marketing decisions, and distribution decisions.
Every one of these self-publishing platforms has positive and negative options. You need to carefully evaluate your goals for your project and be very realistic about how much time you have available, and about how much money you want to, or can spend. As I said above, the process, depending on how much you outsource the services, can be very expensive.
Do your homework and make your own decision. Don’t let anyone tell you what you should do.
