Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
6 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Print a book into the retail supply chain
IngramSpark gets a physical book into the same supply chain bookstores order from, past what Kobo Writing Life's ebook-and-library reach covers alone.
Self-publish to Kindle and keep 70 percent
Amazon KDP reaches the biggest ebook audience there is and pays up to 70 percent in royalties, free to publish the same way Kobo Writing Life is.
Print and sell a book with no minimum order
Lulu prints and sells a book with no minimum order, free to start, physical copies where Kobo Writing Life handles the ebook.
Ebook distribution with no cut of royalties
PublishDrive spreads one upload across many ebook stores at once rather than Kobo alone, keeping the full royalty, with a paid tier from $13.99 a month past its free plan.
Ebook distribution that states its cut up front
StreetLib states its distribution cut in the price up front, at $99, where Kobo Writing Life publishing itself costs nothing to start.
One upload, every ebook store
Draft2Digital sends one upload to every ebook store at once rather than Kobo alone, for a flat $20 with no free tier, unlike Kobo Writing Life's free publishing.
