Interactive eBooks and digital platforms have changed the landscape of publishing technology and the education industry. Digital textbook platforms and eBook stores like KITABOO allow you to easily create polished eBooks from start to finish.
eBooks offer a convenient alternative to conventional printed textbooks. The market for online publishing is projected to reach $68.81 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 13.4%.
When you’re putting so much effort into creating an eBook, it’s worth finding the right eBook store for it. There are various digital platforms where you can publish and sell your eBook.
Read on to know the top ones and their main features.
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Draft2Digital
This platform is free and offers royalties of up to 60%. It reaches all the major online stores like Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble. It also offers an author’s page and book tabs, which can be used as your online author presence instead of a website.
Additionally, its sales tracker offers useful insights into sales numbers to give you a sense of how well the book is selling.
A significant feature is its automated formatting, which conveniently transforms a plain Word document into a professionally designed eBook.
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
This online retailing giant captures most of the eBook market. Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) allows authors to self-publish their books with the benefit of distributing them on its highly popular Kindle stores.
Additionally, it offers KDP Select, an option that can help first-time authors but comes with an exclusivity period. This prevents authors from publishing or selling their eBook anywhere else for the first 90 days while it is up on KDP. However, it also restricts potential royalties from other platforms.
KDP offers royalties up to 70%, depending on the book price. It supports different file formats but finally converts them all into a Kindle book that sells only on Amazon.
The major benefit of KDP is that it accesses Amazon’s vast network and publishing audience. However, it is only restricted to Amazon and cannot be used to link with other eBook stores.
If you’re looking to e-publish an educational eBook, you can consider KITABOO’s digital textbook platform. It caters to K-12 and higher education publishers, enabling them to create and publish interactive eBooks for different learning styles.
Barnes & Noble Press
Barnes & Noble is a major retailer in the US and also has a significant presence in the UK and other countries. Like other retailers, it offers royalties up to 70%, depending on the price of the ebook. Publishing and selling on its eBook store is also free of cost.
The top benefit is that you benefit from their wide presence (and all the promotional benefits that come with it) and large customer base. Additionally, the user dashboard is simple to navigate, so tracking book sales is straightforward.
Additionally, their eBooks can be read on their e-reader NOOK. In addition to being one of the biggest US bookstores and offering a popular online platform, it also has Barnes & Noble Press, where authors can self-publish eBooks.
If you’re looking for a seamless process to create, publish, and distribute your eBooks, consider KITABOO. Its digital textbook platform allows you to create multimedia eBooks and easily publish and distribute them with a drag-and-drop on your branded eBook store.
Apple Books
Apple Books has a wide reach, particularly since its app comes preinstalled on all Apple devices, making it a probable option for Apple users. You can easily self-publish by creating the content on Pages and then publishing the eBook directly to the Apple Bookstore.
A key benefit is that it is “aggregator agnostic,” meaning that you can choose to either publish an eBook directly using Apple’s tools or send it to Apple Books through an aggregator like Draft2Digital.
If you’re interested in educational publishing, consider KITABOO. You can create digital textbooks on its platform that easily integrate with an existing eStore as well as Learning Management Systems.
KITABOO
KITABOO offers a publishing platform for digital textbooks as well as an eBook store.
You can set up an eBook web store using the KITABOO eCommerce engine, which will cover your eBook distribution from hosting eBooks to managing categories, pricing, and promotions. Additionally, your web store is fully white-labeled and branded. Users can also read eBooks on branded apps and multiple devices.
Further, you can easily integrate your e-store with your social media pages so social media platforms can easily bring a potential customer to your e-store. KITABOO supports digital content compatible with a range of devices.
Using its eBook store, you can build customer loyalty through interactive features like a “like” button on your products and a comment box for customers to leave feedback on products.
Secure your digital textbook with DRM-protected and encrypted distribution that is cloud-based. Your readers also benefit from its reader app that allows them to download books, read offline, annotate, highlight, search, and collaborate. Using your branded reader app, you can distribute material to teachers and students.
Summing Up
It’s 2024, and e-learning is here to stay. The right eBook store can help you publish, present, promote, and distribute your digital textbook in a seamless yet effective way.
Head to KITABOO for a one-stop platform where you can easily create, publish, and distribute your digital textbooks. It easily integrates with an existing e-store and LMS to ensure flexibility and convenience. Connect with us now!
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