Amazon is opening up the UK Kindle Store from today, so wannabe authors can try to make a buck for themselves. The Kindle Digital Text Platform uploads a book to the store ” in minutes,” allowing authors to become self-publishers.
This follows america launch, which was announced back in January. [Kindle Digital Text Platform]
LUXEMBOURG – 16th August 2010 – Amazon.co.uk today announced that publishers and authors worldwide are now in a position to upload and make their books available inside the Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store using the self-service Kindle Digital Text Platform. The Kindle Digital Text Platform (http://dtp.amazon.co.uk) is a fast and straightforward tool which allows publishers and authors to add their books and start selling within the new UK Kindle Store in minutes. Books which are uploaded to the UK Kindle Store come in to UK customers via Kindle devices and Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, Mac and Android-based devices.
” Publishers and authors can now cash in on the Kindle Digital Text Platform and make their books available to the millions of shoppers that visit Amazon.co.uk,” said Greg Greeley, Amazon Vp, European Retail. ” Sales of Kindle books inside the US continue to rise and we are now selling more Kindle books than hardcovers. We predict to determine an analogous pattern within the UK with publishers and authors benefitting from greatly increased sales because of adding their titles to the recent Kindle Store via the Kindle Digital Text Platform.”
Amazon recently made improvements to the Digital Text Platform which include a more intuitive ‘Bookshelf’ feature and a simplified process for publishing. Additionally, publishers and authors can upload and make available their books in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. They’re also ready to set the digital list price for their titles on Amazon.co.uk in pound sterling.
Publishers that hold publishing rights for the UK and related territories will earn a 35% royalty for sales made on Amazon.co.uk. For sales made inside the US via Amazon.com, publishers can make the most of a 70% royalty option. At some point, Amazon intends to make the 70% royalty option available for UK sales in addition.
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