Ungapapasha njani kwiAmazon KDP?

Ngaba ukhe wacinga ngokupapasha kwiAmazon KDP ? Kulungile unako ngokulula ukuphumelela kwiintengiso ukuba uyayazi indlela yokwenza. Uluhlu lweenketho zokupapasha incwadi lubanzi, phakathi kwabavakalisi bendabuko kunye namaqonga afana ne-Amazon. Kukho abavakalisi abasekela inxalenye yeshishini labo kwindawo yedijithali kwaye balawule yonke inkqubo kude kube ukupapashwa.

Fumana imali kwi IAmazon ayisekho naziphi na iimfihlo kuba akukho mntu. Kweli nqaku, ndigxile kwi-Amazon kwaye ndikunike isikhokelo esipheleleyo sokupapasha nokuthengisa incwadi yakho apho. Makhe siye

Yintoni iAmazon KDP

I-acronym KDP ibhekisa kwi-Kindle Direct Publishing, eyiqonga le-Amazon lokuzipapasha. Eqaliswe ekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-2000, abapapashi babethandabuza ekuqaleni ukupapasha iincwadi kwifomathi yedijithali. Ngeli xesha, abantu ababekhe bathenga ii-e-books ngaphambili bazifumana benqongophele iimpapasho. Oku kukhokelele ababhali abaninzi abazimeleyo ukuba bafumane indlela yokuzenza baziwe kwaye bathengise imiqulu yabo kwi-ebook yokushicilela.

Namhlanje imeko yahluke gqitha. IAmazon iqikelelwa ukulawula ngaphezulu kwe-80% yemarike eUnited States kunye nesilayi esincinci saloo pie ukuya kwii-iBooks okanye abanye abapapashi. Kubabhali abazimeleyo, i-Amazon KDP yeyona ndlela iphambili yokuthengisa. Ikhathalogu ye-eBook ye-Amazon ikhule ngokukhawuleza, kwaye namhlanje kukho iimpapasho kuzo zonke iintlobo zezihloko, iindidi, kunye neendidi. Ngokusisiseko nge-KDP ungapapasha kwaye uthengise i-ebook kwiAmazon ngokulula kakhulu.

Isebenza njani iAmazon KDP?

IAmazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) liqonga lokupapasha elivumela ababhali ukuba bazipapashe iincwadi zabo zedijithali kwiAmazon. Yenza ngokulula iakhawunti yeAmazon kwaye ubhalise kwi-KDP ukuqala ukupapasha. Ubhaliso lusimahla kwaye lunokwenziwa kwimizuzu nje embalwa.

Umbhali ulayisha umbhalo wakhe ofomathiweyo (iLizwi, iPDF, i-HTML, i-ePub, njl.) kunye nekhava yakhe. I-KDP ngoko ithatha unonophelo lokuyiguqulela ngokuzenzekelayo kwifomati ye-Kindle ukuze ihambelane ne-e-readers kunye nezicelo. Ngaphambi kokupapasha, umbhali unokujonga kuqala i-ebook yabo njengoko iya kuvela kwimidiya ye-Kindle. Nje ukuba anelisekile sisiphumo, kufuneka acofe nje "ukushicilela” ukuyenza ifumaneke ukuba ithengiswe kwiAmazon.

Umbhali ukhetha ixabiso lokuthengisa le-ebook yakhe, ngokubanzi phakathi $0,99 yaye $200. Kwakhona ubeka ipesenti yemali yokuhlawula anqwenela ukuyiqokelela kwintengiso nganye, enokuthi isuse kwi-35% ukuya kwi-70% yexabiso lokuthengisa. Nje ukuba ipapashwe, le ncwadi isasazwe kwi-Amazon.com nakwiivenkile zeKindle kwamanye amazwe. Ngentengiso nganye, umbhali ufumana iimali ezikhethiweyo.

Kubiza malini ukupapasha incwadi kwiAmazon                            

Ukupapasha incwadi kwiAmazon KDP yi simahla ngokupheleleyo. Iqonga alikuhlawulisi ukuba ulayishe incwadi yakho ukuze uyithengise kunye nabo, kodwa iseka imirhumo kwezo ntengiso. IAmazon inendlela eyahlukileyo yokwenza oku, kuba ibonelela ngeendlela ezimbini: ubukhosi obungama-35% kunye ne-70%.

• I-35% yentlawulo

Olu khetho lwasebukhosini lusebenza kwiintengiso ze-eBook kubathengi nakuwuphi na ummandla. Kukhetho lwe-35%, le pesenti iphindaphindwe ngexabiso lekhathalogu ye-Electronic Book ngaphandle kwe-VAT.

I-35% x (ixabiso loluhlu - i-VAT esebenzayo) = Iintlawulo zentlawulo

Ayinaendleko zokuthumela ngenqanawa.

• I-70% yentlawulo

Olu khetho lwasebukhosini lusebenza kwiintengiso ze-eBook kubathengi kuluhlu oluthile lwemimandla. Kukhetho lwe-70% yeRoyalty, le pesenti iphindaphindwe ngoluhlu lwexabiso le-eBook ngaphandle kwe-VAT, iindleko zokuthumela ngenqanawe zedijithali (kubathengi abakwimimandla engasentla).

70% x (uluhlu lwexabiso – i-VAT esebenzayo – iindleko zokuhanjiswa) = Iimali ezihlawulwayo

Ukongeza, i-eBook's megabytes iphindaphindwe ngereyithi yokuthumela esebenzayo yongeza kwintlawulo epheleleyo yokuthumela ngenqanawa. Eli zinga liyohluka ngokwengingqi, kodwa i-avareji ye-€0,20 ngemegabyte nganye.

Ezinye izinto ekufuneka uziqwalasele

Phambi kokupapasha nokuthengisa kwiAmazon KDP, kukho izinto ezimbalwa ekufuneka uzazi. Kukho uluhlu lwemiba, phambi kwesenzo sokuthumela kwi-Amazon ekufuneka uyiqwalasele.

Kwaye oko kukuba kufuneka ulungiselele imathiriyeli, incwadi yakho, kakuhle. Akufanele ubeke nje ukuthengisa umthamo obhalwe kwiprosesa yamagama. Yintoni ekufuneka uyiqwalasele kwaye uyikhathalele ukwenza imveliso yakho ibe nomtsalane?

• Ukubhala kunye nokuhlela: wakuba umxholo wencwadi ngokwayo ubhaliwe, nokuba loluphi na uhlobo kunye nesihloko, kufuneka ihambe kulawulo lokuhlela kunye nopelo nolungiso lwesimbo. Inyaniso yokuba le yincwadi ezipapashiweyo ayikukhululi kuxanduva lokuvelisa eyona mveliso ikumgangatho ophezulu kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Kuyimfuneko ukuphonononga nokulungisa iimpazamo, iimpazamo, ukucokisa isitayile, njl.
• Uyilo kunye noyilo: nokuba ngumsebenzi onombhalo kuphela, kufuneka ubekwe kwaye unike uchuku loyilo.
• Iqweqwe: iphepha elingaphandle nelisemva lencwadi liya lisibaluleka ngakumbi. Nangona idijithali, ukubona kunye nokuvela kokuqala kuhamba indlela ende. Incwadi enye enamaphepha ahlukeneyo ixatyiswa ngokwahlukileyo kuluntu.
• Iingxelo zoncwadi: zizixhobo ezixabisekileyo xa upapasha i-ebook okanye naluphi na uhlobo lwencwadi. Hlaziya into ofuna ukuyithetha ngomsebenzi.
• Ukusasazwa kunye nonxibelelwano: kufuneka kwakhona ucwangcise kwangethuba ukuba uza kuyithengisa njani kwaye phi incwadi yakho.

Ungazipapasha njani ngokwakho kwiAmazon?

Ukukunceda upapashe kwaye uthengise kwiAmazon KDP ngokulula nangokukhawuleza, landela la manyathelo ahlukeneyo ngononophelo.

✔ Yenza iakhawunti kwiAmazon KDP

Inyathelo lokuqala lokupapasha nokuthengisa kwiAmazon KDP kukungena kwiAmazon KDP. Ukuba unayo iakhawunti yeAmazon, ngena nje ngeenkcukacha zakho.

Ukuba umtsha ngokupheleleyo kwiAmazon, unokwenza iakhawunti kwiKindle DP ngokuthe ngqo. Okufuneka ukwenze kukunika igama lakho, i-imeyile yakho kunye negama lokugqitha.

✔ Seta iakhawunti yakho ye-Kindle

Nje ukuba wenze i-akhawunti yakho kwi-KDP kwaye uphumelele uqinisekiso lwamanyathelo amabini, kufuneka umise i-akhawunti yakho. Ulungelelwaniso lusekwe kunikezelo lwedatha yendawo yakho yokuhlala ukuze uqwalasele iindlela zokuqokelela kunye neentlawulo zerhafu. Kufuneka unikezele ngolwazi lwakho njengombhali. Xa inkqubo igqityiwe, inkqubo ikunika imboniso yekhweshine yerhafu epheleleyo kwaye ikunika inyathelo lokuqinisekisa.

✔ Yongeza i-eBook yakho kwiAmazon KDP

Xa ufika kwiqonga leKDP laseAmazon, unikezelwa ukuba wongeze incwadi entsha: cofa ku “+ Kindle ebook” ukhetho. Kwinguqulelo yephepha emva kancinci, ucofa nje ku "+ Paperback".

✔ Yongeza isihloko kunye nesihlokwana kwincwadi yakho

Ekuqaleni, ungabonisa isihloko, isihlokwana sencwadi yakho. Ndincoma ukuba usebenzise indawo ekhoyo ukongeza into encinci eya kunika abafundi bakho ulwazi oluninzi.

Umzekelo, kwinoveli yam " Iibhanki zamaSilamsi: Hlalutya, Qonda, Tyala imali Ndongeze kwicandelo lesihloko esithi "iibhanki zamaSilamsi: zixhamla kwiimali-mboleko ezingenanzala" kunye nesihlokwana esithi "enye indlela kwimali yemveli".  

✔ Faka inkcazo emnandi: uzive ukhululekile ukongeza enye

Emva koko unethuba lokongeza inkcazo yencwadi yakho: uya kucinga kwangoko ngeqweqwe lesine, kodwa kwakhona, unendawo eninzi, ke thatha ithuba! Emva koshwankathelo lwencwadi yakho, yongeza amagqabaza ambalwa avela kubafundi, khankanya iimpapasho zoshicilelo, ubeke amagama ambalwa acacileyo kwindalo iphela, abafundi ekujoliswe kubo incwadi yakho.

✔ Qaphela amagama akho angundoqo!

Emva kwenkcazo kuza ukhetho lwamagama angundoqo. Ungakhetha ukuya kutsho kwi-7 amagama angundoqo. La magama angundoqo abalulekile! Bahambelana namagama abafundi abawakhangelayo kwiAmazon.

Ngokomzekelo, abafundi abajongi “Ezemali” kuphela, koko bafuna “i-ebook/book/finance/Islamic…, enye indawo kwi-classical finance…”. Ukukunceda, zama uphendlo oluninzi kwiAmazon kwaye ubone amagama acetyiswe ngokuzenzekelayo: acetyiswa kuphando oludumileyo kwiAmazon. Uchwetheza unobumba okanye ezimbini, igama… kwaye ubone ukuba ukrolwa ngantoni. Kwakhona xoxani ngendlela ongathanda ukuba ifumaneke ngayo incwadi yakho.

✔ Khetha amacandelo e-ebook yakho

Izihloko ziindidi apho incwadi yakho iya kuvela kwiAmazon. Zifana neeshelufu zevenkile yeencwadi (i-accounting, i-e-shishini, imali, njl.). Injongo kukuphendula lo mbuzo ngokulula: zeziphi iindidi ezi-3 onokuhlela ngazo incwadi yakho kwaye zeziphi ezibonisa ngcono uhlobo lwayo, imixholo yayo, umyalezo wayo?

Apha kufuneka wenze isigqibo sokuba zeziphi iindidi ezimbini okanye izintlu ezingaphantsi ofuna ukuba incwadi yakho ibe yeyokwakho.

Kuninzi okubhaliweyo malunga neendidi kunye nendlela yokukhetha. Abanye ababhali bacinga ukuba esona sicwangciso silungileyo kukukhetha udidi oluphantsi nokhuphiswano oluncinci ukuze incwadi yakho izibeke ngokulula kwizikhundla eziphezulu kwaye izuze ukubonakala. Emva koko uye kudidi oluphezulu olulandelayo. Into endingayiqondiyo yeyokuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba ngowokuqala kuluhlu “inzululwazi engeyonyani egqithisileyo” ikwenza ubonakale.

