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iBookstore Reaches Latin America: XinXii Distributes to 18 Additional Countries

At the iPad Mini launch event, Apple officially announced the fantastic news: the iBookstore expands to Latin America and New Zealand. This is not only exciting for the readers who live there but also for all self-publishers. We bring our eBooks to the shelves of 18 additional iBookstores: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. All indie authors, who would like to distribute their eBooks to the iBookstore through XinXii, would have their titles distributed to all iBookstores. All eBooks, which have already been distributed through us, ...

24. October 2012 | No Comments

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Amazon Goes to India: Great Chance For English eBooks

For those who want to explore new markets, there is a great opportunity to do so – India. Amazon announced the launch of its Kindle store in India. XinXii distributes eBooks to the India Kindle store Authors who distribute their eBooks to Amazon through XinXii would automatically have their titles available on the India Kindle store. The price and the required data remain identical to the ones of Amazon.com. With population of more than 1.2 billion people, India is the second biggest English speaking community in the world with more than 125 million English speaking people – a great potential ...

12. September 2012 | No Comments

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XinXii Remains DRM-Free Zone

You have bought an eBook and would like to read it on a device of your choice? Attention: not all eBooks could be used on all reading devices! The trap is called “DRM”. Most of the publishers and providers tried to use this protection in order to prevent unauthorized distribution of the eBooks, thus causing anger among the readers – so they have been increasingly taking a stand against it. Among the opponents are the science fiction publishing house Tor Books, the fiction publishers Carl Hanser, Gmeiner and Bastei Lübbe and the non-fiction publisher O’Reilly. We have also decided to ...

07. September 2012 | No Comments

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Spain Raises eBook Value Added Tax (VAT) to 21%

No good news for the eBook market: A new tax rate for eBooks enters into force on the 1st of September 2012 in Spain; as a result of the economic crisis it would be raised from 18% to 21%. The increase does not only affect eBooks, but also all goods that do not benefit from a reduced tax rate (in other words printed books maintain a VAT of 4%). XinXii authors who distribute their eBooks on Casa del Libro (www.casadellibro.com) through us would not be affected by the changes, since 3% would be taken from us. We hope that the ...

28. August 2012 | No Comments

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Win New Readers and True Fans With Coupon Codes

Authors, who sell their eBooks on XinXii, can offer them as an exclusive free download. Readers who are interested in the book enter the code when they check out and download it immediately without having to pay for it. The generation of coupon codes is easy: 1. Click on the Coupon Manager in the user section “My XinXii” 2. Generate the code 3. Determine the period of the campaign and the number of downloads 4. Ready When you have generated a coupon code you can additionally edit the information and view the number of the redeemed coupons. The new feature ...

04. June 2012 | No Comments

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XinXii Expands Services With Editing & Proof-reading

XinXii offers a new service: editing & proof-reading of texts published on the XinXii platform. Authors can choose between proof-reading – orthography, grammar, punctuation, hyphenation – and editing with a stylistic review. Authors who are interested in the service can upload a text on http://www.xinxii.com/services.php for a non-binding quote. The editing and proof-reading is carried out by qualified staff. For now, the service is available for German texts, more languages would be supported in the future. ...

20. March 2012 | No Comments

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New Payment Method for XinXii Authors

From today onward, authors on XinXii can use a bank transfer as a payment method for provisions – as an alternative to PayPal. When you want to choose that option – just have a look at the section My XinXii > Author: edit account information, there you can choose the option at the end of the page. It is important to note that at the moment we perform transactions only in the European currency zone and in Euro (see SEPA* ). In order to identify your bank account and financial institution, your BIC (11-digit bank code number) and IBAN (22-digit ...

01. March 2012 | No Comments

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New Distribution Channel: Amazon Kindle eBook Store

You know it already: We are broadening our distribution channels, so your eBook would reach as many potential readers as possible all over the world. From today on, we are offering the additional possibility to publish your eBooks on the Amazon’s Kindle eBook store-apart from Apple’s iBookstore and Casa del Libro. The distribution through XinXii and the conversion to a mobile format is again for free. Here also applies the following: We gladly publish your eBook on Amazon when it: – is available through ISBN – has a cover, title and the author is mentioned Amazon Kindle eBook store offers over one million ...

06. December 2011 | No Comments

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XinXii Signs Partnership With Casa del Libro

Starting today, the leading bookseller in Spain will provide titles from XinXii: self-published eBooks from international indie authors. Thanks to the cooperation, we have extended our international presence by another distribution channel: Casa del Libro is the best known address for literature not only with its 37 stores but also online with 7 million unique users. CEO Xavier Solà says that the partnership strenghtens the role of Casadellibro.com in the eBook market: “El acuerdo con XinXii refuerza aún más la apuesta de Casadellibro.com por ser líder en el mercado de e-books”. Authors and publishers, who publish and sell their work ...

25. November 2011 | No Comments

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XinXii on Google+

We are happy to have a new way to connect with you: XinXii is now on Google+, making sure our latest news and topics reach our circles as quick as possible. You are likely our Fan on Facebook and follow us on Twitter – Google+ is new. At the moment we are treating our new social media channel similarly to Facebook and Twitter, but we want to find a different wy to interact with you. So we invite you to add us on Google+, and let us know your thoughts and ideas how you would like to see us to ...

23. November 2011 | No Comments

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