30% Tax On Royalty For Self Publishing Books at KDP

Self Publishing Books Going Costlier At Amazon KDP

I was rather shocked when  I got the email from Amazon KDP last week. It stated that I must add my tax information on my KDP dashboard to keep using KDP services. It clearly said that if I don't do the same 25/10/2013; they would stop sells for my Self Publishing Books. I thought of giving it a go; but to my shock the rate of tax for publishers from outside United States was kept at 30% flat....!!!

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I have been working online for a year now; and that is my only mode of earning. So 30% tax on my self publishing books can be almost fatal for me. It might be okay for US publishers who are used to their taxation and all. As they have been paying at that rate they might take it as normal tax routine; but for some one who has been enjoying mush lesser rates for tax on books and all; this is way much than expectation.

And there are so many other means of online earning and no one charges this much tax. For example I have been associated with oDesk as well; and they never charge me tax. Instead I pay tax to our local government in India. Now this KDP policy on self publishing books will have a double dent for me. I will pay taxes in US as well as India. I hope Amazon takes into consideration and if needed they can follow oDesk. It is never justified to pay double the amount of taxes on single income....!!! If this is the only and inevitable option on KDP I might have to stop writing books; as it will be unbearable for me to pay KDP their share from the sale and then have tax on royalty..!

10 Places to Get Free eBooks

It's the eBook era around now.

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eBooks are in demand as they provide some edges over conventional books....Bulkiness being the major advantage, you can fit thousand eBooks in the same space occupied by a paperback. As the eBook concept evolved and more and more platforms have started to provide eBooks sales, we are blessed with free eBooks too. There are plenty places where you can have these free eBooks. For our readers we have listed best 10 places where the freebies can be found. Let's see them one by one:

1) Amazon offers some very good free eBooks.

Amazon is the biggest marketplace for eBooks and eBook readers which they are marketing with the brand name KINDLE. It is not always freebie at Amazon, but if you keep on watching this website; there are regular promotion going on there. Authors usually put their work in FREE promotion and these promotion can be between 1-5 days.

Biggest advantage with Amazon is, the Ebooks are highly optimized for kindle and you can have great readability on most of the devices or on PC. If you keep on watching the site you can get the free Ebooks which normally cost above 10$ or so. Keep on checking Amazon listing regularly. You might get more than few great Ebooks everyday for free.

2) FreeBookSpot.

FreeBookSpot is also a very good place to look for ebooks. They update their list and they have wide variety of ebooks in the collection. You can find your ebook on almost any topic you are looking for. They have books on Physics, chemistry, Game development, Computer languages etc.

3) Free Ebooks.

This is also a good ebook site. They also have a top 10 list on their site. This list comprises of the most downloaded books. Have a look in that list, as those were appreciated and downloaded the most.

4) GetFreeEbooks.

Just like FreeBookSpot, they also have a very big category list. You can simply select your category of interest and browse through the ebooks.

5) FreeComputerBooks.

This is something which is confined to Computers only. They have a big collection of Free Ebooks on all computer related topics. They have books on topics  like languages, operating system and all.

6) FreeTechBooks.

Here you can find biggest collection of ebooks. These books are loaded on the site by authors and the publishers. They are also having a big list which have all tech related books there.

7) OnlineFreeBooks.

This is the compilation of all the information available on the internet for free PDF books. They have their list updated regularly and you can get your free ebook here as well.

8) KnowFree.

They have 15 categories listed on the site for free books. They include all time famous categories like Health, Computers, Internet etc.

9) OnlineComputerBooks.

Though they claim to have free ebooks on topics other than computers and technology; the categories are all focused on internet and technologies only. They also have very famous and high priced ebook in their basket for free.

10) OnlineProgrammingbooks.

As the name suggests they have free ebooks mainly focused on programming and computer technology. They have various categories in which they have more than few thousand books to offer.

There are many more sites on the internet which offer free ebook. But please keep in mind while you explore them, because sometimes less famous sites are prone to send you malware and viruses. It is always advisable to browse the sites which are having big reader base and their trustworthiness is well established.