Why can my entire book be seen for free on Google?

Written by Bo Bennett on . Posted in Distribution: Retail Partners

It can't.  Google displays 20% of the book, and they do it by displaying the first 20% of each chapter.  If you try to actually read your book all the way through, you will see this.

How come my title is not coming up in the Amazon search?

Written by Bo Bennett on . Posted in Distribution: Retail Partners

Your book may be listed on Amazon or one of the other retailers, but that does not mean your book will show up right away in the search.  These retailers do not automatically index your book the day they make it available.  In fact, it could take quite some time for your book to come up via search.

Maybe it has been "quite a while" and your books is not coming up in when searching either keywords, title, or by author.  If you have a common title or author name, this might be the case.  The better selling books come up first, even if it is not as good as a match.  This is just the way they do it.  As for keywords, remember that perhaps tens of thousands of authors are using your same keywords.  This is like listing a webpage in Google -- keywords help, but if they are common, they are basically useless.

Where will my book appear if I use your distribution/publishing service?

Written by Bo Bennett on . Posted in Distribution: Retail Partners

We will distribute your book to the following retailers.  Note that the retailers are not contractually obligated to accept your book, but for the most part, almost all books are accepted.  Apple is the most strict with their books they accept.  Also, some retailers are specialty retailers and only accept certain genres.

Major Retailers

Google
iBookstore (Apple)
Amazon
Sony Reader Store
Barnes and Noble
Kobo (Borders)
Ingram Digital

Major Outlets Through Ingram Digital

BookSense / American Booksellers Association (ABA)    www.indiebound.com
BooksonBoard    www.booksonboard.com
Cokesbury.com    www.cokesbury.com
Computer Manuals Ltd.    www.ereadable.com
Diesel eBooks (Tools of the Shade, LLC)    www.diesel-ebooks.com
eBookMall    www.ebookmall.com
Fictionwise    "www.fictionwise.com
www.ereader.com"
Lybrary.com    www.lybrary.com
Powells    www.powells.com
Publisher Services Inc.    www.onebookshelf.com
Textbooks.com (MBS)    www.textbooks.com
Payloadz.com    www.payloadz.com
EDigitalMediaStore.com/Audiobooks.com (audio & e-book)    www.edigitalmediastore.com
eCampus.com    www.ecampus.com
eBookShop (South Africa)    www.ebookshop.co.za
CyberRead    www.cyberread.com
BOL.com    www.bol.com
Direct Ebooks (Ireland)    www.directebooks.com
All Romance eBooks (romance books only)    www.allromance.com
All Romance eBooks / Omni Lit (all books)    www.omnilit.com
Lulu.com    www.lulu.com
eBook Pie    www.ebookpie.com
Entourage Systems    www.entourageeDGe.com
Wizpac Txtr.com (Germany)    www.txtr.com
Campus eBooks (Denmark)    www.slbooks.dk
The Book Depository (UK)    www.bookdepository.com
DittoBook    www.dittostore.com
Team Research / Astak    www.MyEZRead.com
TookBook (Croatia)    www.TookBook.com
Bookshop Krisostomus (Estonia)    www.kreso.ee
Kalahari.net (South Africa)    www.24.com
Advantage Media Group (Australia)    www.ebookbop.com.au
eCommSource (Ireland)    www.bookvault.ie
Kobo Books (Canada) (also powers Borders.com)    www.kobobooks.com, www.borders.com
Saraiva e Siciliano (Brazil)     www.livrariasaraiva.com.br/
Fishpond (New Zealand / Australia)    www.fishpond.com.au, www.fishpond.co.nz
AudiobooksDirect (Australia - audio only)    www.audiobooksdirect.com.au
For-Side.com (Japan)    www.mobi-book.com
MP Publishing (UK)    www.bookNebook.com
DMC / The Copia    www.thecopia.com
EC Media International / The Wink Store (India)     www.thewinkstore.com
The PocketBook USA    www.bookland.net
DEA (Italy)    www.deastore.it
Tradebit (Germany)    www.tradebit.com
Infibeam (India)    www.infibeam.com
Page Foundry     www.inktera.com
Best Price Wholesale    www.pagesebooks.com
WOWIO    www.wowio.com
Feedbooks (France)    www.feedbooks.com
BeamItDown Software    www.iflowreader.com
Suomalainenkk (Finland)    www.suomalainen.com
SBS Special Book Services (Brazil)    www.sbs.com.br
Asia Books (Thailand)    www.asiabooks.com
TreeFreeMobile    www.treefreemobile.com
Wiltronic / iView    www.greenpandora.com
Booksygen (France)*    www.booksygen.com

What languages do the bookstores accept?

Written by Bo Bennett on . Posted in Distribution: Retail Partners

Each retailer is different.  Here is a list of our major retailers and what languages they accept:

  • Amazon: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
  • iBookstore: English, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish
  • Barnes & Noble: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, and Dutch
  • Kobo: English
  • Lightning Source: virtually all languages*
  • Sony Reader Store: English, French, Spanish

* At eBookIt.com, we can only work with eBooks in the following languages: English, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish