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Prepare, Publish, Promote Publish Your Book Set Rights and Pricing eBook Distribution Rights

During title setup, you'll be asked to enter the territories you hold electronic publishing rights to for your eBook.

What are worldwide rights?

If you are certain you have all rights necessary to make this title available worldwide, select All territories (worldwide rights). This will allow customers from around the world to purchase your title on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.com.br, Amazon.com.mx, Amazon.com.au, Amazon.ca, Amazon.nl, and Amazon.in.

If your book is your original content and you've never published it before, you most likely have worldwide rights.

What are individual territory rights?

If you don't hold worldwide rights to sell and distribute your title, select Individual territories. Then, indicate the territories in which you hold rights. This will limit sales of your publication to the selected territories only. Below is a list of territories included in each Kindle Store:

US Kindle Store: United States
UK Kindle Store: United Kingdom (including Guernsey, Isle of Man, Ireland, Gibraltar, and Jersey)
DE Kindle Store: Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland
FR Kindle Store: France, Monaco, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg
ES Kindle Store: Andorra, Spain
IT Kindle Store: Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, and Switzerland
JP Kindle Store: Japan
NL Kindle Store: Netherlands
BR Kindle Store: Brazil
MX Kindle Store: Mexico
CA Kindle Store: Canada
IN Kindle Store: India
AU Kindle Store: Australia, New Zealand

Customers located in the available territories not listed here can purchase your book from the US Kindle Store, or Amazon.com. The period of copyright protection varies among countries and regions, so ensure that you indicate your territory rights accurately for public domain works. If you are updating an existing title's territory rights, remember to publish your changes by clicking the Publish Your Kindle eBook button at the bottom of the page.

How to unpublish your book

Go to your Bookshelf.
Click the ellipsis button ("...") under the KINDLE EBOOK ACTIONS menu next to the book you want to unpublish.
Choose Unpublish.

Note: When you unpublish a title from the Kindle Store, it should become unavailable to buy and unsearchable from the Amazon storefront after. It will not be available for purchase until you republish the item.

For information on timelines, including details on new publications and updates to published books, see our Help page.

How to republish your book

Go to your Bookshelf.
Click the ellipsis button ("...") under the KINDLE EBOOK ACTIONS menu next to the book you want to republish.
Choose Edit eBook details.
Enter any changes you have.
Click the Publish Your Kindle eBook button at the bottom of the page.

For information on timelines, including details on new publications and updates to published books, see our Help page.

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