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Contact UsExpanded Distribution
Expanded Distribution can help you reach more readers through bookstores, online retailers, libraries, and academic institutions.
How does it work?
Most online retailers and bookstores find books through purchasing relationships with large distributors. If your book is listed with these distributors, the retailers they partner with can buy your book. Through Expanded Distribution, you can distribute and make your book available (this doesn't guarantee that your book will be ordered) to online retailers, bookstores, and distributors.
Eligibility
To be eligible for Expanded Distribution, your book must be available on Amazon and meet these requirements:
- ISBN. The paperback can have an ISBN you bought or one assigned by KDP. Your book's ISBN must not have been submitted for distribution through another service.
- Trim size. Trim size requirements depend on paper type. Paperbacks with white paper must have an industry standard trim size. Books with cream paper must have one of the following trim sizes: 5" x 8", 5.25" x 8", 5.5" x 8.5", or 6" x 9".
Royalties
If you enable Expanded Distribution for your paperback, the royalty rate is 40% of the book's list price effective in the distribution channel at the time of purchase, minus printing costs, applicable taxes, and withholding.
To find out the estimated royalty for a paperback for which you've enabled Expanded Distribution:
To find out the estimated royalty for a paperback for which you've enabled Expanded Distribution:
- Find the paperback on your Bookshelf.
- Under the PAPERBACK ACTIONS menu, select Edit Paperback Rights & Pricing.
- Select the territories for which you hold distribution rights.
- Enter a list price and see how the pricing grid automatically updates the printing cost and estimated royalty.
How to enable/disable Expanded Distribution
- Go to your Bookshelf.
- Find the book for which you want to enable or disable Expanded Distribution.
- Under the Paperback Actions menu, click the ellipsis button ("…").
- Select Paperback Rights & Pricing.
- In the "Royalty and Pricing" section, check or uncheck the Expanded Distribution box for each available marketplace.
- When you're finished setting your price, click Publish Your Paperback Book.
Timelines
If you enable Expanded Distribution, it can take up to six to eight weeks for your book to become available in Expanded Distribution channels. Additionally, if you change your book's details, content, or pricing, it can take up to six to eight weeks for the information to update in all the Expanded Distribution channels. Your book will still be available, but it will have the previous information until the information is updated in the channels.
Why is there a delay?
The Expanded Distribution channels don't reflect changes in real time. This is because distributors and their clients update their information at different times. That means you might see differences in your book's details, content, pricing on other websites.
Why is there a delay?
The Expanded Distribution channels don't reflect changes in real time. This is because distributors and their clients update their information at different times. That means you might see differences in your book's details, content, pricing on other websites.
Manufacturing
Books sold through the Expanded Distribution channels might be manufactured by third parties. There may be minor differences in manufacturing (e.g., paper thickness, color shade, etc.).
