If you’ve published a book through CreateSpace, you now have the option of making that book available throughout Europe. With just one click on the CreateSpace website (distribute>channels), you can make your book available on Amazon.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, and Amazon.es (all the big European markets). And it’s free.
Earlier this year, I worked with BBC Masterpiece Theatre actor Robin Ellis to produce a new version of his memoir Making Poldark. A British citizen living in the South of France, Robin has fans on both sides of the Pond. But up until a week ago, those fans had to buy from Amazon US and wait for their books to cross the ocean.
I guess we weren’t the only ones who complained. Now books come to Europeans via same-day shipping, and royalty payments are made to US authors in dollars.
If you know anything about the book business, you know this must have taken a monumental effort on the part of Amazon and CreateSpace. But writers should be ecstatic. Now with one click, you can significantly increase the size of your market. And you should.
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