Goodreads Authors/Readers discussion

Does CreateSpace prevent authors from listing their work on other platforms such as Nook, B&N.com, etc?

I think from memory if you have your book on expanded distribution, all 6 channels selected, you can't have it on other platforms? But, if you only choose the first three channels, then you should be okay.

Ahhhh okay... I was considering putting it on Nook because not all people use Kindle... Thanks...

Createspace doesn't but Amazon does if you enroll your book into KDP.

It is on KDP, but not Select. I thought Select was the only exclusive platform?

C. wrote: "Does CreateSpace prevent authors from listing their work on other platforms such as Nook, B&N.com, etc?"

Are you talking about paperback or e-books?

For paperback, they don't care. I use both CS and Lightning Source for my trade paperbacks, with CS feeding Amazon and LS supplying everyone else. This way, my books are always in stock on nearly all the Amazon storefronts, but I get the reach and respectability of Ingram in the rest of the world.

You may experience some pushback from retailers not wanting to stock a paperback produced by the 'Zon.

I know CS is now pushing a "publish on Kindle" option. I'm not sure why you'd bother when it's so easy to go direct through KDP, and you need a KDP account anyway.

I asked because some folks I know only use Nook... I do have another issue - I have a B&N store that is willing to stock my book in fiction, but CS shows up in their system as non-returnable. I figured being on BN.com would solve it. Ingram is their distributor and I have expanded distribution

Has anyone ever gone through the Kindle Scout program? I've got my book on there and am wondering how many nominations it takes to get picked up...

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/2DLG...

C. wrote: "I asked because some folks I know only use Nook..."

If you're not already creating ePubs for Nook and Kobo, you probably should be. You can directly upload your ePubs to Nook Press and Kobo Writing Life, or go through a service like Draft2Digital, which distributes to a number of outlets (including iBooks, so you don't have to buy a Mac).

C. wrote: "I have a B&N store that is willing to stock my book in fiction, but CS shows up in their system as non-returnable. I figured being on BN.com would solve it. Ingram is their distributor and I have expanded distribution..."

CS' expanded distribution may say it feeds Ingram, but there's no mechanism I've ever run into that allows you to set trade discounts or returnability in CS. Most bricks-and-mortar stores won't stock non-returnable books.

You may be better off going through IngramSpark if you aren't already hooked up with Lightning Source. They can manage your non-Zon paperback distro and some ePub distro, and it all looks like Ingram to the outside world. I'm in LS because I started doing this before Spark existed, and I use them only for paperback distro.