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It offers a selection of more than 40,000 comic books and graphic novels across Android, iOS, Fire OS and Windows 8 devices and over a web browser. Amazon bought the company in April 2014. [132] CreateSpace, which offers self-publishing services for independent content creators, publishers, film studios, and music labels, became a subsidiary in ...
On-Demand Publishing, LLC, doing business as CreateSpace, was a self-publishing service owned by Amazon. [3] [4] The company was founded in 2000 in South Carolina as BookSurge and was acquired by Amazon in 2005. [5] CreateSpace published books containing any content at all, other than just placeholder text. [6] It neither edited nor verified.
Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon.com's e-book publishing platform launched in November 2007, concurrently with the first Amazon Kindle device. Originally called Digital Text Platform, the platform allows authors and publishers to publish their books to the Amazon Kindle Store.
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing. This page lists the best-known of such companies. It is not an ...
Larry Kirshbaum was the first publisher when Amazon Publishing was founded in 2009. He was based in New York City. In January 2014, Kirshbaum left the company. According to Publishers Weekly, "Under his direction, Amazon Publishing has had a difficult time gaining traction in the marketplace and failed to deliver any major bestsellers. [31]
Amazon product lines include (books, music CDs, videotapes, and software), apparel, baby products, consumer electronics, beauty products, gourmet food, groceries, health and personal care items, industrial and scientific supplies, kitchen items, jewellery and watches, lawn and garden items, musical instruments, sporting goods, tools, automotive items and toys/games.
The list includes defunct and merged/acquired companies, and distributors whose primary business is not books, such as comic books. The companies may provide exclusive distribution rights, or act as a wholesaler or warehouser of publisher's titles. Many of the companies distribute other products, and some also sell directly to the public.
Amazon Basics (formerly written as AmazonBasics) is a private label that offers home goods, office supplies, and tech accessories. [5] The line was launched in 2009. [ 6 ] As of December 2017, Amazon Basics is the best-selling private label brand on Amazon.com. [ 7 ] In November 2018, AmazonBasics expanded their product line to include home ...