Borders Gets its Own Self-Publishing Thing 1 comment
Borders announced today that it has partnered with BookBrewer to launch Borders – Get Published Powered by BookBrewer. The new platform will enable indie authors to publish and sell their ebooks through the Borders ebook store as well as other ebook sellers.
"We know many book lovers are also writers or aspiring authors who want to share their stories but do not want to invest the time and money to self publish in print," said Mike Edwards, CEO of Borders, Inc. "BORDERS – GET PUBLISHED™ Powered by BookBrewer offers the perfect solution — authors can quickly and easily load, format and publish content, which will then be available for sale within a few days on Borders.com and other major eBook outlets. We’re excited to give new writers and bloggers an opportunity to reach an expanded audience as they make their foray into digital."
Users can develop and edit content regardless of length, set their own suggested price within bounds set by retailers, and publish via BookBrewer in the Borders’ eBook store. Customers are provided with the option to purchase, download, and instantly read blogger and independent author content on several leading devices, including the iPhone®, iPad™, Android™-powered tablets as well as a variety of eReaders, notably the Kobo™ Wireless eReader, Kobo™ eReader, Aluratek Libre Pro and Velocity® Micro Cruz™ Reader.
Creating an eBook can be done in a few simple steps using the intuitive BookBrewer tools. Authors can add content by typing or copying and pasting it into an online form, or they can feed in their content from an existing Web site or blog. With the click of a button, they can arrange and edit content as they wish. The content is saved as an ePub file — the format most eBook stores require to sell a book.
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I’m glad we can sell our ebooks on Border now but the fees Book Brewer are charging just to create the epub file is outrageous. Who’s falling for this when you can create your own epub file and submit it to B&N for free? Also Amazon platform doesn’t take the epub format but you can upload your word doc for free. Plus Book Brewer takes a part of the sales in addition to the fee for each book! WTF! I hope there will be a way to by pass Book Brewer, the middle man, so we can upload our own epub files. If not, I don’t see how Borders will be able to compete with B&N and Amazon since they are charging zero for the same thing. Plus you get 70% royalties whereas with Borders you only end up getting 40% – 45% because Book Brewer takes a portion. Outlandish. Plus, they are charging $200 if they create the epub file for you! You can do that for free or for a semi fancy software, you can create unlimited epub files for only $29. It seems as though they are taking advantage of people who haven’t done their research or don’t know any better. Shame shame.