1 | Legend: | Major retailers | Minor retailers | Subscription service | Library distributor | Other distributor | Important | "list" means the listed price of the book set by the publisher | |||
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3 | Going direct | Bookbaby | Ebook Partnership | PublishDrive | Draft2Digital | Smashwords | StreetLib | XinXii | |||
4 | Amazon Kindle (Global) | 70% list* | 70% list* | 70% list* | 70% list* | 59.5% list* | 60% list* | 59.5% list* | *depends on the book's pricing and territory. These figures are for books priced between $2.99 and $9.99 on the US store. | ||
5 | Kobo (Global)* | 70% list** | 70% list** | 70% list** | 70% list** | 59.5% list** | 60% list** | 60% list** | *Kobo also distributes to a great number of local retailers. In this spreadsheet, I suppose authors are sending their ebook to Kobo, and am therefore not listing any of the retailers they distribute to. **Royalties are for the Kobo store, not for Kobo's distribution network. | ||
6 | Apple iBooks (Global) | 70% list | 70% list | 70% list | 70% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | 60% list | 59.5% list | ||
7 | Google Play (Global) | 70% list | 52% wholesale* | 52% wholesale* | 42% wholesale* | 42% wholesale* | *Under the wholesale model, the store may discount your title's price at their own discretion | ||||
8 | Barnes & Noble (Global) | 52% wholesale* | 55% wholesale* | 50% wholesale* | 65% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | 60% list | 59.5% list | ||
9 | Overdrive (Global)* | 50% library list** | 45% library list | 50% library list | 50% library list | 47% library list | 48% library list | 40% library list | *List prices on libraries are generally 1.5-3x above your eBook list price **You can go "direct" to Overdrive via Kobo Writing Life. Both companies are owned by Rakuten. | ||
10 | Bibliotheca (Global) | 50-70% library list | 45% library list | 45% library list | |||||||
11 | Baker & Taylor (US) | 55% list | 55% list | 45% library list | 45% library list | ||||||
12 | Hoopla (US) | 5-10% list per lend* | 5-10% list per lend* | 5-10% list per lend* | 5-10% list per lend* | *Hoopla is a pay-per-lend library distributor. You get paid 5-10% of your regular list price every time a librarian lends your book. | |||||
13 | Scribd (Global) | 70% list | 70% list | 55% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | 40% list | 59.5% list | |||
14 | Playster (Global) | 70% list | 60% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | 59.5% list | |||||
15 | 24Symbols (Global) | 60% list | 59.5% list | 40% list | |||||||
16 | Tolino (Germany)* | 60% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | 60% list | *Like Kobo, Tolino has a big distribution network. I'm not listing any of the retailers covered by Tolino in this spreadsheet. | |||||
17 | Inktera (US) | 70% list | 59.5% list | 60% list | |||||||
18 | RedShelf (US) | 70% list | |||||||||
19 | Danddang (China) | 70% list | |||||||||
20 | Casa Del Libro (Spain) | 70% list | 60% list | 59.5% list | |||||||
21 | E-sentral (South-East Asia) | 70% list | 70% list | 70% list | 65% list | ||||||
22 | Ciando (Germany) | 70% list | 60-70% list | ||||||||
23 | Rockstand (India) | 70% list | |||||||||
24 | Ekonyv (Hungary) | 60% list | |||||||||
25 | Multimedia Plaza (Hungary) | 70% list | |||||||||
26 | iPubs (Hungary) | 70% list | |||||||||
27 | E-Letoltes (Hungary) | 70% list | |||||||||
28 | Elefant (Romania) | 70% list | |||||||||
29 | Perlego (EMEA) | 65% pool share* | 55% pool share* | *similar system to Kindle Unlimited | |||||||
30 | Bookshout (Global) | 60% list | |||||||||
31 | Bookmate (Global) | 100% pool share* | 60% pool share* | *similar system to Kindle Unlimited | |||||||
32 | TookBook (Croatian) | 60% list | |||||||||
33 | Odilo (Global) | 50% library list | 45% library list | 45% library list | |||||||
34 | Mackin (US) | 70% list | |||||||||
35 | CNPeReading (China) | 70% list | *Ebook gets priced 4x higher on this library. | ||||||||
36 | Gardners (UK) | 55% library list | 50% library list | 60% library list | 45% library list | ||||||
37 | Libreka (Germany)* | 90% net | *Similarly to Kobo and Tolino, I'm not listing any of the retailers covered by Libreka. | ||||||||
38 | Hummingbird (US) | 50% list | |||||||||
39 | BajaLibros (South America) | 60% list | |||||||||
40 | IBS (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
41 | Ebook.it (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
42 | D&R (Turkey) | 60% list | |||||||||
43 | Librerias Ghandi (Mexico) | 60% list | |||||||||
44 | Nineva (Turkey) | 40% list | |||||||||
45 | Kitapburada (Turkey) | 40% list | |||||||||
46 | Webster (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
47 | PeruBookstore (Peru) | 60% list | |||||||||
48 | Artcivic (Turkey) | 60% list | |||||||||
49 | Hoepli (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
50 | MacroLibrarsi (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
51 | Feedbooks (France) | 70% list | 60% list | ||||||||
52 | Book Republic (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
53 | TIM Reading (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
54 | Unilibro (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
55 | Evribook (Nigeria) | 40% list | |||||||||
56 | ebooklife.it (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
57 | Libreria Universitaria (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
58 | Il Giardino dei libri | 60% list | |||||||||
59 | Omniabuk | 60% list | |||||||||
60 | San Paolo Store (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
61 | Librisalus (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
62 | Verticomics (Italy) | 60% list | |||||||||
63 | Leamos (South America) | 60% list | |||||||||
64 | Nubleer (Lat Am) | 90% pool share* | *similar system to Kindle Unlimited | ||||||||
65 | The First Club (UK) | 60% list | |||||||||
66 | Bidi (Argentina) | 60% list | |||||||||
67 | ReteIndaco (Italy) | 70% fixed fee/read | |||||||||
68 | Mlol (Italy) | 70% fixed fee/read | |||||||||
69 | EBSCO (US) | 35-75% list* | *Depends on purchase model in place with particular library | ||||||||
70 | Storytel (Europe) | 100% pool share* | *similar system to Kindle Unlimited | ||||||||
71 | Booktopia (Aus) | 70% list | |||||||||
72 | Libris (Netherlands) | 59.5% list | |||||||||
73 | Whitcoulis (New Zealand) | 59.5% list | |||||||||