Self-publishing 101
You don’t need a publisher. If your book is finished, you can sell it on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and a dozen library systems within a week. You set the price. You keep the rights. You get paid every month. Here’s how it works.
The two paths
Most writers reach readers one of two ways:
- Direct
- Sign up with each retailer one at a time and upload your book to each. More control, more setup, more accounts to manage. The biggest example is Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) — for many writers, KDP direct is the bulk of their sales, so it’s often worth signing up for that one specifically.
- Aggregator
- One account, one upload, your book lands at every retailer that aggregator partners with. Simpler, slightly smaller cut per sale (the aggregator takes around 10%). Most writers do KDP direct + an aggregator for everywhere else.
What Pendraic does for you
Pendraic exports your finished book in every format the major retailers accept. Free plan covers TXT, Markdown, and PDF. Essentials adds DOCX and EPUB. Premium adds a strict Draft2Digital-compliant DOCX so your D2D conversion lands clean on the first try.
Open the export editor inside the app to pick a book, configure your title page / copyright / dedication, see a live preview, and download.
Open the Export tab