Book distribution makes your book available in numerous online stores, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iBooks, Ingram-Spark, and more. Paperback, eBook, and hardcover options are available, depending on your platform of choice. You can choose to let EMSA Publishing handle the distribution or post to selling platforms on your own. We can also create and publish to your own account.
Below are the four most popular choices for online book distribution, but if you have any other ideas, please tell us about them.
Book distribution packages begin at $20.00 per book per platform. Books published under EMSA Publishing’s imprint are also charged 20% of the royalties earned.
OPTION 1
- Upload to your KDP (Amazon) and/or eBook platform of your choice
- Files will be uploaded to your personal account
- You will receive PDF, mobi, KPF, and/or ePub files for your records (depending on platform(s) of choice)
- You receive royalties directly to your account(s) as books are sold
OPTION 2
- Upload to EMSA Publishing’s KDP (Amazon) and Draft2Digital (eBook) account
- You will receive PDF, mobi, KPF, and/or and ePub files for your records
- Publisher of record will be Amazon (or your choice with valid ISBN).
- Your choice of publisher name on eBook site
- Royalties paid annually (in January) via PayPal or at $50.00 threshold
OPTION 3 – BY INVITATION ONLY*
- Upload to EMSA Publishing’s KDP (Amazon) and Draft2Digital (eBook) account
- EMSA Publishing will be publisher of record
- buy links placed on EMSA Publishing website
- You will receive PDF, mobi, KPF, and/or ePub files for your records
- Royalties paid annually (in January) via PayPal or at $50.00 threshold
*As EMSA Publishing will be publisher of record, this option may only be considered after editing services have been completed by EMSA Publishing.
OPTION 4
Uploading your book to Ingram-Lightning Source is a $100.00 flat fee. This package includes:
- Custom ISBN registered to EMSA Publishing (by invitation only)*. If you have your own ISBN, your name may be recorded as publisher of record.
- Shipping of book to Library and Archives Canada (a requirement of Canadian ISBNs)
- Upload to Ingram-Lightning Source print-on-demand for increased distribution
- Royalties paid annually (in January) via PayPal or at $50.00 threshold for books with EMSA Publishing ISBN
- Royalties paid annually (in January) or at $50.00 threshold
*As EMSA Publishing will be publisher of record, this option may only be considered after editing services have been completed by EMSA Publishing.