The Best Self-Publishing Platform in 2024

Spoilers: it's not Amazon KDP OR IngramSpark. Here's my ranking of every major self-publishing platform.

2024 update: my opinion has not changed!

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0:00 Going wide
0:37 Apple Books
2:30 Google Play
4:24 Kobo Writing Life
5:44 Barnes & Noble Press
8:00 Draft2Digital
10:18 Smashwords
12:02 Amazon KDP
17:48 IngramSpark
20:37 Wordpress (direct website sales)

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[MargaretPinard]

After you make the painful decision, and stick with one of these methods for years, it's great to be HOW SHITTY they really are. Re: KDP and IS. Such a great video!!

[MargaretPinard]

I definitely needed this video, Deborah! Along the same lines as Anita's "Humorous Book Creation Checklist" both useful, but also colored with that familiar snark we know and love 😘🙌🏼

[joejose]

This was extremely helpful and informative as I am looking to self publish soon... thank you so much.

[gothbricks]

Appreciate the thoroughness of your videos. Really refreshing. 🙏

[Heyjakobbrown]

I just found your channel and love it! I'm a small self-pubbed author and this is all great stuff

[thelasthandbook]

I have never seen a more confusing consumer interface for anything than the mess cobbled together by Walmart and Kobo as some kind of strange challenge to Amazon. I honestly figured they'd have pulled the plug on it by now, but, nope, it is still there. And I defy anyone to find anything at all using it. Discoverability? What's that? With competition like this, Amazon doesn't need to fear much. One of those things that must have sounded like a good idea in theory but which is an utter mess in practice.

[MargaretPinard]

I'm confused by seeing Delilah on your screenshots but Deborah on your channel...how do you prefer to be addressed? 😊

[elf]

Banks in Australia and New Zealand don't work well with Amazon or PayPal. You should make a video about Self publishing in Oceania.

[investigativeinterviewing]

I am very intrigued about the WordPress eCommerce store but how do I print and ship? Great video though, best so far!

[HowToVideosUnlimited]

So if you we’re starting all over which platform would you just to focus and build on? I have two coloring books ready to be uploaded and working on illustrating my first children’s book and not sure what platform to go with? I was thinking about KDP book seeing other comments about getting accounts shut down for no valid reason has me contemplating. Just seeing which platform you would recommend for a newbie?

[solidtv]

When you Post your book, what platforms do use ?? All at the same time?

[RDEYELOVE]

Ibooks has been discontinued so that's pointless + the data shows iphone users aren't big readers

[xeinakingdom]

oof~ if only direct sales could be the norm :'-)