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Amazon’s Brand of Censorship – Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author – Part 3
Amazon’s Brand of Censorship – Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author – Part 3 Now, the week-end is over, the full implication of the dangers included in violating Amazon Content Guidelines have fully sunk in, it is time to examine them with total attention. So, without further ado, let’s broach the fifth and last item on the agenda. (please note that the featured image is a Print Screen of these Amazon content guidelines as of … Read entire article »
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Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author – Part 2
Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author – Part 2 Back to part 1 – Onto Part 3 Now onto to the slightly more disputable item, the confidentiality… 3. Revealing confidential information If you ever wondered why it is so difficult to find out statistics about sales figures by self-published writers, here it is, underlined below, in an extract of Amazon KDP Terms and Conditions. 7 Confidentiality. You will not, without our express, prior written permission: (a) issue any … Read entire article »
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Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author! – Part 1
Avoid Getting Banned from Amazon as an Author! – Part 1 So your book is now finished and up on Amazon shelves and you are keen to push the sales. Yet, better beware of using tactics that are in violation with the Terms and Condition of Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, as this would effectively give Amazon grounds to ban you for life from using their services as an author. As 80% of online book sales typically … Read entire article »
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The Right Royalties Rates
Last week we had a look at the dangers of signing a publishing contract where royalties are based on the Net. This has a direct influence on the amount of money the author will receive from the sales of his books, but so does the agreed upon percentage of royalties the author is contractually entitled to. A self-published author pricing his books in Amazon defined bracket can earn as much as 70% of the cover price of … Read entire article »
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The Dangers of Royalties on Net
When signing a publishing contract, the amount of money that is due to the author is a percentage of the sale price of the book as defined by the publisher. This percentage is called royalties and the system applies both to print books and digital books. At first sight, this seem straightforward enough, if a book sells for $10 for example, a 25% royalty should be $2.5. This of course depends on the wording of the contract. … Read entire article »
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