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Amazon KDP VS Smashwords And What I’m Doing Now

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For the authors out there. Pros and cons of Smashwords and Amazon KDP.

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My favorite covers

WolfsHeadWolfsHeart-pb
Cover_Imperatore.qxp:Layout 1
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
World After
Madlands - French cover
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
http://readery.co/9786169187301
The Last Swordmage
http://www.kylepaints.com/
Artist: Kyle Scott
Jeeves and Wooster
A Turn of Curses
Drinking life
24 Bones - Michael F Stewart
Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman
Pursuit
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Eric
Hardship - Jean Johnson - Gene Mollica
The Gate of Gods - Martha Wells - French edition
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
Cover art by Nekro
Cover art by Nekro
Blood Brothers
Delightfully Twisted Tales Kindle cover
Rex Rising
Apocalypto
We Leave Together - JM McDermott
Madlands - Italian cover
http://epl.delfi.ee/news/kultuur/raamatukatkend-neil-gaiman-ja-tee-lopus-on-ookean?id=67595986
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Artist: Herbert James Draper
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover by Donato Art
the-republic-of-thieves-by-scott-lynch-new-uk
The Diamond Bearer's Destiny
highkingstomb
A Wild Hunt
Cast in sorrow without text
https://www.coverkicks.com/
https://www.coverkicks.com/
Little Girl Lost
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NKJemisin
Dead Iron, 2011
Strata
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
Into the Valley
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
RAPTURE - Kameron Hurley
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Cover illustration by Amandine La Barre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/vaisseauxduciel.jpg
crucible by jim burns
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett - UK edition
Child of the Ghosts
Nocturnal Origins
blood harvest
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak 2
Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955)
Demon Isle
The Language of Power
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak
Cover art by Jon Foster
Cover art by Jon Foster
Magic-at-the-Gate-5-e1352909080304
Twice Dead, German cover, 2013
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/63963684820/gto12llll
Nightshifted
sign
Cover art by Don Sipley
Cover art by Don Sipley
Artist: Byron Brown
Artist: Byron Brown
lady_of_devices_shelleyadina_cover_500x800
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
Shadowbloom - Sullivan brothers
Over the Horizon
Born of Fire, 2012
Plain Jane
Pratchett, Terry: Rincewind
Ros Jackson
The Death of Jonas Wakefield
Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Arrow Books
Snow Art - Simon Beck
0b4b8-blackveil_b
Rifkind's Challenge - Lynn Abbey
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - French cover with text
Bajo la Hiedra - Elspeth Cooper
Isbn: 9788852036545
http://alessandria.bookrepublic.it/api/books/9788852036545/cover
The Christmas Caper by Christopher Bunn
Jacket illustration by Paul Kidby
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/The_front_cover_of_the_book_Raising_Steam_by_Terry_Pratchett.jpg
Smite Me
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Bone Song
on dark shores
Jingo
7156_TB_Pastworld.indd
Plain Jane - 3
Stories
The House
Hilda - Snow White Revisited
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
Russian Very Good Jeeves
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Happy Slumbers
cdc0e-aaron_spiritsend-tp
The Wizard Hunters - Martha Wells - German Cover
A Triumph of Souls
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uOEiGjKoL.jpg
Source: Amazon
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
Social Psychology - Aronson Wilson Akert
Infidel - kameron hurley
Transformation space 1
http://www.tor.com/2014/09/24/midway-relics-and-dying-breeds-seanan-mcguire/
Artist: Theo Prins
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
captain's fury
Demonsouled
__lords_and_ladies___by_marcsimonetti-d2znyqf
Tracking the Tempest
The Last Swordmage
http://www.bookkaholic.com/what-should-i-read-next/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-by-neil-gaiman/
A Flight of Thieves
Bitterwood
wild-magic-UK-hb-500
The Code of the Woosters - Russian Cover
The Hobbit
a diamond
Hemlock
Sourcery
freedomcover2-13
Source: Amazon
Source: Amazon
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Polish cover with text
Hellstrom's Hive, 1973
Artemis Fowl Chinese cover
BridgesCityofDreamsA
The Necessity of Man, 2012
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716
Artist: Les Edwards at lesedwards.com
Gaiman, N. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
Oath of Swords
Alexa's Travels
the weight of blood
Polis - Jo Nesbø - Svensk
Moon Over Soho - deviant art - delrayspectra
Assured Destruction - Micheal F Stewart
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTXerlFrL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Source: amazon.com
uten navn
hawkcover2orange
Through Wolf's Eyes
English cover
green_rider__cover_art_by_pallanoph-d3j5tne
Djinnxd
GermanOnceBitten
A Space Between 2
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
Much Obliged Jeeves
Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
thief_of_time__terry_pratchett_by_marcsimonetti-d2z6fuv
House of Mere
A-Memory-of-Light-cover-670x444
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holme_(TV_series).jpg
http://lucidflux.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-462803837
By Laura Ketcham
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
the hunt
Shaedes-of-Gray
Torgs First Death
Academ's Fury 1
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
Asimov, Isaac: Foundation series
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
bcc18-hour-of-dust-and-ashes
Crossfire
Dawn Undercover - Japanese cover
Chinese edition
The First Spark, Independent (2016)
Monstrous regiment
a hand for each
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Dark Earth - Jason Halstead 2
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oJNXK%2B4EL.jpg
German edition
Hunting the Five
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover with text
Angela of Troy
Linkin_Park-Meteora-Frontal
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
C & R Crime; New Ed edition (2007-04-26)
Altdorf
shadewright
McDermott, J.M.: Never Knew Another
The wise man's fear marc simonetti
the book of deacon
http://lamilanabonita.com/2015/02/18/el-oceano-al-final-del-camino-de-neil-gaiman/
Wild Magic; London, Scholastic Point, 2004
Shiv Crew
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Legenden om Hurog
http://steniosantos.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-435034900
By Stênio Santos
Plague town
Океан в конце дороги, Нил Гейман
Het lied van de aarde, Elspeth Cooper
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
A soldier's duty
Seraphina, 2012
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
An Unexpected Apprentice
The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
ShapeshiftedFinal
Draw One in the Dark
Luis-Royo-Dreams-Ties-of-Power
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Cover illustration by Amandine LaBarre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/chasseurssorciers.jpg
Moon Dance
Land of Shadows
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
Confederation
Death Has a Name
Birth Marked
c3018-mercythompsonbook
The Chermasu by Brian Patrick McKinley
Raventide - TA Miles
Gaiman, N. (2013). Ocean at the end of the lane.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
pieces of eight
Goblintown justice
Redeeming Stanley 2
Shadow of the Sun
waiting game
A-Forthcoming-Wizard-150841-d4902f8679c2f83a8362

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  • Cliff Nielsen (facebook)
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