Barnes & Noble Press

Barnes & Noble Press pays a flat 70% royalty on every ebook priced at $0.99 and up, and 55% of list price on print books after print costs, with no upfront publishing fees and a payment threshold of only $10, which gives many indie authors a revenue share that often rivals or exceeds traditional trade contracts at the same cover price. Because Barnes & Noble operates roughly 600 bookstores across every U.S. state, alongside a national online storefront that reaches millions of readers, a single B&N Press title can move from a file upload into both nationwide physical shelving opportunities and a major online catalog in a way that pure online platforms do not match. Barnes & Noble has reported thousands of self published authors using its Nook and B&N Press infrastructure, and at one stage self publishers accounted for about 25% of Nook ebook sales; individual cases such as Barbara Freethy, who sold over one million Nook books through the platform, show that a B&N centered strategy can turn a fully indie catalog into a seven figure digital footprint.