Ngaphandle kweendidi eziphambili, apho ukuba ufuna ukuba kwi-20 ephezulu, akukho mntu ujonga ukuba abathengisi abaphezulu bathini kwiindidi zesibini.

✔ Khetha iindlela zokupapasha zencwadi yakho

Apha, iAmazon ikunika ithuba lokupapasha incwadi yakho ngoku okanye uyibeke kwintengiso. Ungakwenza oku ukuya kwiintsuku ezingama-90 kwangaphambili. Abathengi abathenge incwadi ngezi ntsuku baya kuyifumana ngokuzenzekelayo ngosuku lophehlelelo.

Yinto entle ukuba zonke iincwadi ozithengisayo ngexesha lokuthengisa kwangaphambili zidityaniswe kunye ukubala intengiso yakho. Oku kunokukunceda ukuba ubonakale emsebenzini kwaye uwubeke kwezona zikhundla zithengisa kakhulu kudidi lwakho.

Enye yezinto ezingalunganga zokubeka incwadi yakho kwi-presale kukuba, ngexesha elihlala likhona, IAmazon ayilwamkeli uphononongo. Inyaniso kukuba, linyathelo elinengqiqo: ungabhala njani uphononongo kwincwadi engakhange ifundwe? Isiqwengana sesampulu nayo ayifumaneki ukuze abafundi bafunde amaphepha ambalwa okuqala.

✔Layisha umbhalo wencwadi yakho

Ngoku siza kwinqanaba lokongeza umxholo wencwadi yakho ngombhalo wesandla kunye nekhava. Omnye wemibuzo yokuqala ebuzwayo iphathelene namalungelo edijithali. Bafanele ukuba bathintele i-piracy ye-Ebook yakho kodwa baphepheka ngokulula ... Ngoko ke abanamsebenzi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha abaxatyiswa.

Uyakwazi ukukhuphela incwadi yakho kwiifomati ezininzi .doc, .docx, HTML, MOBI, ePub, RTF, umbhalo ongenanto kunye ne-KPF eza kuguqulwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwifomathi yeKindle. Andiyicebisi olu khetho, isiphumo asiqinisekanga. Namhlanje kukho isixhobo esivela eAmazon " Uhlobo Yenza ekuvumela ukuba wenze i-eBook yakho ngokulula.

✔ Faka ikhava ye-ebook yakho ye-Kindle

Ndicinga ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba ndikuxelele ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba i-inshorensi yakho ibe yeyobuchule, kodwa ukuba kunokwenzeka: i-inshorensi yakho kufuneka ibe yingcali. Ukusebenzisa umenzi wekhava obonelelwa yi-Amazon kukude nokuba liqweqwe lobuchwephesha. Iziphumo azikho ngcono. Sebenzisa iCanvas ukwenza iqweqwe lobuchwephesha le-ebook yakho.

Ngokumalunga nefomathi yefayile, iAmazon ixhasa kuphela iJPG/TIFF. Into yokuqala okufuneka uyigcine engqondweni kukuba izixhobo zinezigqibo ezahlukeneyo, ngoko ubungakanani bomfanekiso abuyi kufana kuzo zonke, ngaphandle kokuba ukhankanye ipesenti ethile yesikrini nge-HTML.

Umlinganiselo wobude obucetyiswayo ngu-1,6:1. KwiPaladino yaseRoma, oku kuthetha ukuba kuzo zonke iipikseli ezili-1600 ubude, kufuneka ibe neepikseli ezili-1000 ububanzi. Ubungakanani obuncinci obuvunyelweyo bu 1000 x 625 pixels, kodwa ukuba ufuna ukuqiniseka ukuba isigqubuthelo sijongeka silungile kwizixhobo ezinesisombululo esiphezulu njengezinye iipilisi zomlilo, umfanekiso kufuneka ube ngu-2560px ukuphakama ngo-1600px ububanzi (obu bubukhulu endidla ngokubusebenzisa kuqweqwe lweencwadi endizipapashayo).

Ifayile yakho yeqweqwe ayinakudlula 50 Mo. Esona sisombululo sincinci abasidingayo ngamachaphaza angama-72 nge-intshi nganye (dpi). Ndincoma ukuba usebenzise imifanekiso enesisombululo se-300 dpi.

