You can publish elsewhere than Amazon as long as your books are not setup for Kindle Unlimited. If you have this check when it expires. You can end it after 90 days.

Hey Linda, I’m not familiar with Xlibris, but it sounds like they may distribute your book, in which case they may be able top publish it on Amazon for you. I would recommend contacting them for assistance. If an author owns the rights to their book, they can publish on Amazon and other platforms as long as they aren’t enrolled in KDP Select. If they enroll in KDP Select, they can only publish that book on Amazon.

I didn’t think you could publish with Amazon if you publish elsewhere?
I published with Xlibris and Amazon kindle would not allow me to self publish with them until I cancelled my contract and had written permission to do so.
I’m in process of writing another book now and not sure where to self publish so I’ll take a look at your site.

Hey Jack, yes as long as your aren’t exclusive with Amazon you can publish on Apple Books. If you are interested in promoting your books with Written Word Media, you can use a pseudonym to do so!

Hey John, we have a number of blog posts that explain different parts of the publishing process. I’d also recommend you check out Apple’s website for authors if you are interested in publishing with Apple. They do a good job explaining what is required to publish.

Hey David,

Thanks for your questions!

1) I would recommend publishing both through Apple and Amazon KDP. Apple and Amazon are competing for readers and authors, so it seems unlikely that one will distribute books to the other any time soon.
2) You are correct, Apple does not have a print option at this time.