CreateSpace Publishing Moves to KDP Publishing

About this video

Dale reports and demonstrates Amazon’s announcement that CreateSpace is combining with Kindle Direct Publishing, making KDP the single place to publish print and digital books. He quotes the announcement saying the move will let the team focus efforts and innovate faster, that CreateSpace members will keep the same features they use today plus features unique to KDP, that the two will operate as a single team, and that paperbacks will continue to be printed in the same facilities, on the same printers, and by the same people. A Facebook community member named Brian alerted him to the news. Dale then logs into his CreateSpace dashboard on his Mac — noting the migration message did not appear when he signed in on PC — and walks through the promised three steps: verify the CreateSpace account, link an existing KDP account or create a new one, then move the books. In practice his dashboard incorrectly shows zero total books, and after waiting a little over 51 minutes the transfer still shows zero titles. Clicking to start the move produces a ‘CreateSpace account not ready for transfer’ message, and repeated attempts loop back to the same dashboard notice. After about five more minutes he gives up for the day, concludes the migration is not yet fully ready, and promises updates as it progresses.

Key takeaways

• CreateSpace announced it is combining with Kindle Direct Publishing, making KDP the single place for print and digital books
• The announcement promises the same CreateSpace features plus KDP-only features, with paperbacks printed in the same facilities by the same people
• The migration is presented as three steps: verify the CreateSpace account, link or create a KDP account, then move the books
• Dale’s dashboard wrongly showed zero books and, after a little over 51 minutes, said his account was not ready for transfer
• He stopped and concluded the migration was not yet fully ready, promising viewers updates as the situation progressed

Episode details: published August 28, 2018 · 4:21 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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