book distribution and printing

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Access to that audience is why every retailer takes a cut of the revenue. For example, if you published a 100-page 6×9 paperback with Amazon and listed it for $12.00, here’s what your price breakdown would look like: Pricing example for a simple paperback book sold on Amazon See that $5.60? That’s how much you make for each sale. The other $9.40 goes to the printing cost and Amazon’s coffers. Nothing wrong with this arrangement, KDP’s 60% is pretty normal for book distribution and printing. But you’re also competing with every other author using KDP. Instead, you can sell from your own website to the audience you’ve nurtured and grown.

Here’s what that same book would look like if you sold it using Lulu Direct: Pricing example for Pakistan Email List a simple paperback book sold on your own site using Lulu Direct You’ll earn more and you’ll be selling from your own ecommerce site, so all the customer data will stay with you. Not to mention your customers won’t get cheaply printed, cheaply bound books from Lulu’s printers. Using Ecommerce to Sell Your Book Directly selling to your readers has several benefits,



including: Building true fans Maximizing income Cross-selling Growing your email list You’ll use an ecommerce service like Shopify or WooCommerce to create a storefront on your existing website. Then you can connect to Lulu Direct to sell your books and have them printed and shipped on-demand, directly to your reader. Let’s look at adding books to your product catalog for both Shopify and WooCommerce. Building a Webstore With Shopify Shopify’s site builder is pretty easy to use and offers themes/customizations.