For years, Amazon has been the driving force behind eBook sales and the self-publishing industry as a whole. According to book promotion experts, Amazon sells 90 percent of all ebooks, and self-published ebooks accounted for 50 percent of Amazon's 4 million ebooks released in 2016.
Although Amazon book publishing is not solely to blame for the rise of self-publishing in recent years, it has significantly impacted. And it's still the most cost-effective and profitable way to self-publish a book for a large audience. We'll walk you through the process, the decisions you'll have to make as you prepare to publish your book, and how to improve your Amazon publishing tools for sales and success.
First and foremost, as Forbes explains, Amazon provides various services for self-publishers, including a variety of perks for authors. Depending on your demands and desired outcomes, your Amazon book publishing strategy will most likely contain a combination of these services.