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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.
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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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I’ll let them do it when they are ready…
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Once I refreshed the page, it was very easy. I can tell you for a fact if there is a way to mess something like this up, I’d be the one it would happen to. 🙂
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I can completely relate to that, Joelle 🙂 And I’ll keep my fongers crossed…
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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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I will too…then deal with any issues that arise, if they do…
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I got the pop up offer last week. Everything moved in less than 2 minutes, thank goodness! 🙂 xx
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That sounds the way to go! 🙂
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🙂
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