The platform(s) you choose to distribute your eBook depends on your purpose and audience. Diana Horner, who has been providing premium eBook conversion and distribution services to independent authors and publishers through her consulting business eBookPartnerships.com for almost 10 years now, recommends publishing eBooks on as many platforms as possible if you’re attempting to boost sales or expand your reach. Based on this theory, which I firmly agree will maximise the visibility of your publication, I have detailed each of the important platforms that you should to consider within two key eBook distribution strategies:
- Selling Your eBooks Direct to the Customer, and
- Selling eBooks Through an Established eBook Publisher
BONUS TIP: If you are considering selling your eBooks as printed versions too (which can be worthwhile at market stalls, conventions, trade shows and the like), using one of the following add-ons for your smartphone or tablet can save you a world of pain when it comes to processing transactions:
- Square, which is a small card reader that can be plugged into your smartphone or tablet. Square charges 2.75% per swiped transaction.
- PayPal Here also offers a separate card reader that can be synced with your mobile. The transaction fee is 2.7% per swiped transaction
- Intuit’s GoPayment is another plugin device for your smartphone or tablet. The beauty of this device and app is that it syncs with QuickBooks thus making accounting a breeze!