Non-Amazon/B&N ebook distribution

[Amber]

I use Draft2Digital rather than Smashwords. I can track sales per book or total sales, and get data from various booksellers. The style guide is simpler.

I've had some months in which my Barnes and Noble sales were better than or equal to Amazon, so to me this is worthwhile, although I don't get much action on the other retailers. I may try shifting to Kobo Writing Life directly in the future and see if their promotional opportunities make a difference.

[Ashe]

Yeah, not ideal necessarily but it's not bad. And being able to set up promo codes on the fly is great. I don't know if KDP Select lets you do that. I could look again but regular KDP definitely doesn't.

[Lisa]

A note on the exclusivity of KDP Select. It applies only to ebooks, so any ebook in KDP Select (which also means it's in Kindle Unlimited) cannot be available as an ebook elsewhere. You can still sell your paperback, if you have one, on other platforms or in person at book fairs, etc.

I published my paperbacks with CreateSpace. Through CS's expanded distribution, that means the books are also available on Barnes & Noble's website or can be ordered through the store. The way the royalties work, I make a couple dollars for an Amazon sale of a paperback and all of $0.19 for a Barnes & Noble sale. But there are readers who feel a book is more legitimate if it's available through B&N, so I think it's worth it.