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Post by Ken on Dec 21, 2020 12:40:18 GMT
It's been quite a while since I last published my own eBooks on Lulu.
Am I correct in asssuming that those published on Lulu are in the ePub format bit those that they send to Amazon are converted to the Kindle format by Lulu or by Amazon.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Dec 21, 2020 19:21:24 GMT
It's been quite a while since I last published my own eBooks on Lulu.
Am I correct in asssuming that those published on Lulu are in the ePub format bit those that they send to Amazon are converted to the Kindle format by Lulu or by Amazon.
Epubs sent from Lulu to Amazon are converted to Kindle [mobi] format.
You get more of the royalty by uploading your epub to Amazon's KDP yourself.
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Post by Ken on Dec 21, 2020 19:32:38 GMT
Yes, that’s what I normally do.
Just wondered on the Lulu process.
Apart from that the Kindle spec is slightly different to the pure ePub spec.
Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 4:47:08 GMT
You get more of the royalty by uploading your epub to Amazon's KDP yourself.Thanks Retread-Retired-Cameron I'll check that out.
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Post by Ken on Dec 22, 2020 8:17:22 GMT
This rather begs the question as to why one should use Global distribution for an eBook.
Surely a true ePub with Lulu and a Kindle with Amazon KDP fills the bill.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Dec 22, 2020 17:11:59 GMT
This rather begs the question as to why one should use Global distribution for an eBook. Surely a true ePub with Lulu and a Kindle with Amazon KDP fills the bill. Think of it as strategy. With Lulu Press' "Global Distribution" your Epub is distributed through several venues the user selects. This saves the time and headache of having a multitude of separate accounts.
The downside is Lulu Press takes a cut of the royalty. Another downside when using Lulu Press' distribution is a cover that is good for the majority of venues isn't necessarily good for all venues -- one examply a cover showing a female nipple [even fuzzily] won't fly on either Kobo or Apple's bookstore since it might corrupt young minds and lose WWII for the Allies or something.
Going direct through KDP allows the work on all the various Amazon sites [where not prohibited by local requirements].
Some Self Publishers don't mind signing up with as many services as possible, some do. It's what works for the individual in question.
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Post by Ken on Dec 23, 2020 7:58:15 GMT
I wasn’t aware that the User selects, I thought that it was either Lulu only or Global all channels.
I’ve just realized for myself that at the pricing stage of the publish/create process that one can turn off individual channels.
Certainly a nice feature of the New Lulu.
What I need to do next is to see if the validation process changes if more than one channel is selected.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Dec 23, 2020 18:41:23 GMT
I wasn’t aware that the User selects, I thought that it was either Lulu only or Global all channels.I’ve just realized for myself that at the pricing stage of the publish/create process that one can turn off individual channels. Certainly a nice feature of the New Lulu. What I need to do next is to see if the validation process changes if more than one channel is selected. Which venues you wanted an Epub to appear in used to happen at the end. |
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