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Earn royalties on a free ebook website
Written by Subhankar
So far, we have explored many publish on demand websites over the last week in a series of posts on on How To be Mobile. It’s really hard for the first-time authors to get published these days, unless you’re already well-known and well-connected. For an unknown author in publishing sphere, it becomes a bit tough to attract traditional publishers. Towards the end of our review of POD websites, I would like to touch upon yet another POD option, dpdotcom. I found it really interesting as it comes for free unlike most of its competitors.
Dpdotcom is quite a name in digital publishing, and is known for unexplored talents. Dpdotcom understands the writers and can easily identify the areas of support a new writer requires. The website strongly believes that ebooks are the future of publishing and considers it a viable alternative even in the present scenario.
Free service and royalties
Compared with other options, its pricing policy attracted me the most. Publishing your ebook on dpdotcom is completely free of cost and you can even earn from each sold copy.
You are entitled to get 50% royalties ($2.50) on every book you sell. Every eBook on their website will be priced at $5.00 (£3.00). Esellerate handles the sales.
Duration
Once the writers submit their manuscripts, dpdotcom responds within a week. Next, it proceeds with the submission further and responds within three weeks. Find out more here.
Bookstore
As I mentioned above, you can find quality ebooks on dpdotcom ebook store. It has set a uniform and relatively low price on all its ebooks - $5 (£3.00).
To order or buy these ebooks, you would require a PayPal account or a credit card.
To sum up
Self-publishing shouldn’t be considered as ineffective. With options like dpdotcom where you don’t spend any fortune and can still earn from it, POD should be considered as an important component of the evolving publishing industry that allows unproven writers to exhibit their talent with creative independence. The moment we break free from the shackles of the publishing industry, our literature will become more enriched.
