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purchased. Payment to authors can be made every month when revenue exceeds $100, however the<br />
only option for non-US authors is to receive check through snail mail.<br />
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)<br />
KDP is Amazon’s program to cater individuals who want to sell their ebooks on Kindle store.<br />
Many formats are accepted including Word doc, ePub, and PDF. 22 All publishers are required to<br />
obtain a Tax ID and submit the W-8BEN form. Payment is made every 60 days when revenue<br />
exceeds $100, but only by check.<br />
Lulu<br />
Lulu supports authors from over 200 countries since its setup in 2002. It started as a<br />
print-on-demand self-publishing service but authors can also bulk-order copies to sell on their own<br />
too. Authors can choose to use either their own ISBN, which Evacomics can obtain for free from<br />
Singapore National Library or obtain one from Lulu. With own ISBN from Singapore, tax earned<br />
from US sales will not be withheld and can be reported in Singapore. However Lulu insists “You<br />
may not make available to the public a duplicate project with a lower Lulu Marketplace price while<br />
the original is active in Distribution.” With Lulu’s ISBN, a 30% tax will be withheld since Singapore<br />
has a limited tax treaty with US. Some non-US authors had ignored the form reporting since sales<br />
generated from US were small. Printed books can be made available for sale on Amazon for free and<br />
authors can pay an additional $75 to have their book included in the Ingram catalog that sells to<br />
booksellers, librarians and educators. Unfortunately, to print a 100 page full-color perfect bound<br />
book in U.S. Trade size (6”x9”) will cost a whopping US$33. With such a high printing cost, it is<br />
needless to say that only its eBook option would be more cost effective. Authors can covert their<br />
Word doc file or RTF file into EPUB format through Lulu’s epub convertor. Lulu’s ebooks sales<br />
channel includes iBookstores worldwide that allow Paid Books content 23 and Barnes & Noble’s<br />
NOOK. Unfortunately selling to Kindle store and conversion from PDF document are not supported.<br />
Authors can choose to receive payment by check or Paypal. For non-US authors, Paypal is definitely<br />
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"Kindle Direct Publishing: Help." Amazon. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.<br />
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23 "iTunes Store: Which types of items can I buy in my country?." Apple. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May<br />
2013. .<br />
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