It is better to know why to sell an eBook before knowing how to sell it. Since everything is getting online, why not sell and buy an item? Yes you’re right. We are now in the next generation, where selling an item is not as difficult as in the past, when everything was sold manually by approaching a person or company or distributed offline through different showrooms or stores.
Writing a book is hectic work and should be paid accordingly. Authors and publishers used to spend a lot to print, publish, and market their content. Sending books to different bookshelves and popular libraries so that their writings would sell out and get the monetary return as soon as possible, however, it was not as easy as marketing and selling a book that no one knew about through offline sellers was a tedious task. and time-consuming work.
Time passed and then something came up that changed the entire cycle of the buying and selling process. Online marketing and selling was the technique adopted by many authors and publishers where they found themselves selling their e-books online on different platforms and getting paid for the same, directly through online transactions.
There is a lot to know about “how to sell an e-book on different platforms”, however, we would be talking about the most popular platform at the moment and that is Amazon.
There are a series of steps that must be followed to obtain the desired result and they are the following:
Create an Amazon KDP account:
The start here is to create a Kindle Direct Publishing account on Amazon. The link that can be used to register:
https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin
Don’t worry if an ebook is not in Mobi/Kindle format, as after uploading the book it will eventually be converted to the compatible Kindle format.
Add books to the shelf:
The next step that needs to be done is to add an e-book to the bookshelf. On the left side of the dashboard after you log in, you will see an option to “Add New Title”. Clicking this option will take you to the page where you need to add the book details.
The fields are self explanatory, however there are options to help you fill in each field should it be necessary.
Enter your book details and leave the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) field blank in case you don’t have that information. Mention your name too in case you are self-publishing the e-book.
Next, you need to choose the category you think your book should reside in and the keywords that can help readers find the desired content.
After doing all the steps mentioned above, you need to upload your ebook cover image which is just as important as the ebook itself because this is the image that will be displayed on the Amazon selling page and it would be a reflection of its content.
Loading the eBook on the platform:
You can upload an eBook in a Kindle format or a PDF/Word format and let Amazon do the conversion of your eBook. If you’re allowing Amazon to do the conversion, be sure to double check the file for images or graphics, as online conversion may alter the format.
Confirm your pricing and royalty options:
You need to decide which royalty option you want to choose because the rest will be taken by Amazon.
There are 2 royalty options you can select:
35%
70%
If you want to keep 70%, you need to sell your book between $2.99 and $9.99. If the price is outside this range, you will only get 35% of the total sale price, so be careful and make sure you are aiming for the right price so that the return to your pocket is higher.
Are you ready. Be a spectator, wait and see. Let Amazon review your content and approve it. Once approved, the ebook will be published and the direct link will be shared with you.
