After your book has been published, one year of Premium Distribution Support is included for free. Then, starting one year after your book has been successfully published through the distribution channels in your publishing package, an annual fee of CA $79 applies to continue receiving Premium Distribution Support.
You can have the fee waived for one additional year simply by completing our client feedback survey (we'll send you a link to the survey once your book has been published).
Plus, you can downgrade to the free Basic Distribution Support option at any time. Read on below for a comparison of the two support levels.
Premium Distribution Support:
- Up to one change per 90 days to online book listings, which may include a change to the description or author bio, suggested retail price, price discounting.
- Optional KDP Select enrollment to enable Kindle eBook giveaways and discounts (if applicable).
- Priority retail listing support (to extent possible).
- Helps Tellwell to continually improve our distribution channel relationships and royalty reporting.
- No additional market access fees, though the cost of Premium Distribution Support is subject to change without notice.
- Plus, everything included in Basic Distribution Support, below.
Basic Distribution Support:
- The book remains available for print-on-demand and/or eBook sales via the distribution channels you have signed up for with Tellwell.
- Basic post-publication support: limited to fixing errors with retail book listings within the scope possible given distributor's own policies and procedures.
- Tellwell consolidates and pays out royalties from all channels and provides regular sales and royalty reports.
- Ability to purchase changes to the book listing metadata for a fee per update.
- While enrolling in Basic Distribution Support is currently free of charge, in the event that a distribution channel charges Tellwell market access fees to list your book on their site, Tellwell reserves the right to: (1) deduct these market access fees from future royalties earned, and/or (2) remove the book from distribution in the event that any market access fees remain unpaid for more than 90 days.
These support options are offered as part of the Managed Distribution program, the terms of which are laid out under section 6.8 of our terms and conditions.
Please note, neither Basic nor Premium Distribution support include making changes to the content of the book. Post-publication changes to the interior and/or cover can be purchased for an additional fee.
Related Article: What is Managed Distribution?