Amazon for marketing books

[Cyberseeker]

Can you help with a question I have about Amazon? They have a program called 'Advantage' which allows self-published authors to market books through them. Their criteria includes a requirement that any author must have 'North American distribution rights' for any title. Problem is, I am just a humble Kiwi who doesn't know what or how to get them.

So, I asked on Amazon's (help)desk and am still none the wiser.

So, I googled 'How do I get North American distribution rights?' Nope, cant find.

So, I come here. Do you write to someone? Sign something? Pay someone? Is anyone able to point me to the appropriate organisation / govt department who dishes out N. A. distribution rights?

Cyberseeker

 

[JuliusStClair]

I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty certain that if you are the author of the book, and you haven't sold or contracted "distribution rights" to any other person, corporation, etc, then you have all the distribution rights yourself.

 

[JuliusStClair]

Also, for the record, I highly recommend that you get your book/short story/etc fully copyrighted. www.copyright.gov

 

[BobE]

Can you help with a question I have about Amazon? They have a program called 'Advantage' which allows self-published authors to market books through them. Their criteria includes a requirement that any author must have 'North American distribution rights' for any title. Problem is, I am just a humble Kiwi who doesn't know what or how to get them.

So, I asked on Amazon's (help)desk and am still none the wiser.

So, I googled 'How do I get North American distribution rights?' Nope, cant find.

So, I come here. Do you write to someone? Sign something? Pay someone? Is anyone able to point me to the appropriate organisation / govt department who dishes out N. A. distribution rights?

Cyberseeker

I am an author with Amazon.com. As the writer of the material, I have the distribution rights until/unless I sign a contract that gives these rights to someone else. The help/support section on Amazon.com does have some useful information on distribution rights, copyright etc.. The copyright sections if extremely helpful in dispelling myths. There is a lot of misunderstanding about copyright.

 

[Cyberseeker]

Thanks for the common sense pointers. Much appreciated.

Ive got my book on Amazon now. Here is a little bit about it for any who might be interested.

 

[BobE]

Thanks for the common sense pointers. Much appreciated.

Ive got my book on Amazon now. Here is a little bit about it for any who might be interested.

Congratulations!

 

[dtosh]

I have a book written that I intend on publishing on Amazon shortly. I think it is a great way to self publish.