✔ Faka i-ISBN ukuba uyafuna

Awudingi i-ISBN ukuze upapashe i-eBook kwi-Kindle Direct Publishing. Xa umxholo wakho upapashwa kwi-KDP, i-Amazon ikunika inombolo ye-10 ye-Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN), eyodwa kwi-e-book kwaye ithathwa njenge-ID ye-Amazon Kindle Book.

Ukuba i-eBook yakho sele ine-ISBN, ungayibonelela apha.

Musa ukusebenzisa i-ISBN yoguqulelo olushicilelweyo lwencwadi yakho; Ii-ISBN ze-e-books mazikhetheke kwiinguqulelo zedijithali. Unokuthenga i-ISBN kwiiwebhusayithi ezahlukeneyo, umzekelo kumzimba osemthethweni we-ISBN.

✔ Qinisekisa amalungelo kunye nexabiso lencwadi yakho

KwiAmazon KDP, useta ixabiso lokuqala lencwadi yakho. Ukumisela eli candelo, kwakhona, kulula njengokuzalisa imimandla yeefom.

• KDP Khetha ubhaliso (uyazikhethela) : Oku kuphawula i-ebook njenge-Kindle ekhethekileyo.
• Imimandla: yonke imimandla, enamalungelo ehlabathi jikelele; okanye imimandla ethile
• Imirhumo kunye neXabiso: Khetha phakathi kwe-35% okanye i-70% yeroyalty. Kwimeko ye-ebooks, ukhetho luya kuba lolokuqala.
• Seta ixabiso: njengoko ndibonisile, umrhumo nawo uyakwahluka ngokuxhomekeke kubunzima befayile. Ngeli xesha, isixhobo senza kube lula kuwe kwaye siphawula ubuncinci kunye noluhlu lwexabiso eliphezulu apho ungabeka khona. Xa utshintsha ixabiso, inkqubo iya kucebisa ngokuzenzekelayo umrhumo wokufaka isicelo.
• Iimali-mboleko zeencwadi: unokwenza amandla kubathengi abathenge i-eBook yabo ye-Kindle ukuyiboleka kubahlobo kunye nosapho kangangeentsuku ezili-14.

Kwaye Nantso ke. Ngoku masilinde isiqinisekiso.

✔ Linda ulwamkelo lwe KDP

Ukupapasha kunye nokuthengisa i-ebook kwi-Amazon KDP, uxwebhu lwakho kufuneka luvunywe. Emva kokungenisa incwadi yakho kwi-KDP, kufuneka ulinde ulwamkelo lwabo. Kungathatha ukuya kwiiyure ezingama-72 ngaphambi kokuba i-Ebook yakho ifumaneke ukuba ithengwe eAmazon. Uya kufumana i-imeyile xa incwadi ifumaneka kwaye ithengiswa. Akukho nto yimbi ngaphandle kokulinda.

Ngoku omnye umsebenzi uqala kuwe: ukuyikhuthaza ukuze abantu abaninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka bazi ngayo kwaye bafumane intengiso. IAmazon KDP ikunika izixhobo ezibini ukwenza oku ngesixhobo:

• Qhuba unyuselo lwexabiso nge Kindle Countdown Deals.
• Qalisa iphulo lentengiso: NgeNtengiso ye-Amazon, uthatha isigqibo malunga nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, ulwahlulo lwabathengi kunye nemihla yokugqibela.

Uya kuhlawula kuphela xa abathengi becofa kwintengiso yakho. Ukwenza iphulo lentengiso, khetha ivenkile yeAmazon apho ufuna ukuba intengiso yakho ibonakale. Ukubhengeza incwadi kwiivenkile ezininzi, kufuneka uliphinde eli nyathelo kwindawo nganye.

Isishwankathelo…

Ufumanisa ukuba ukupapasha kunye nokuthengisa i-ebook kwiAmazon ngumdlalo wabantwana. Kufuneka ulandele amanyathelo ahlukeneyo endisandula ukuwabonisa apha ngasentla.

Nangona kunjalo, ndimele ndivume ukuba ukupapasha kunye nokuthengisa i-ebook kwi-Amazon kunemida ethile xa ukwicala laseAfrika. Iindlela zokuhlawula ezinikezelwa yi-Amazon azivumeli ababhali baseAfrika ukuba bahoxise imali yabo.