Summary: This week on Hide and Create, Jordan Ellinger, Joshua Essoe, Debbie Viguie, and Michael Sullivan talk about Kobo with Mark Lefebvre of Kobo Writing Life! Kobo Writing Life (KWL) is a growing, and dynamic electronic publisher. It is free to join, and sells your books worldwide. They don’t take rights. You get access to a dashboard that loads you down with detailed sales data. What about the money? KWL offers 70% for books priced at $2.99 USD or higher and 45% for books priced under $2.99 USD, and they don’t have a cap on the 70%. KWL also allows you to control your pricing in eight different currencies. Eight. That means that you can control your pricing as determined by individual markets. You can also put your book up for pre-order, and give it away for free whenever you want for as long as you want — no exclusivity required. You can even schedule a price change for your book or books in advance. What it comes down to is this: if you are self publishing and your books are not for sale on all platforms available . . . why aren’t they?
