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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
If BN is easy to use, why not sell it at Amazon and BN?
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That is the direction that I am leaning at this point. I do hesitate because it seems that BN is
very Nook-centric, so users of
other ePub devices may not shop there for their e-books. And I've been told that it isn't obvious that a particular book is DRM-free. The author can mention that in the book description, but I don't think there's any way to narrow that down via search. I may consider using Smashwords for distribution to the other outlets (Apple, Sony, Kobo, and a few others).
In the case of Barnes & Noble, I'll have to re-work a lot of the HTML before submitting to PubIt, as I changed the code (and order of some sections) specifically for Kindle. The Kindle e-book "Look Inside" feature at Amazon has some quirks that I had to work around, and I also formatted the e-book in such a way that the reader gets as much of the actual text in the sample as possible. So that's going to take some work. And for Smashwords, I'm going to have to nuke the MS Word file and re-do according to their guidelines in order to get into their Premium Catalog, which will also be time-consuming.
Can anyone confirm that Barnes & Noble sells ePubs internationally?
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Do B&N allow non-DRM sales for self-pub authors?
If not then you aren't adding much of market, as not many devices can read B&N DRM'd files.
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From the PubIt (BN)
support page:
What is DRM?
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, which is technology that is intended to prevent unauthorized access to, distribution of, or copying of your eBook. If you choose to have DRM applied to your eBook, we will use this technology. This choice can only be made once per title and cannot be changed once selected.
That's how it works at Amazon too. Once the DRM choice is made for Kindle, you can't change your mind (without unpublishing/republishing).