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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 1 Oct 19

I've started the publishing process and I can answer questions people asked about it. In the past year, KDP Direct merged with CreateSpace under the KDP Direct banner. One of the questions asked was would I need to reformat my...

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Diary 22nd To 24th November 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Nov 18

Diary Thursday 22nd November 2018 I did my daily job searching and sent my complaints to the community centre regarding their decision to not regard me as a true volunteer despite presenting talks to their members and therefore...

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Is any software available to show amount of sale of books?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 3 Mar 17

Presently writers can go to the site and see their ISBN number of the book they have published. But they have no clue about how many copies of Books are sold in a given period. The publishers give a yearly report and there is no...

If publishers dont give accurate figures to writers is it fare?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 24 Aug 16

According to Copyright Act in India, writers get only 10 % of the sale price of books. Publishers have the information as to number of copies sold. Even by using ISBN No it is not possible to know how many copies are sold. So if...

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Self-publishing on Lulu .com: Good or bad?

guypersona @guypersona (57) • Philippines 22 Apr 11

So i just came across Lulu... It's a website where you could publish your books or e-books. I think it's great but i'm confused at the paying part. They want me to pay over $500 for an ISBN thing. what is it about? and is it a...

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zugedanit @zugedanit (1958) • Philippines 18 Feb 07

I'm trying to publish my own book and just found out I need to get an ISBN. What is an ISBN, how do I get one, and how much does it cost?