![]() ![]() Ingram will assign a free non-distributable SKU in this case. There are times when you may want to prevent a book from being sold by retailers, and not using an ISBN is the perfect way to do that. But if you do accept returns, through IngramSpark you can choose to have those destroyed or shipped to you for other uses.ĥ. Nevertheless, it's an option with IngramSpark. Few if any bookstores will order books that are non-returnable. In other words, your books are on consignment. It is standard practice in the book trade to permit bookstores to return unsold books. ![]() Through IngramSpark, self-publishers can accept returns, or not. The standard discount (55%) will get your book into the most retailers, but Ingram also allows publishers to choose a number between 30 and 54% (most international markets require a minimum 35% discount).Ĥ. With IngramSpark, self-publishers can set wholesale discounts. (Note that a hardcover requires an additional ISBN, but this is an otherwise affordable way to create an additional item to sell.)ģ. Amazon began offering hardcover books in 2021, but they don't print dust jackets, and there are a limited number of trim sizes. IngramSpark prints hardcover books with dust jackets. Self-publishers can list their print book for sale up to one year in advance of its release date.Ģ. With this financial obstacle removed, how is IngramSpark different from KDP Print? Five important ways IngramSpark is different from Amazon KDP Printġ. IngramSpark now offers customers a free ISBN option, just like Amazon KDP. Up until April 2020, IngramSpark required authors to have their own ISBN, or to buy one through Ingram for $85, if they wished to use Ingram to distribute their print book (more about imprints and ISBNs below). The free ISBN from IngramSpark removed that advantage *If you use Amazon’s (or Ingram’s) free ISBN, that company is technically your publisher. In 2018 (the last year these numbers were reported), Amazon published* 1.42 million print books, leaving just 130,000 to be published by others. It is an important reason why Amazon’s market share of self-published print books increased from 6% in 2007 to 92% in 2018. Amazon KDP Print (formerly CreateSpace)įor years, first with CreateSpace and now with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Amazon enjoyed a competitive advantage because it provides a free ISBN-the mandatory unique book identification number-for selling books in print through book retailers. Authors who are self-publishing print books have essentially two options for affordable print-on-demand (POD) and distribution to Amazon and other online retailers:ġ.
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