The ABCs of Self Publishing Platforms: Apple Books

 APPLE BOOKS FORMERLY iBOOKS

https://www.apple.com/apple-books/

Apple Books offers ebooks and audiobooks. They have a reading app for Apple products. They do not require exclusivity. Apple dominates the Australian market.

 Cost: It is free to upload your cover and files and you can make changes. No delivery fees. You can make your book free for promotions. There is no price matching.

 Rights: You maintain all rights. They will provide a free ISBN exclusive to their book version or you can use your own. No ISBN is required for ebooks. They assign a book identification number.

Distribution: Distribution is only on Apple Books. There is no exclusivity.

 Services: They offer tips on writing your book, design, publishing, audiobooks, and marketing. They have videos on how to launch and market your book. 

You can use their Pages tool to customize your design, add images, and prepare your file for Apple Books. You can use Microsoft Word. You can convert your book to EPUB. They also partner with EPUB file conversion service providers: Bookwire, De Marque, Draft2Digital, Ingram/CoreSource, Lantern, OTOBANK, PublishDrive, and Zebralution.

You can set up preorders.

They offer an Affiliate Program for you to earn revenue when you promote other books by sharing links on social media, your website, email newsletters, and other marketing efforts. This revenue is in addition to your royalty payment for the sale of your book. It’s a simple way for you to maximize your income on Apple Books.

Payment: Apple pays 70% royalties 32 days after the end of the month in which you sold books using direct deposit into a bank account set up on iTunes Connect. If you sell directly through Apple, you can monitor the performance of your titles with daily sales reports. Sales They report your sales to the IRS on a 1099.

Next week, we look at Barnes & Noble Press.

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