A Guide to Distributing , Audiobooks & POD with PublishDrive compiled by PublishDrive for members of the Alliance of Independent Authors

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PUBLISHDRIVE DISTRIBUTION

PUBLISH , PRINT, & AUDIO UNDER ONE ROOF

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To save excruciating hours spent on managing distribution, track sales for your PbICING catalog in multiple stores in one platorm. Flat monthlã ee

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Eook

DISTRIBUTING EBOOK, MADE EASY.

In 2019, ebooks were responsible for 2 billion dollars of sales in the US. SAvES CHANNEvS AND PbOMOTIONAv In India, 78% of all reading is done online. Ebook is a lucrative format. OPPObTUNITIES Distriute and promote Ýour eook atalo to oÖer stores and k diital liraries all oÖer the ×orld, ×ith a e× liks on one Gloal betailers platorm.

By distributing your ebooks to these global retailers, you'll SAVE HOURS OF TIME WITH EASY be able to reach illions o potential readers (there are PUBLISHER TOOLS 1.4 billion active Apple devices and 2.5 billion Android users) in more than ountries. With PublishDrive you can feature your titles in Kobo editorial newsletters, get a Do you have hundreds of titles and a massive back catalog? featured position in Apple Books, and way more. PublishDrive's ulk manaement options (ONIX & SFTP) lets you easily upload titles and update metadata all at once. Would you like to see all your sales data in one place but don't Eook Susription Series want to give up your diret aount ×ith Apple and Goole? Not a problem. PublishDrive can directly manage your already existing account without any material changes.

Take care of all your publishing matters with the PublishDrive Ebook subscription services are booming. With 6 million platform, like getting ustomized AcI or tracking sales data. users on Bookmate, and on and Storytel 1-1 million each North American and European publishers have a huge audience. Also, susription serÖies are responsile or almost % o all sales in South Ameria. With PublishDrive you can try out new BOOST VISIBILITY FOR YOUR CATALOG WITH subscription services like Dreame in the South-East Asian EXCLUSIVE PROMOTION DEALS region along with promotions to these channels.

Promote your new releases with in-store eaturin in Apple Major virar Proiders and Koo. Get listed in editorial newsletters for libraries and subscriptions.

There's roughly 135 million potential readers in the US you can reach yearly by distributing to libraries. You can also reach the Chinese library market with hundreds of millions of potential readers with PublishDrive. culishDriÖe's editorial team an reommend Ýour titles to e eatured in ne×sletters ×ith OÖerDriÖe, Hoopla, and iliothea.

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Send out DRM proteted reÖie× opies to generate buzz for your new releases. Did you know that there are 360 million English speakers in Use PublishDrive's Amazon Sponsored Ads tools ×ith AI China and more than 400 million foreign-language support to take advantage of one of the most efficient marketing tools for ebooks. speakers altogether? 0hrouh Chinese e-retailers vD and DanDan, Ýou'll e ale to aess a market eÜited or Increase your sales or climb the charts by promotin Ýour ook orein-lanae ooks. With PublishDrive's network you to readers in Ýour enre with one of our partners, book- get to tap into Chinese markets as well as East- and promotion site Written Word Media. Western European stores with millions of readers.

Create automatized prie promotion campaigns for your titles. Print-On-Demand

DISTRIBUTING PRINT, MADE EASY.

With printing technologies of today, print-on-demand is a viable and sustainable strategy for publishing books profitably. Without DISTRIBUTION the hassle, high cost of advanced printing, and need for catalog PARTNERS: storage, your titles can be ordered and printed with the power of a single click. With culishDriÖe it's easÝ to manae print-on- demand, plus eook and audio.

REACH MILLIONS OF READERS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Countin onlÝ Enlish-speakin and E7 ountries, there are Each month more than 197 million people get on their approÜimatelÝ million readers ×ho preer to read in print. devices and visit Amazon.com. By listing your title as PublishDrive helps you access not only Northern American and EU print-on-demand, you can reach millions o readers in countries but readers in China ×ith million Enlish ountries aross North and South Ameria, Europe, Asia, and Australia. speakers. There's also South Korea, Brazil, India, and Russia. List your catalog with the biggest booksellers and libraries around the globe:

CNPIEC captures 60% of the institutional book import in China. Distribute your print catalog to PublishDrive and

uncover a massive market. Reah a market ×ith more than million orein lanuae speakers.

THE ULTIMATE PLATFORM PRINT CATALOG MANAGEMENT

Ingram is a major book distributor, with its serÖies Upload your print titles in bulk and distribute to over reah , stores, including the largest chainstores in 30,000 online stores. the US (e.g. Walmart, Costco, bookstores under the Reah millions o Chinese print readers. American Booksellers Association), Canada (Indigo), Get real-time analytics and sales reports to see market trends for your Australia (Booktopia), UK (Gardners, Waterstones), Spain catalog. and Italy (Mandadori, Rizzoli), Germany (BoD), and Poland (azymut). Run your publishing business on one platform: manage, distribute,

promote, and more for all print, eook, and audio ormats. Audioook

DISTRIBUTING AUDIO, MADE EASY.

Welcome to the Golden Ae o Audioooks. Major publishers DISTRIBUTION have confirmed that out o eÖerÝ ooks sold is an audioook and it's predicted that the global audioook market ×ill ro× Ý PARTNERS % to $ . illion Ý the end o . PublishDrive is the only platform where you reach not only the Northern American and European market, but listeners in China as well. Audible is the larest audioook produer and retailer in the 7S. Reach this massive market with PublishDrive. PROVIDE AUDIO CONTENT TO NEW READERS ALL OVER THE WORLD Did you know that there are . illion active Android devices globally? Imagine the potential listeners you can reach by distributing your audiobook through Google Play! The book industry agrees that audio brings in new readers by allowing them to engage in reading activity where they would not have been able to before. No×, in eÖerÝ Amerians listen to Currently there are million readers who use Kobo regularly from audioooks. Distribute your titles via PublishDrive and reach dozens of countries. Don't miss out on distributing content to this digital book giant! potential listeners using libraries and audio subscription services in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New

Zealand: OverDrive is one of the largest library providers of the world. In the US and Europe alone there are roughly million potential listeners.

CNPIEC covers % o the institutional ook import in China. By distributing your audio catalog to PublishDrive can reach a massive market yet to be uncovered.

Storytel gathered 200 000 new subscribers just in 2019 amounting to more than million atiÖe susriers in Northern, and Western Europe, Russia and India. With an vast audio and ebook catalog it attracts new listeners and readers every day.

Findaway provides content to dozens of audiobook providers globally. Reach listeners subscribed to book giants like Barnes and Nole and subscription services like Srid. Get regional services all over Europe.

SAVE HOURS OF TIME AND REACH UNEXPLORED MARKETS With million susriers, Bookmate provides content to Russian and Northern American listeners. Upload your audio catalog in bulk and distribute to millions of potential listeners in 5 continents.

Reah millions o Chinese listeners. As one of the leading sales channels for digital services in the UK, get a chance to reach million listeners by sending audiobooks to Get real-time analytics and sales reports to see market trends for your Gardners. catalog. Run your publishing business on one platform: manage, distribute,

promote, and more for all print, ebook, and audio formats. million people in GermanÝ listened to audioooks in 2019, Reach readers in one of the largest content providers in Germany, Libreka!

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