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Title: Did everyone get the Amazon email about printing in Canada?
Post by: Marti Talbott on December 04, 2019, 11:42:34 AM

Hello,

We’re excited to announce paperback manufacturing in Canada! This enables new features for KDP authors, including:

Faster shipping to your readers in Canada. Manufacturing in Canada enables FREE Two-Day Shipping for Prime Members.

Amazon.ca royalty reporting in your KDP reports. Previously, Amazon.ca sales were included in Amazon.com sales. As a result, you may see a shift of some units from Amazon.com to Amazon.ca reporting.

Canadian Dollar (CAD) list prices. You can update list prices by going to your Bookshelf, clicking “…”, and then “Edit Paperback Rights & Pricing.” If you don’t update your list prices, we will convert the United States Dollars (USD) list price to CAD for Amazon.ca. Learn more.

If you have indicated in your KDP account that you hold distribution rights in Canada for your books, we invite you to set CAD pricing.

Please note that, as of today, proof copies and author orders for authors in Canada will still be printed and shipped from the US.

For more information on setting up paperback rights and pricing, visit KDP Jumpstart.

Regards,

The Kindle Direct Publishing Team

Title: Re: Did everyone get the Amazon email about printing in Canada?
Post by: ilamont on December 05, 2019, 10:30:43 PM

I saw this. Good news -- more sales and fewer costs for both the reader and publisher. In the past I have looked into exporting offset-printed books into Canada and it is a huge mass of red tape.

Title: Re: Did everyone get the Amazon email about printing in Canada?
Post by: Bill Hiatt on December 06, 2019, 02:51:03 AM

Yes, this is definitely a step forward.