I’ve also found that members of one of my writing groups struggle with this distinction between publishers, packagers, and distributors from Sarah Bolme. There’s also some great information about Amazon’s imprints. Enjoy!
I am surprised by the number of indie and self-published authors who tell me that the publisher of their book is Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, or IngramSpark.
It is clear to me that these authors do not understand the difference between an author, a publisher, and a publishing platform.
Authors and publishers have distinct jobs. These jobs are as follows:
Author’s job:
- Write a manuscript
- Engage in marketing to assist sales
Publisher’s job:
- Edit the manuscript
- Create a cover
- Lay out the book
- Secure a printer
- Assign an ISBN
- Access distribution for sales to retail and other channels
- Engage in marketing to ensure sales
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is neither an author or a publisher. It does not write, edit, lay out, or create a cover design for your book. What KDP offers are services.
They offer a cover design template, an ebook conversion program, printing, distribution for sales, and…
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