FAQ: Listing ebooks
ebook FAQ
What You Need to Know:
You must accept these Publishing Terms and Conditions in order to publish works on Liker Land.
You may need to periodically accept revised versions of these Publishing Terms and Conditions.
FAQ
Book Press is a self-publishing service provided by Liker Land.
Authors/publishers can list and sell their works on Liker Land, allowing authors to self-publish or act as a publishing house. Liker Land serves as an eBook platform for selling your works, without holding any copyright or requiring a share of the profits earned from selling your works on other platforms.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us at publish@liker.land.
eBook Rights Ownership
Liker Land is solely responsible for distributing your works on its platform. The publishing rights and copyrights of eBooks remain with the author (or their legal representative). Liker Land converts and publishes the works for sale based on your authorized agreement.
Platform Service Fees
The fees are charged as a service fee for the eBook platform, denominated in USD.
Liker Land Platform Service Fee: 5% of the sale price
Sales Channel Commission*: 30% of the sale price
Stripe Credit Card Fee: 4.4% of the actual sale price (credit card processing fee by Stripe) + $0.30
If readers provide additional tips, Liker Land charges a 10% commission on the tipping amount.
Example:
If your book is listed on Liker Land with a price of $100:
For each sale made through your own channels, the basic platform service fee is:
Liker Land Platform Service Fee + Stripe Credit Card Fee = ( 100 x 5% ) + ( 100 x 4.4% + 0.30 ) = $9.70 per book
For each sale made through other sales channels, the basic platform service fee and the sales channel commission are:
Sales Channel Commission + Liker Land Platform Service Fee + Stripe Credit Card Fee = ( 100 x 30% ) + ( 100 x 5% ) + ( 100 x 4.4% + 0.30 ) = $39.70 per book
*Liker Land suggests a unified profit-sharing rate of 30% for any channel, such as bookstores, websites, or Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), to encourage more people to assist with sales. Liker Land provides tools for authors to generate unique URLs for different channels. Transactions made through specific links will record channel data, allowing authors to distribute revenue shares to the channels. Authors are responsible for ensuring that channels use the correct links to sell books. All transactions not using channel-specific links will be categorized as sales made directly through Liker Land.
eBook Royalty Calculation
The eBook royalty you receive is the actual sales amount of the book minus the platform service fee, approximately 60% of the book's sale price.
Using the examples above:
For a book priced at $100 and sold through your own channels, the basic platform service fee is $9.70. The publisher or author will receive an eBook royalty of $90.30 per book.
For a book priced at $100 and sold through other channels, the basic platform service fee and sales channel commission amount to $39.70 per book. The publisher or author will receive an eBook royalty of $60.30 per book.
How to Remove Works from Distribution
If you need to take your book off the platform for any reason, please notify us by email at publish@liker.land. We reserve the right to terminate user access to the service or remove works from the platform.
If you believe that your content has been copied in a way that infringes upon your copyright or trademark rights, or violates your publicity or other intellectual property rights, please fill out a form to notify us (see related terms of use under the DMCA for details).
Income and Payment Instructions
It is recommended to use Stripe for handling income and payments. Please refer to the basic financial reports page for details.
How to withdraw funds using Stripe?
Please visit the Stripe Receive payouts page for instructions.
About Listing (Detailed Tutorial)
Do you provide EPUB file creation services?
Our basic service includes the listing service only. For additional services such as EPUB file creation, cover design, editing, formatting, and curation, feel free to contact us at publish@liker.land.
Pricing and Selling Price
You can set the pricing and actual selling price of your book according to your preferences and needs. Please note that the actual selling price must be equal to or less than the listed price. The minimum actual selling price for a priced item is $0.99 USD.
Free Option
If you want readers to receive your book for free, you can set the price of that book to $0 . We also support a "tip" feature, allowing readers to give additional tips in a custom amount to further support the author.
Price Modification
After your book is listed, you can freely adjust the price or run promotional discounts. The changes take effect immediately and are automatically updated.
Publishing Process
Book Cover
A completed EPUB file already includes the book cover, so there's no need to upload it separately. However, if you're uploading a non-EPUB format file, you'll need to upload a separate cover image. For PDF files, an independent image file serves as the book cover.
Book Title, Author, and Category
Accurate information about the book title, author, and relevant tags is crucial for readers to recognize your work. Please make sure to fill in this information correctly.
Keywords
Well-chosen keywords can help readers discover your work when searching for related topics, increasing the visibility of your book. Avoid using unrelated terms as keywords, as they may have a counterproductive effect.
Publisher/Author Exclusive URL
Once a publisher or author has their first published work, they will have an exclusive URL. You can share this URL to promote your book.
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