Your experience/advice publishing and distributing a photography e-book?

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Exploring the world of publishing and distributing a photography e-book can be both exciting and challenging. Given your background in self-publishing non-fiction, you're already on solid ground. For visually rich content, platforms like Issuu and Yumpu are fantastic choices, offering an immersive experience for readers. Additionally, leveraging the Internet Archive’s Open Library can broaden your reach. Consider also utilizing Gumroad or Payhip for managing your e-book sales and newsletter sign-ups. Engaging your audience through multiple channels can create a vibrant community around your work.

Hey,

I’m curious if anyone has any experience/advice about publishing/distributing a photography e-book, made either free or for purchase? I’m particularly curious about where/how you recommend distributing it, apart from your own website?

I have some experience self-publishing non-fiction books (mainly text) and distributing via Amazon and aggregators like Draft2Digital. However, it seems a photo-rich e-book (like a monograph or whatever) could be harder/cost prohibitive to distribute, given their large file size and many book platforms not supporting PDF file uploads.

My rough plan at the moment is to upload my free photo e-book to Internet Archive’s Open Library, along with Issuu and Yumpu (and others like it)... and hopefully funnel readers to sign up to a newsletter and download other e-books hosted on Gumroad or Payhip (a mixture of free, paid, and pay-what-you-feel).

Any input would be much appreciated!

Thank you

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