Barnes & Noble PubIt! for Self-Published Authors

Barnes & Noble PubIt! for Self-Published Authors

AUTHORINK NEWS/May 20, 2010--For authors who simply want to publish their own work, Barnes & Noble is offering PubIt!(www.bn.com/pubit). The online system allows self-published authors to access and sell eBooks and other content on Barnes & Noble's Online and Digital Platforms.

The easy-to-use publishing and distribution platform offers authors of self-published works expanded distribution, visibility and Digital Rights Management protection.

PubIt! titles will be distributed through BN.COM and Barnes & Noble's eBookstore, which currently offers more than one million digital titles to millions of dedicated customers in-store and online.

Details about PubIt's royalty model and compensation process will be available next week.

Barnes & Noble customers will be able to browse, sample, buy and download the digital content in seconds to their devices with free BN reader software. Using Barnes & Noble's Read In Store(TM) technology, NOOK(TM) customers can also browse the complete contents of PubIt! titles while in Barnes & Noble stores.

PubIt! titles will be accessible on hundreds of devices including: NOOK by Barnes & Noble, PC, Mac®, iPad(TM), iPhone®, BlackBerry® and others. For more information on free BN eReader software and apps, visit www.bn.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp.

More information on PubIt!, which will be available this summer at www.bn.com/pubit.

Editor's Note: One wonders if we are simply creating more giant slush piles here.