Where to publish your book

A short guide to each store and serial site StoriesDen works with: what it suits, what files it wants, whether it asks for exclusivity, and the steps to go live.

Ebook and print from one account

Amazon KDP

Almost every self-published author starts here: it is the largest ebook store, and print on demand means no stock to hold.

Exclusivity option ISBN: free for print, none for Kindle

Draft2Digital

Authors who want to be in many stores without keeping a separate account, upload and price at each.

ISBN: free

Ebook stores

Apple Books

Wide authors who want a direct relationship with one of the bigger ebook stores.

ISBN: optional

Kobo Writing Life

Authors with readers outside the US, where Kobo is strongest.

ISBN: optional

Google Play Books

Wide authors who want to reach Android readers.

ISBN: optional

Print on demand

IngramSpark

Print authors who want their book orderable by bookshops and libraries, which KDP Print does not reach.

ISBN: required, yours

BookVault

Authors who sell print copies directly, and special editions.

ISBN: optional

Serial fiction

Royal Road

Long-running fantasy, LitRPG and progression fiction told in regular instalments.

ISBN: none

Patreon

Serial authors with readers who want the next chapters before everyone else.

ISBN: none

Wattpad

Authors writing for young adult and new-adult readers, and anyone building an audience chapter by chapter.

ISBN: none

Not sure which to pick? Most authors choose between Amazon only, with KDP Select, and going wide: KDP without Select, plus Draft2Digital for the other stores. StoriesDen tracks each listing and what it still needs.

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Stores change their rules. The store details here were last checked on 17 September 2026; always confirm on the store's own site before you upload.