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Wednesday, 6 August 2014
IWSG: Expanding My Reach
It's the first Wednesday of the month, and time for members of the Insecure Writer's Support Group to share their writerly insecurities. The group was started by Alex J. Cavanaugh, and those interested in joining in can visit www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com for more information.
This month, my post does not center upon an insecurity per say, or writing for that matter, but rather on something closer to the business side of self-publishing. Okay, so I've been talking about expanding my reach for quite some time now. And by expanding my reach, I'm referring to making my books available on other channels and retail outlets outside of Amazon (who owns more than half of the ebook market by the way).
Unlike Amazon, many of the prominent online retailers out there do not accept direct ebook submissions from self-published writers. And those that do usually have restrictions that prevent international writers from submitting, which is where a company like Smashwords comes into play; they help distribute ebooks to several sales channels like Barnes & Noble, and are in fact the only point of entry, for self-publishers, into the stores of newer subscription-based services like Scribd and Oyster.
So I'm sure you're wondering why I didn't take the Smashwords route to those channels sooner. That, my friend, was due to another bump I encountered along this long and winding road called self-publishing. Smashwords requires a PayPal account in order for you to receive payments from them. But as fate would have it, Nigeria was one of perhaps three countries excluded from using PayPal.
Thankfully, that restriction was lifted recently when PayPal decided to deem us worthy of inclusion. Ah, yes, happy times. The result? My books are now available on B&N, iTunes and others. All that is left now is for me to sort out my tax information, pending which a sizable percentage of my combined earnings would be retained by Smashwords. Hopefully the process won't turn out to be as time-consuming as I already fear it might be.
That's awesome!! I do shop at Amazon but prefer to get my books from the iBookstore. (Easier to read on my iPad and I have an endless amount if iTunes gift cards at all times.) Hope the tax stuff isn't a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alex. I do most of my reading on a third-generation kindle, and on the kindle app for android, but I am indeed happy that my books are now available to others like you, who read on iPhones and iPads. :)
DeleteGetting your books out to as many outlets as possible, helps! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jennifer. :)
DeleteCongratulations on getting your foot in the Smashwords door, Michael. Now you will have success waiting around even more corners.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gail. :)
DeleteThe ever-expanding reach of Michael Abayomi. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Thanks, Tony. :)
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