Using both KDP and IS

[William]

I plan to publish my novel as follows:
Paperback via IngramSpark
Ebook via IngramSpark, excluding kindle
Ebook via KDP kindle only, not select

One ISBN for paperback, separate ISBN for ebook (both IS and KDP)

Anyone else using this approach? Any issues?
Thanks in advance!
William

[P.D.]

I would not recommend publishing the ebook via IngramSpark. They have a terrible reputation for ebook distribution, length of time it takes to make changes, etc. Go with Draft 2 Digital or Smashwords instead.

You only need an ISBNfor the print copy. You can do ebooks on all platforms now without ISBNs. If you choose to use ISBN numbers for the ebooks, then I do as you have said, separate ISBN for the Kindle edition and the ePub edition.

[J.]

I agree with P.D. - my experience with IngramSpark wasn't good. I gave up and moved my books elsewhere. Draft 2 Digital is my overall favorite.

[John]

William,
You can publish with KDP Amazon but they will not allow you to have the same Ebook published elsewhere, enquire to be sure, but I had to take my books off another site to keep them on Amazon. Amazon I find are the best in the end. They're new Koll reading is also a great source of income.

[Alba]

I agree with previous comments about not publishing eBooks on IngramSpark.

I upload my eBooks directly to KDP, Nook, Kobo, GooglePlay, and then I use Smashwords for Apple and Overdrive'Axis360 (for library sales). Drat2Digital is also good.

[P.D.]

You can publish with the other vendors as long as you are not enrolled in KDP Select. If you enroll in KDP Select, you cannot publish on the other sites.

[John]

Thank you P.D. for that, I didn't mention KDP select, that's why I'm restricted.

[A.]

That's kdp select not just kdp.

[Susannah]

I am the Publisher at Propertius Press, a not-for-profit small independent press. We found Amazon to be less than helpful to work with. Jumping through hoops to get our books on their site meant we would have to do without selling anywhere else. To say that Amazon is trying to become a monopoly is like saying King Kong is a little larger than average.

We publish through Smashwords for ebooks and Lulu for print. It is true, you must make a choice: either publish on Amazon and be restricted to only selling on Amazon, or publish elsewhere and be free to sell to the rest of the world. We eschew Amazon for the most part. Our books make their way over there through Ingram eventually, but we find that Barnes & Noble and Indie bookstores are by far our best companions in this journey.

[Steve]

I am rather new, and a one-man show but am not finding the value of KDP select program yet. Obviously, a lot has to do with getting the secret sauce right in the blurb, cover, and marketing, but I had hoped for more of a splash with Kindle-unlimited honestly. I have printed with IS and have to say that I am impressed with their quality (speed, not so much.) I will follow this thread to gain knowledge...

[J.]

I currently have ebooks that are at Amazon exclusively to take advantage of KU and other ebooks that are at Amazon and lots of other places. The only thing Amazon takes away from these is the ability to be included in KU. I also have print books that are at Amazon and others places. So I don't understand the suggestion that you have to make a choice - "Amazon or elsewhere"

[Judith]

I worked for a small, independent press for 15 years. Over time we evolved from traditional offset printing in the 3000 - 5000 range per title to POD. Even while doing mostly offset we found that books sold on Amazon brought about $1 more per book profit if they were printed through Amazon (Booksurge/Createspace/KDP), so we printed both through Amazon and other printers. The only restriction is that if you accept a free Amazon ISBN # you can't use that ISBN with other printers. As long as you have your own ISBNs, you can use the same one with as many printers as you want. As for ebooks, we started with Smashwords, then evolved to using the utilities for Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo. Over time we found that it wasn't worth the extra trouble to use the other platforms as we sold 10 times as many on Amazon as the other platforms. So purchase a block of ISBN numbers and print as many places as you want.