Getting your book onto the Kindle is relatively easy. Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing service is easy to submit to, and has the fastest turnaround of any of the online publishers. It also has the largest market share of the eBook market, and there are more Kindles out there than any other type of reader. This [...]

Apple’s bookstore is everything you’d expect. Slick, minimalist and easy to use, it is growing rapidly into the second largest marketplace for eBooks after Amazon.  The shop feeds all Apple devices, from the iPad to the iPhone, as well as computers running iTunes. Its most powerful feature is the format itself, which is a platform [...]

As the largest book retailer in the US, Barnes & Noble has come to dominate the physical publishing world, but lags far behind in its eBook arm Nook. The company sells and also publishes books, making it

Lulu is a powerful new publishing system, and authors can create everything from hardcover books to photo books to calendars. They operate a global print network and provide worldwide distribution so that authors can reach readers just about anywhere. Lulu requires either a pdf or an ePub file.

One of the few truly free services for ebooks, Smashwords will automatically convert your book to many of the most popular formats. However, it isn’t great for anything but the most basic layouts, and their sales record is very poor compared to the other big online retailers. Think of Smashwords like a nice plus if [...]

Clickbank is a specialised marketplace for all kinds of digital goods, including eBooks, reports and courses. They will help you list, promote and process payments for your content. This can be one of the most profitable places to sell, but competition is fierce.