{"id":1910,"date":"2020-02-22T19:39:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T02:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2020-02-22T20:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T03:07:43","slug":"aggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/aggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggregators, Retailers, Educators and Other Services for Today&#8217;s Self Publishing Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are about to wrap up our Self-Publishing Topics and Sunday\u2019s articles contain a lot of links. Possibly enough links to take you well into March. But I promise to wrap up this topic by Wednesday\u2019s Chat on the 26<sup>th<\/sup> of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Here are the 12 best self-publishing companies for authors: (opens in a new tab)\">Here are the 12 best self-publishing companies for authors:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#kdp\">Kindle Direct Publishing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#noble\">Barnes &amp; Noble Press<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#kobo\">Kobo<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#ibooks\">Apple Books<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#self-publishing-school\">Self-Publishing School<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#reedsy\">Reedsy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#lulu\">Lulu<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#ingramspark\">IngramSpark<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#publishdrive\">Publish Drive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#draft2digital\">Draft2Digital<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#smashwords\">Smashwords<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/self-publishing-companies\/#streetlib\">Streetlib<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three main types of publishing companies in the self-publishing world, including aggregators, retailers, educators, and those that offer production services, which we\u2019ll cover in the next section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/selfpublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/self-publishing-companies.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types of Self-Publishing Companies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td> <p><strong>Publishing Company Type<\/strong><\/p> <\/td><td> <p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p> <\/td><td> <p><strong>Use them if you\u2026<\/strong><\/p> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p>Aggregator<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Book distributor<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Want hands-off book distribution<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p>Retailer<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Retail store that sells books<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Need a platform to sell your book<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p>Educator<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Teach authors how to self-publish<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Want to learn a proven process<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n<p>Servicer<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Provide author services<\/p>\n<\/td><td>\n<p>Need editing, cover design, printing, etc.<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following website is more up-to-date than the previous link. Because the Publishing World changes continuously, this article is a great read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.reedsy.com\/best-self-publishing-companies\/\">The 12 BEST Self-Publishing Companies of 2020<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-publishing companies aren\u2019t publishers. On the contrary, they\u2019re the services that enable you to get your book out of a folder in your computer and&nbsp;distribute&nbsp;it to the world for people to read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book retailers, such as Amazon and B&amp;N Press, are the online bookstores in which your book will be discoverable and sold. Each big book retailer generally provides a branded eBook publishing platform for you to individually upload your book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aggregators, such as Draft2Digital and Smashwords, allow you to distribute to a bunch of book retailers&nbsp;all at once. This will probably save you time and energy, though you\u2019ll need to pay an extra fee for their services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Print-on-demand distributors&nbsp;are full-suite self-publishing companies that include print-on-demand services on top of distribution options. Naturally, they\u2019re particularly useful if you\u2019re planning to distribute a printed book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Chat go ahead and read these articles so you can help me talk my way through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on Sunday at 7PM ET and we will talk about these different options available to today\u2019s Self-Publisher.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwriterschatroom.com%2Fwp%2Faggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/aggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/aggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/aggregators-retailers-educators-and-other-services-for-todays-self-publishing-authors\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are about to wrap up our Self-Publishing Topics and Sunday\u2019s articles contain a lot of links. 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