Some authors complain that they dont sell any books on ibooks, but when i look at. How to sell more books on ibooks the creative penn. I love the fact that kdp presents me the option to both update and republish some of my beloved science books that had gone out of print like my planet books and also to write, design. You can self publish your book, hire a publishing services company or hybrid publisher, or find a legitimate children s book publisher children s book publishers. We help our clients sell their titles on amazon, barnes and noble, apples ibookstore, and all the other major online retailers. You can publish direct on ibooks if youre a mac user, or you can take. I havent gotten to this stage yet, but apple provides a faq.
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Cnet executive editor david carnoy offers some basic tips for ebook publishing and lays out your. Amazon vs apple how to selfpublish and sell your book. British childrens indie author karen inglis shares her top tips for getting self published books in the spotlight in apples growing ibooks store. Yesterday i helped to upload the 9th book from swa to the ibookstore.
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