Publishing 2.0 is extremely exciting for authors who like to get out there and just try anything! I am extremely excited today as I just got my book for sale in India! (even with postage it's cheaper than Amazon!)
Here is my own example to inspire you to consider selling your book globally:
Australia and New Zealand: I sell my print book from my home address in Brisbane, Australia. I have stock that I printed and hold from Bookpal. I sell from my own website How to Enjoy Your Job.
You can also borrow a copy from the National Library of Australia.
Global ebook through the iPhone: If you have an ebook through Smashwords, it appears in a catalogue on Stanza e-reader. Here's how to get yours there too.
Global audio mp3 for the ipod: Sold from my own website here. Files are downloaded online so there is no shipping of CDs.
USA on Amazon.com: You can see my book on Amazon.com here => How to Enjoy Your Job
It is published here through Lulu.com using print-on-demand. I don't pay anything, I just get the residual income after costs.
UK on Amazon.co.uk: You can see my book for sale here. I am investigating other options for the UK as the price is too high for the UK market since it is based on the US version.
India: I am now published at Pothi.com. The book is for sale on other Indian book websites but for a huge amount of money based on the Amazon version, so I wanted to be able to sell in rupees. I will post on my experiences with this, but here is an interview on Pothi and the book market in India. I have set up a new site EnjoyJobIndia which I will start using for promotion. More posts to come!
These are just the main sites – other online booksellers as well as eBay have the book for sale, but for the Amazon.com price plus markup. This makes them too expensive.
I am continually looking for new ways to publish, so if you have other ideas, let me know!
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do you have any suggestions or tips for selling books in Canada if you are an American Author? festivals/fairs?
Your books sound so interesting and this article was wonderful - full of great ideas I plan to attempt to implement immediately. New to writing and publishing I am loving writing, now find myself marketing The Books of Snippets.
Again, thanks for such wonderful ideas, and hope you check out The Snippets Network, books to "keep your heart fed".