September 30, 2024
Ingram spark V Kindle Direct Publishing

The bookstore that has carried my books for a couple years has decided that they will no longer take consignments from authors for books. they will only take books that they can order directly from Ingram. AUGH!!!. Being a new author my earlier titles were through KDP. 

I have spent the morning trying to figure out how to transfer my best selling older titles from KDP to Ingram Spark. It can be done. You have to take your books title out of expanded distribution and fill out a form to request it be transferred to Ingram Spark. The only hang up is that the form is not on the Ingram Spark site. I sent them an email. 

I also spent time getting a barcode with the price in it for another one of my books, a must if you want your books in books stores.

P.S. I received an email from Ingram Spark. Since I used a free ISBN number from KDP my titles can not be transferred to Ingram Spark. That's another lesson learned. Free ISBN numbers sound like a good idea when you have a limited budget but they bite you in the end.