The Revenue Routine in a Digital Earth

Did you understand that it's possible to sell eBooks right through the key 3 retailers: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes? You don't have to work through a 3rd party aggregator (as iTunes/Apple clearly recommends), or some other distribution station like Smashwords, Book Child, Lulu, or Lightning Source. You can get primary to each one of these places and cut right out the middle-man, finding all the royalties for yourself.

It's remarkably an easy task to do. All that's necessary to accomplish is 1) create an bill at each store and 2) give files and book information.

Before we get into the logistics of each outlet, let's talk somewhat about pricing. At this time, the sweet place is between USD $2.99 and $9.99. If you can keep your retail price between 2.99 and amazon quickbooks integration, your royalty charges would be the highest. Here's a break down of how that seems per store:

Amazon: 70% royalty (less distribution fees) between 2.99 and 9.99. Outside that range, the royalty drops to 35%. For VERY big documents, the distribution price may be therefore high that you'll make more money at the 35% royalty rate.

Barnes & Noble: 65% royalty between 2.99 and 9.99. Outside that range, the royalty lowers to 40%.

iTunes/iBookstore: 70% for all price ranges. HOWEVER! You need to value your guide on iTunes at the lowest retail cost that you offer in any store, including print. iTunes doesn't want to be undercut in their pricing model.
Amazon

I would suggest you begin with Amazon - they're the easiest and provide the absolute most books.

Focus on KDP Pick while you are here. A lot of authors (especially as yet not known authors) have experienced good success applying KDP - you offer your book free of charge for a specific quantity of time. This could create potentially 1000s of packages and give traction for paid income when the period of time is up.

WARNING: If you are already working with iTunes, applying KDP Choose is against your iTunes contract. Look at the iTunes contract for more details relating to this - iTunes prevents you from selling on another store before you provide in the iBookstore.

Publish a MOBI file to Amazon.

That guarantees that Amazon does the smallest amount of total the record in the "transformation" process. Amazon usually takes about 24 hours to put a guide out there for sale. Very rapid to promote!