I am very hopeful that we will see our own .za up and running in the next few years. Because of this our authors and their readers are still forced to conduct business through the parent website. The adoption of the eBook technology is still in its infancy and as a result we are not yet considered a viable consumer market by Amazon. I have also included the eBook distribution portal, as it is (in my opinion) the easiest way to get your eBook into all other eBook stores online.Ī, founded by American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos in 1995, has only become a real option as an online publishing platform for South Africans authors within the last few years. It also has the easiest publishing process and very easy to understand reports. Before we begin, let me shed some light on why I have chosen the two eBook sales platforms mentioned in this article.Ī as it the biggest eBook shop, with over 3 million eBooks currently listed. New online services are emerging daily, finding ways to make the life of an author an easier one. That said, there are ways around some of these hurdles we face as (South) African authors.
This means what should be a smooth process, publishing your eBook online into Amazon and other eBook stores, is a process that unfortunately has added complexities. There were, and still are many barriers that exist hampering a South African author wanting to publish an eBook online. The first South African authors only started breaking the digital barrier to Amazon as recently as 2010. How do authors receive royalty payments directly from Amazon and Smashwords?Īs Africans we are very new to the Amazon Kindle publishing platform and the processes of creating and selling of eBooks online in general.