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Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: In the UK your ghostwriter owns the copyright in your book by default, because s.11(1) CDPA 1988 makes the author the first owner and a freelancer is not your employee. Paying them does not transfer it.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Under s.11(1) CDPA 1988 the designer owns the copyright in your cover, because they made it and they are not your employee. Payment does not move it — only an assignment in writing, signed by them, does (s.90(3)).
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Use KDP to sell on Amazon. Use IngramSpark to be orderable by UK bookshops, libraries and every non-Amazon retailer.
Last reviewed by Robert Prime — September 2026 Quick Answer: Yes, UK authors can use ACX — the UK is one of the countries Audible pays directly. ACX pays 50% exclusive or 30% non-exclusive under its newer royalty model (the legacy rates were 40% and 25%).
Draft2Digital is a distributor: you upload once and it puts the book in Apple, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, the library platforms and the rest. What people ask me is whether its marketing tools are worth anything, and how they stack up against what Amazon gives a KDP Select author.
“Price escalation” is the launch plan where a new Kindle book starts cheap and steps up in price over its first few weeks. It works, but only inside a set of rules Amazon publishes and most launch advice ignores. This page is the plan with the rules attached.
Build your copyright page Fill in what applies and delete what doesn’t. The page updates as you type, and nothing leaves your browser — there is no server involved and nothing is stored. It is pre-filled with an example so you can see the shape. Type over it.
Who is responsible for your data Prime and Jest Marketing Limited, trading as publishing.co.uk, of 398 Coast Road, Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, BN24 6NY, is the controller of the personal data described here.
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