German eBook Distributor XinXii Expands to Other Catalogs
German ebook distribution platform XinXii has announced its partnership with Mondia Media Group, the exclusive digital content provider to several different platforms. This partnership will allow XinXii’s self-published authors to put their titles into the hands of more readers internationally than before.
In international markets, authors can now distribute their books through SonyEricsson’s PlayNow, Vodafone , Medion (a consumer electronics company) , Telefonica, T-Mobile, and América Movil, the largest mobile operator in Latin America. While the royalty rate for digital authors may vary from 20% to 40% depending on the platform, authors who are interested in enrolling their titles through this partnership should email XinXii with the title name, author’s name, and ISBN of the book. If the author retains an ePub format copy of the book, that should be uploaded as well. Of course, authors may choose to opt out of these channels and still have their books available through XinXii.
While international markets are still an emerging consumership for digital reading, initiatives like Kobo’s and Amazon’s expansion into Japan and the upcoming Kindle stores in several European reading markets have brought new attention to ebooks abroad. Once the readership adopts digital reading on a more popular scale, self-publishing platforms for ebook distribution are a natural progression.
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