I tried all the other online book-sellers too and no other book-seller gave me any kind of the same problems. They royally screwed up my material and put it online that way and then I couldn’t get them to take it down and fix it. No other book-seller behaves the way they do. They targeted me for my work and played endless games with me trying to get them to fix what they did to my work. They’ll screw around with your material if they don’t like you and they’ll give you the total run a round ever getting anything fixed. Others may charge for conversions and pass along sales. Some options give you free conversion and take a cut of the sales. This file can then be used for other retailers, book reviews or to share with friends and family. If you pay (and with everyone you will pay one way or another) for a service like conversion then you should own the files. I believe strongly that authors and independent publishers should retain ownership of their files and materials. My favourite thing about Kobo Writing Life is that authors are able to download their ePUBfile after conversion. So how does Kobo Writing Life stack up against some alternatives like Smashwords or BookBaby? In one way or another they all seem to have pros and cons. There are now many options available to authors who want to self publish and I’ve been comparing them all recently. I believe they are demonstrating the same care and knowledge when dealing with small publishers or authors starting their indie publishing journey. I feel that Kobo get the publishing industry. I had high hopes about the launch of their self-publishing platform – Writing Life. I’ve always been impressed at the depth of knowledge Kobo had about their readers. They launched early into the Australian market (May 2010) and were my primary ebook store for this reason. Regular readers of this blog will be aware I’m a bit of a Kobo fan. A long and interesting article in Digireado:
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