{"id":4314,"date":"2019-08-07T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2019-08-07T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:59:43","slug":"kindle-direct-publishing-kdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/07\/kindle-direct-publishing-kdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do I get my book published?<\/h1>\n

I have written a book, and I did not know how to publish it.<\/p>\n

I was looking for an editor and an on-line editor and other alternatives like that. Finally I found Kindle Direct Publishing, and I started to work on it.<\/p>\n

I did all in 5 days, ISBN number, correct the format, create a cover, set a price and request 5 copies for checking how they look like in the printed version.<\/p>\n

The cost and the price<\/h1>\n

On Kindle you get 35% of the price of the kindle edition, on the printed book it’s the same.<\/p>\n

The cost of the printed book varies depending on the amount of pages, the quality of the paper and if it has colors or just black\/white. To me it was 2,5\u20ac.<\/p>\n

You order, they print it<\/h1>\n

The traditional editors I have asked asked for 80%, so I would only take 20%. I understand this percentage, because they take the risk of printing a volume that they finally cannot sell.<\/p>\n

Amazon does in a different way, they reduce this risk to zero, they just print what is ordered.<\/p>\n

You can request my book in Australia, and you will have it at home in 24 hours (you can decide on which markets you want to publish it).<\/p>\n

They just changed the rules of the game.<\/p>\n

Everybody knows bookstores are in trouble, but editors are in trouble too<\/h1>\n

This is basically because they way Amazon sells and produce the books:<\/p>\n