![]() ![]() Some authors only own the rights in specific countries and other indie authors can opt into worldwide distribution. Once your book is uploaded into the system, you can setup your book to be sold in different countries. You can either opt into protecting your book with encryption or make it DRM-FREE! ![]() One factor that authors are loving so far is the optional ability to employ Digital Rights Management. Writing Life will then convert the book for you and show you examples of how it looks. Once you input all descriptions and cover art, you can upload your book in PDF, DOC, TXT, or EPUB format. You simply input all of the necessary fields such as Name, Title, Cover Art, Series Name, Imprint, Publishers Name, and others. When you upload a new book, the submission process is very clean and elegant. The eBooks section is the most important aspect of Writing Life and lets you check out books in Progress, Delisted/Inactive, and On Sale books. Demers (available EVERYWHERE through every major e-retailer’s catalog) and is one of the best all inclusive self-pub help/advice/support books out there. One book we recommend is written by global indie author M.A. There are some great books that discuss ALL self-pub options, including info on how to self-pub at KDP, B&N, and Smashwords. The main page of the learning center gives you some videos that outline the service and provide some basic guidance on how to use Writing Life. The Kobo Learning Center is your online destination to find guides, tutorials, and updates on Writing Life. Being able to track book sales country by country is currently one of the favorite options by authors participating in the beta program. You can track your sales by individual country and how many sales originate from particular locations. ![]() It also gives you personalized purchase activity on a day by day basis. The main Dashboard gives you an indication on how your books are doing on a regional or global basis. There are three major aspects of Kobo Writing Life for authors: Dashboard, eBooks, and the Learning Center. It also gives you the power to download your file and distribute it to friends and family, or even use it for self-promotion. It gives authors the ability to convert an existing Microsoft Word file to an EPUB format. The development of this self-publishing initiative has taken well over a year to develop and is finally released. This free download features a compilation of several of our popular podcast episodes all about the art and crafting of audiobooks.Īnd, lastly, if you’re looking to begin your audiobook publishing journey, we highly recommend this informative video on how audiobook uploads work on KWL.Kobo has finally taken the wraps off of its newest project, Kobo Writing Life. If you are interested in learning more, contact us at has also put together an audiobook – or, rather, a podiobook – all about audiobooks. Yes! We frequently feature audiobooks as points of discussion on our podcast, our blog, and more. Plus, every year we celebrate audiobook month in June with merchandising and sales, so be sure to join the celebration next year!ĭo you offer other merchandising opportunities for audiobooks? Yes! We frequently have promotional opportunities specifically for audiobooks. You publish your audiobooks with us as well as other platforms. ![]() No! We do not require exclusivity at all. Yes! If you do use AI narration for your audiobook, we simply ask that you indicate this in your metadata by a) mentioning that your book is auto-narrated somewhere in the description and b) attributing the narrator to the name of the AI voice used (as seen in the Google Play narrators – all of them have mononyms). Yes! An individual file cannot exceed 200 MB in size and all files combined cannot exceed 2 GB in size. Now, on to some frequently asked questions! Select the countries wherein you hold the rights to your audiobookįor a more comprehensive breakdown of each step, check out our instructions here. Organize your files (by creating a table of contents)Ĩ. ![]()
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