You will need to make an account with each platform you wish to upload to.
The following is a bit of information on some of the best FREE sites to upload your paperback and/or eBook for sale.
*** Draft2Digital - The following are platforms your eBook will be distributed to.
Amazon (If you have not already done this yourself)
Apple Books (iBooks)
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
Tolino
OverDrive
Bibliotheca
Scribd
Hoopla (Now in Beta testing)
Vivlio
Inktera
Playster
24symbols
It used to distribute via Baker & Taylor, but they have closed their distribution application
*** KOBO Here is a list of SOME of Kobo’s distributors
Australia: Angus & Robertson Collins Booktopia
Brazil Livraria CulturaCanada Chapters Indigo
France FNAC Rakuten
Italy La Feltrinelli Mondadori
Japan Rakuten
Mexico Gandhi Libreria Porrua
Netherlands/Belgium Bol
New Zealand PaperPlus
Philippines National Book Store
Portugal FNAC Portuga
Spain FNAC Spain La Central
Turkey D & R Idefix
USA American Booksellers Association Rakuten
Some countries also distribute through Walmart Online, as well as a few others
*** AMAZON KDP Expanded Distribution When you upload your book, you CANNOT choose KDP Select if you want to sell on other platforms such as the ones listed above. But MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION during your upload process.
As of right now, Amazon deals with many distributors, but it also makes your books available to Major Distributors & Libraries – depending on if your book meets their individual requirements. If it does not, they should contact you.
*** SMASHWORDS
Apple Books (iBooks) in 51 countries
Barnes & Noble
Kobo (which powers the bookstores of multiple other retailers such as FNAC in France and WH Smith in the U.K.)
OverDrive
Gardners
And others
*** STREETLIB – This list is LONG
24Symbols ebooks Spain
Amazon Kindle eBook & Paperback Worldwide
Apple Books (iBooks) eBook 51 Countries
Artcivic eBook Turkey
Bajalibros eBook Latin America
Baker & Taylor eBook Public Library Distribution only
Barnes & Noble eBook & Paperback US
Bidi eBook Argentina
Bookrepublic eBook Italy
Casa del Libro eBook Spain
CNPIEC Store eBook China
Decalibro eBook Library Distribution in Italy
Feedbooks eBook France
Goodbook Paperback/P.O.D. Italy
Google Play eBook / Audio Book 75 Countries
Hoepli eBook Italy
Hummingbird eBook Italy
IBS (Internet Bookshop Italia) eBook/P.O.D. Italy
Il Giardino del Libri eBook/P.O.D. Italy
Il Narratore Audiolibri Audio Book Italy
Kobo eBook Worldwide
La Feltrinelli eBook/P.O.D. Italy
Leamos eBook Argentina
Libreka eBook Germany
Librerias Gandhi eBook Mexico
Librisalus.it eBook Italy
Macrolibrarsi eBook Italy
MLOL eBook Italy
Mondadori eBook Italy
Odilo Digital Libraris/Schools Worldwide
Omniabuk (DGLine) eBook Italy
OverDrive eBook Audio Book Worldwide
ReteIndaco eBook Digital Libraries Italy
San Paolo eBook SPIRITUAL Books in Italy
Scribd eBook Audio Book USA, Canada, Latin America, Italy
StreetLib Store eBook/Audio Book, P.O.D. – Mainly in Italy
Tolino eBook Germany
UBook Audio Book Brazil, Latin America
Unilibro eBook Italy
Webster eBook Italy
WinVaria eBook (B&M Indie Bookstores in Italy)
*** XinXii Sounds Chinese but is a German Distributor - Slow to update, upload, or remove titles
*** Google Play - distributes to 75 + Countries
*** Ebook Lingo – Reach thousands of members on their website
