One lucky winner will, in turn, get a free copy of your book. Set up a lucky draw on your website where you ask people to enter the draw by registering with their email address. So if you have an inventory of author copies, you can take orders directly from your website and ship the goods directly to your readers. That takes away the charm your website carefully builds. You don’t want to trap your readers in a lengthy redirection loop in which your website takes them to Amazon and asks them to complete an order and submit their information. Many authors work hard to build their personal brand, and a crucial part of making this successful is being able to sell your books directly through your personal website. Here is a list of reasons: Sell books from your website.

So here we are: you now know that you will have to pay a small fee to get author copies and that these will not count as official sales. Now that you have a little more information on what having a free ISBN from KDP entails, the next question that must have popped up in your mind is: 'How much will it cost to buy my author copies?' 'Is there a minimum purchase amount?' Many authors have said they prefer the color and paper type of IngramSpark over Amazon KDP. You will find that printers have different quality and customization features so you may prefer to print with another company other than Amazon KDP.If you intend to start your own publishing company it will be best to purchase and provide your own ISBN and have the ability to print wherever you choose. With a free ISBN you will always show up as 'Independently Published' rather than your business name or publishing brand.You cannot remove a free ISBN copy from the listing on Amazon, so even if you decide to buy your ISBNs later on, you won't be able to do anything about the reviews on the previous copy.Some bookstores and retailers do not like Amazon, and so coming off as an Amazon-only author (which will be the indirect effect of a free KDP ISBN) will not help your distribution strategy.This might not be a problem if you only intend to print through Amazon anyway. You cannot use other print-on-demand services like IngramSpark with the same ISBN, you will need to purchase another. In exchange for giving you a free ISBN, Amazon KDP will require you to print your book only through KDP.However, make sure you are making an informed decision if you're going for the free ISBN because it comes with its own set of conditions and cautions:

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