Moving from CreateSpace to KDP: Sales, Royalties… Chris McMullen

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

If you haven’t found Chris’s site yet and you are an Indie author…head on over for reams of excellent information and advice:

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FROM CREATESPACE TO KINDLE DIRECT PUBLISHING

As you may know, Amazon is merging its two print-on-demand publishing services. CreateSpace is becoming part of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).

Originally, KDP was for Kindle eBooks, while CreateSpace was for paperbacks (and videos and even audio).

However, in recent months KDP has added print-on-demand publishing for print books. It has slowly evolved, and now matches CreateSpace in terms of quality, service, and prices (with a few subtle exceptions). Overall, in a few ways, KDP’s print-on-demand is a little above and beyond CreateSpace (it wasn’t originally, but now that it has finished evolving, it is now).

Last week, I transferred my paperback titles from CreateSpace to KDP. It was quick and easy. However, the reporting gave me some anxiety at first, and it took 4 days to catch up. It seemed a bit scary for a few days, but all is fine now.

I SURVIVED THE MERGER BETWEEN CREATESPACE AND KDP AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE!

Hopefully, you will, too. Be sure to order your survival t-shirt. (Just kidding. But really, if you order a custom-made one, that would be pretty cool.)

DO YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER YOUR TITLES?

Well, on the one hand, if you just sit and wait, it will eventually happen automatically. Maybe at the end of the month, if they’re ready.

Continue reading at Chris McMullen

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent is a Yorkshire-born writer and one of the Directors of The Silent Eye, a modern Mystery School. She writes alone and with Stuart France, exploring ancient myths, the mysterious landscape of Albion and the inner journey of the soul. Find out more at France and Vincent. She is owned by a small dog who also blogs. Follow her at scvincent.com and on Twitter @SCVincent. Find her books on Goodreads and follow her on Amazon worldwide to find out about new releases and offers. Email: findme@scvincent.com.
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9 Responses to Moving from CreateSpace to KDP: Sales, Royalties… Chris McMullen

  1. floridaborne says:
    September 29, 2018 at 18:01

    I’m trying to move my books, but KDP has been doing the circle thing “thinking” for the past 10 minutes. Probably a lot of people switching right now.

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  2. Marilyn Armstrong says:
    September 29, 2018 at 18:29

    I’m just going to let it happen. My book is mostly sold as a Kindle anyway. I think the ONLY one who orders print copies is me so I can sign them for friends who don’t already have one. Let it be, let it be.

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  3. dgkaye says:
    September 30, 2018 at 18:23

    I got the pop up offer last week. Everything moved in less than 2 minutes, thank goodness! 🙂 xx

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