Creative Reviews discussion

There are a lot of places to upload free eBooks. I know of a few (Smashwords, Bibliotastic, apparently Goodreads eBook function) but where do you have yours?

I am specifically and deliberately NOT interested in Amazon's KDP Select program since that is NOT uploading a free ebook, but rather "pricing" the eBook at free if--and ONLY if--it is enrolled in the program and Amazon is granted exclusive rights to it for 3 months. No thanks. I'd like to give the book away everywhere, not just ONE site. That's kind of the point of this post ((grin))

So where do you upload YOUR free eBooks? List the sites here (please make them links)

Thanks!

-Friday
@phoenicianbooks

i may put together a small ebook and im thinking of using smashwords or Kindles singles. have u tried kindles singles or is that kdp?

KDP stands for kindle direct publishing. From what I've heard, kindle singles is an elite Amazon program (for works of 5,000-30,000 words) that reviews manuscripts and chooses which will be published. Whereas, KDP publishes automatically, like Smashwords. I don't do the KDP select program anymore, because I have my books published in multiple places, because like you said, they hold exclusive rights to it when in the program. You don't have to enroll in KDP select though; you could just enroll in KDP, unless they don't allow you to make your books free. Most of my ebook sales come from KDP. I haven't had any sales with Smashwords and my books have been there since January. I sold more free books with KDP select than with Smashwords.

DriveThru fiction (you can set the price to 0)
http://www.drivethrufiction.com/
Feedbooks - you can only upload FREE books (although they're selling some, but I don't know how you do that). I took them all off from there, but I used to have them there too.
http://feedbooks.com/ (I hope the link works, because it directs me to the Italian version - google Feedbooks, it's the first result. It's European (French) and it's only for free books).
I haven't tried Kobo direct yet. And to make things free on XinXii (the European Smashwords) I put the minimum requested, upload the whole doc on the sample page and say in the blurb it's actually a free book, but I'm not sure it's working.

Christine wrote: "KDP stands for kindle direct publishing. From what I've heard, kindle singles is an elite Amazon program (for works of 5,000-30,000 words) that reviews manuscripts and chooses which will be publish..."

They don't, unless they're price-matching with B&N, Sony or Kobo, and sometimes it takes up to a month for them to match the titles that are free elsewhere. That's not what Marjorie was asking, though, she knows about KDP and KDP Select - we all do! ;)

Barbara wrote: "Christine wrote: "KDP stands for kindle direct publishing. From what I've heard, kindle singles is an elite Amazon program (for works of 5,000-30,000 words) that reviews manuscripts and chooses whi..."

I was responding to Justin too, because he didn't seem to know the difference between kindle singles and KDP.

Christine wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Christine wrote: "KDP stands for kindle direct publishing. From what I've heard, kindle singles is an elite Amazon program (for works of 5,000-30,000 words) that reviews manuscripts..."

I wanted to add "except Justin"... ;)

Thanks for clearing that up Christine. I've heard alot of people 50/50 about KDP. I think Kindle Singles is right up my alley and maybe even Smashwords. I want to weigh my options

I've just discovered DeviantArt allows to upload short stories or chapter samples - of course available for free. So just become a Deviant and "submit art" under "literature" - only PDF, html or txt files. I also made a thumbnail of the short story cover for the site.
Site: www.deviantart.com

Hi Marjorie,
I'm way late to this party, but Lulu is good. They offer a platform on their site as well as for the iStore and Barnes & Noble. And it's free.
It all boils down to the goal(s) you have for your book, etc. Hope this helps.