Matador Become The First to Sell eBooks to Customers Online

Matador has become the UK's first self-publishing company to sell copy protected ePub eBooks directly to customers through its online shop. This will enable authors to cut out the retailer and take up to 85% of the eBook's cover price. 

The eBooks can be downloaded to most eReaders, such as Kindle Fire, iPad and Nook. However, like all retailers, the system will not be able to sell the eBooks to Kindle customers. Before you start downloading, you will need to get yourself a free Adobe ID. All of the eBooks sold will be protected by Adobe DRM system, this will mean that books sold in this way will be protected and less likely to be copied. 

Matador are hoping to have all of their eBooks uploaded to their online shop by the end of April, so that customers will have thousands of books to choose from. 

This new step does not mean that Matador will abandon their current retailers. All of the eBooks they sell will still be available through their existing network of retailers, such as Amazon and Apple. The new system just offers customers more choice!


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