Education and Learning

Wide for the Win

Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to SuccessBy Mark Leslie Lefebvre

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Are you looking for ways to stop being dependent upon only Amazon for your author earnings income? Are you hoping to expand and grow your sales on multiple platforms in global territories? Do you need strategies to help you get started NOW in terms of creating a successful "publish wide" author plan? Would you like to increase and optimize your sales on Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and more? Then WIDE FOR THE WIN is the book for you.The book is based on knowledge derived from decades of working within the publishing and bookselling landscape and in-depth discussions, interviews, and insights along with tips, strategies, and pathways to success from hundreds of authors who have already discovered the thrill of forging their own unique pathways to success.

Journey Rebellion Survival Exploration Identity Political Intrigue

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GenreEducation and Learning

Length9 hrs 58 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMar 23, 2021

LanguageEnglish

1Title and Note

63Nook

2Foreword

64Other Retailers & Platforms

3Introduction: Prefatory Disclaimers, A Note on Biases, and How to Use this Book | What is Wide?

65Print Books

4No, Seriously. Get to the Bloody Point: What is Wide?

66Examples of Digital VS Offset Printers

5Disclaimers

67Direct Print Options

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6A Note on Biases

68Amazon KDP Print

7I Don’t Hate Amazon

69Barnes & Noble Press

8An Admission of Exclusivity

70Print Aggregators

9My Numbers on Wide

71BookBaby

10Erin Wright’s Numbers for Wide

72Lulu

11How to Use This Book

73Draft2Digital Print

12PART I: | A WINNING WIDE MINDSET

74IngramSpark

13Wide is More Than Just About Eggs and Baskets

75Audiobooks

14Counterpoints to Wide

76ACX

15Why I Am Not Wide: Perspective from Mark Dawson

77Authors Republic

16Counter-Counter Thoughts to Kindle Exclusivity

78Findaway Voices

17Pet Peeves about Kindle Exclusivity | The Exclusivity Program is Called KDP Select, not KU

79Kobo Writing Life

18My Biggest Pet Peeve about Amazon Exclusivity

80Final Thoughts

19The Concept of Quantum Eggs

81PART III | WIDE WITH LIBRARIES

20Stuck in My Limited View

82Libraries for the Win

21When Weir Things Happen

83Library Platform Overview

22The Egg’s the Thing

84Baker & Taylor

23Wide Beyond the “Kindle Exclusive vs Other eBook Retailers,” Argument

85bibliotheca

24Traditional Book-Related Revenue Sources

86BorrowBox

25Discovering a New Spirit

87Gardners Library

26Thank You, Apple

88hoopla

27More Than Just Books

89Odilo

28Hybrid and Traditional Publishing for the Win

90OverDrive

29Publishing Contracts

91The A’s of Library Strategy

30Ten Tips for Going Wide

92Availability: Print Books

31Wide Mindset for the Win

93Availability: eBooks

32Wide Strategies Versus Narrow Tactics

94Availability: Audiobooks

33Pre-Orders for the Win

95Mining OverDrive for Information

34Traditionally Published Books—Overview

96Reaching Out to The Library

35Indie Published Books—Overview

97The Library’s Needs

36Pre-orders by Storefront

98The BIG DEAL about Large Print

37Pre-orders and Merchandisers

99Leaving Your MARC

38Breaking the Bank with Box Sets

100Public Lending Right Perks

39A Word about Box Sets

101What Is Public Lending Right?

40Discoverability

102How Does Public Lending Right Work?

41Banking on Digital Box Sets

103How Are Payments to Authors Calculated?

423D or not 3D, that is the Question!

104Who Qualifies for Payment of PLR?

43Important Pricing Wide Practices

105Details from Canada’s PLR Program

44Your Contractual Pricing Obligation

106A Personal Example of Canada’s PLR

45Tips for Authors at Different Stages

107PART IV | DIRECT SALES & OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME

46At the Start of Your Indie Writer Journey

108Direct Sales

47Coming out of a Tour of Duty in KDP Select

109Other Revenue Sources | Bookchain

48Returning to WIDE

110Bundle Platforms

49You’ve Been WIDE and You’re Not Selling

111Kickstarter & Crowdfunding

50Thinking Narrow When Being Wide

112Patreon & Subscription Services

51Who is Going to Promote my Book the Best?

113Short Stories/Articles

52PART II | RETAIL PLATFORMS

114VoiceMap

53Direct VS Distribution

115YouTube

54Clarification of Definitions

116PART V | CLOSING THOUGHTS

55Determining Factors

117A Word About the “The Good Old Days” of Self-Publishing

56The Difference Between Distributors and Vanity Publishing/Vanity Presses

118Wide Is Being Inclusive

57Additional Factors: Relationships & Loyalty

119Wide for the Fail

58eBooks | Amazon Kindle

120Resources

5970% Royalty Rate x (Promotional List Price—applicable VAT - Delivery Costs) = Royalty

121Glossary

60Apple Books

122About the Author

61Google Play

123Further Reading: Publishing Pitfalls for Authors

62Kobo

124Copyright

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