I'm working on self-publishing both my own work and that of a friend. After reviewing publishing contracts to the point where my brain felt like it was oozing out of my nose, it seems that the best route for his debut novel will be going through the Amazon, KDP/CreateSpace/ACX route. He is also a voice actor and has a small studio in his home where he records his own stuff.
His main goal is to get the book put out as an Audiobook as it is semi-autobiographical and full of himself doing the impressions that he does when he talks to himself. Since ACX requires that you have the book already on Amazon with an ISBN either in eBook format or print (or both) we're definitely going with the KDP and most of the other self-published I know have used CreateSpace, so I'm looking in to that.
Based on what I've read from others, their Amazon sales far outweigh the sales they see from anywhere else. Is it worth just going the KDP Select route for the 70% royalty rather than trying to market your book to other places?
I actually have a lot of questions and I'm putting out a wall of text here, sorry about that. Would you mind if I were to simply message you about some of this stuff?
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I'm working on self-publishing both my own work and that of a friend. After reviewing publishing contracts to the point where my brain felt like it was oozing out of my nose, it seems that the best route for his debut novel will be going through the Amazon, KDP/CreateSpace/ACX route. He is also a voice actor and has a small studio in his home where he records his own stuff.
His main goal is to get the book put out as an Audiobook as it is semi-autobiographical and full of himself doing the impressions that he does when he talks to himself. Since ACX requires that you have the book already on Amazon with an ISBN either in eBook format or print (or both) we're definitely going with the KDP and most of the other self-published I know have used CreateSpace, so I'm looking in to that.
Based on what I've read from others, their Amazon sales far outweigh the sales they see from anywhere else. Is it worth just going the KDP Select route for the 70% royalty rather than trying to market your book to other places?
I actually have a lot of questions and I'm putting out a wall of text here, sorry about that. Would you mind if I were to simply message you about some of this stuff?
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