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To clarify: did the inquiry come from Createspace, or from another publisher? If so, which publisher? Are you selling rights, or simply self-publishing elsewhere? Createspace is not exclusive; I publish paperbacks there and on Lulu also, but if you're selling the rights to your book, then you can't publish it yourself.
When you say "to be published in another country than US" do you mean by a publisher who would be purchasing some rights from you? Or do you mean just another service like Createspace that you can publish a book thrum, but the service get no right to the work? If the former, it depends on the rights the publisher will be getting from you. I can't recall exactly how Createspace does this, but when you publish a book on KDP, you check off the countries you have the rights to your book in, or you check "Global". I believe Createspace has a similar way to indicate which countries you own the rights to publish in, or that you have global rights.
Generally speaking you have global rights to your work by virtue of creation. You can then sell rights to a specific region, for example: "First North American rights" which gives the publisher the right to publish your work in North America (US and Canada) subject to some restrictions. In this case, you retain the right to publish your work in other countries.
Now a publisher (if they are unscrupulous) might demand all rights in a country or all right globally. (Something an author should never agree to.) However, if an author does surrender all rights, or limited global rights, the author cannot then publish that work anywhere, until the rights revert to them.
Thanks, guys. The inquiry came NOT from CS but another. They would be purchasing the rights from me for a country. My book is only in paperback through Create Space. I just wondered, that isn't CS/Amazon global? So if I sell my rights to one country, does it mean I can't sell it anymore through Amazon, and then I should find other publishers for other countries? Anyway, it's still a Maybe..
Depending on your publisher,NOT CS or Amazon you could still publish with CS and Amazon as long as you don't go Select.
Ok, great. Thanks for your help! we'll see how this goes!
Hi Katja. I found this thread because I am in the same position-- a publisher from another country (I am in the US) approached me about buying the rights to publish my book and I was unsure what the arrangement was with CreateSpace and if that was allowed.Can you share what you've learned (if anything).
Thanks!
G.G. wrote: "Depending on your publisher,NOT CS or Amazon you could still publish with CS and Amazon as long as you don't go Select."Does KDP Select cover print editions as well as eBooks and on-line (blogs etc)?
Katja, CS/Amazon can sell globally, but they own no rights. It's up to you to tell them which countries you have the rights to have your books sold in. If another publisher buys the right to sell your book in a specific country, you must tell CS that they can't offer your book for sale there. You can still offer your book for sale thru CS in every other country.
Also, keep in mind that digital rights and prints right are separate. Make sure you know what you are selling. Some publishers will try to "assume" that if they buy right to the print edition, they also get right to the digital edition. Make sure this is carefully spelled out in any contract (and get a intellectual property lawyer to check it).
Owen wrote: "Does KDP Select cover print editions as well as eBooks and on-line (blogs etc)? KDP Select is only concerned about ebooks. they don't want the ebook to be available anywhere on the net. So no freebie on Wattpad or blog. (Well no bigger than what is offered in preview on Amazon if I remember right.)
If you choose to go KDP Select, you can have prints anywhere with anyone you want.
G.G. wrote: "Owen wrote: "Does KDP Select cover print editions as well as eBooks and on-line (blogs etc)? KDP Select is only concerned about ebooks. they don't want the ebook to be available anywhere on the n..."
Thanks, GG. That was what I had thought. And yes, you can post what Amazon offers as a sample anywhere you like.
I need help about the rights per countries. I published through CS and got an inquiry to be published in another country than US. Now, I own of course my rights, but Amazon is global-so how does this go? Can I sell my book rights to a country and keeping selling it myself on Amazon?
Thanks!