How to publish for the Barnes and Noble Nook eBook Reader
By Stephen Bucaro
Not only is Barnes and Noble the biggest brick and mortar book store, especially since
the demise of Borders, but since it's release of the Nook in 2009, it's also the second
largest seller of eBooks. One thing that puts the Nook a hair ahead of amazon's Kindle,
in some peoples opinion, is that you can sit in the coffee shop at any Barnes and Noble
book store and use their free WiFi to download eBooks (many of them free).
To publish for the Nook, you need to open an account at
barnesandnoble.com. That's very
easy to do, but then you also need to create a PubIt! account. To do that go to
PubIt! Registration and log
in with your barnesandnoble.com username and password.
To create a PubIt! account you'll need to enter all kinds of personal information.
You'll need to enter your social security number, your credit card number, your bank
account number, and your bank accounts routing number so that they can make automatic deposits.
Personally, I don't think you should have to enter any personal account numbers until
you are actually owed some money. Barnes and Noble claims the reason you need to enter
your credit card information incase the amount of returns exceeds the amount of earnings.
In any case, if you want to sell your eBooks at Barnes and Noble, your at their mercy.
I would recommend setting up a special bank account for automatic deposits and making
sure it never contains a large amount of money.
After you've completed your PubIt! account you can upload your eBook. Select "Add a title"
and click on the [Browse] button to locate the eBook file on your computer. Then click
on Upload and Preview. A popup window appears with your eBook displayed in a Nook simulator.
You can page through your eBook to make sure it works. This is really cool.
PubIt! accepts eBooks in the ePub, Microsoft Word, HTML, RTF, and TXT file formats. The
eBook file must be less than 20 MB. You can also upload a cover image, which is advisable
if you really want to sell eBooks. The cover image file must be a .JPG file between 5KB
and 2MB, and between 750 to 2000 pixels in length. I tried using a cover image less than
750 pixels tall, and it wouldn't accept it.
Once you have the eBook file and cover image uploaded, you have to enter a bunch of
information about your eBook, such as a description, subject categories, what age group
is it most suited for, some key phrases for searching, and the writer's BIO. You can
actually quit your session and work this information out offline, then log back in. It's
best to know what information you'll need and have it ready.
One thing you'll need to do is set the price for your eBook. If you set the price
between $.99 and $9.99 you'll receive 65 percent royalty. If you set the price higher
than $9.99, your royalty drops to 40 percent. And you were wondering why so many eBooks
are priced at $9.99. The maximum price you can set is $199.99.
After you click Put On Sale, check back at barnesandnoble.com in 24 to 72 hours and
search for your eBook. Even after uploading your eBook, if you're not ready to put it
on sale, don't click Put On Sale and logout. You can log back in later and finish the
process. Even after your eBook goes on sale, you can login, go to the My Titles page,
and in the Action drop-down menu choose Take off Sale.
Even after your eBook is put on sale you can make changes. You can replace your
eBook file, cover image, or product data. However some changes will cause your eBook
to lose any existing reviews. And it will again take 24 to 72 hours for your changes
to go into effect.
After your eBook has been on sale for a while, you can login to PubIt!, click on the
My sales tab, and view the number of eBooks sold by day and month and the total revenue
that you have accrued. You'll be paid 60 days after the close of the calendar month in
which the sales occur if you have accrued a minimum of $10 in royalties.
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