Amazon is the most common and universal place to sell your published books. It’s easy for people to search and find products, along with a quick an easy checkout process. However, most authors know that might be good for authors starting out, but veteran authors know the royalty distribution isn’t the best.
Pros
- It’s quick and easy to set up a seller account and send in your books to be shipped through Amazon
- Amazon takes care of all the billing and processing.
- Good starting point for new authors
- Sell for cash or credit
- Choice of fulfillment: Amazon or yourself
- Variety of formats: digital and physical
- Harder for piracy
Cons
- Amazon can still sell your books, even if they see any wrong-doing against you
- High competition
- Amazon takes about 70% of revenue
- Less customer interaction
- Lack of marketing strategy for new and established authors
Despite Amazon being great for convenience for anyone who wants to sell with them, but if you don’t like the high revenue cut that they take, you should look elsewhere.
I would recommend starting your own website (we recommend Namecheap) and starting with WordPress if you are on a budget. Krista’s Studio can help you start up your author website and give you a complimentary business guide for you to succeed with social media and marketing.
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