News About Create Space: How to Move to Kindle Direct Publishing

About this video

Dale Roberts explains CreateSpace’s announced merge with KDP Print and what it means for self-publishers. CreateSpace is not going out of business; it is merging into the KDP Print program, which he says offers a bit more distribution than CreateSpace, with Amazon Mexico the only exception, though they say it will be added soon. Print quality should be unchanged because the same facilities will manufacture the books, but fees differ under KDP Print’s global pricing. A second email warned that some books will cost more to print on KDP: black-and-white titles under 110 pages printed in the EU, black-and-white titles under 100 pages printed in the UK, and color titles under 30 pages printed in the EU and UK, so authors may want to update list prices. Authors can either migrate their titles themselves or wait, since CreateSpace says it will move books automatically within the next few weeks; he notes moving many titles himself did not go smoothly, while small catalogs seem to move easily. He also flags the payout change: CreateSpace pays every 30 days, while KDP pays every 60 days, and authors are moving to the 60-day model.

Key takeaways

• CreateSpace is merging into KDP Print, not shutting down, and print books will still be made in the same facilities
• KDP Print offers slightly broader distribution than CreateSpace, with Amazon Mexico the stated exception for now
• Short books face higher printing costs on KDP in the EU and UK, so affected authors may need to raise list prices
• Authors can migrate titles themselves or let CreateSpace move them automatically within the next few weeks
• Payout timing changes from CreateSpace’s every 30 days to KDP’s every 60 days

Episode details: published August 29, 2018 · 4:04 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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