Amazon

If you are planning a self-published book and can’t immediately get into bookstores, a good alternative for national and even International is distribution is Amazon.com, which introduces your book to the buying public. On their site, the book can be ordered directly. Preferably, you would like to have your book listed on Amazon.com from two to four weeks before its publication date for preorders.

Amazon Advantage is the program Amazon.com offers to small publishers. There is a $29.95 annual fee, and Amazon.com pays a 45 percent commission on the sales price of each book it sells. Amazon.com determines the price to the buyer that it lists on its Web site. So for instance, if your book retails for $20, Amazon.com might decide to list it at a 30 percent discount and sell it at $14. In this example, for each copy sold, you receive $6. Be aware that as a self-publisher, you must pay the shipping to get your books to Amazon.com.

One big advantage of Amazon.com is that book returns are zero or minimal, and the organization is known to pay publishers on time.

Amazon also has created Amazon Connect, which allows authors to write blogs and have extensive personal profile pages so they can better connect with readers and sell more books.

Tanyab 08:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC) | www.publishing-store.com