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This is the last day of November and you should have finished your NaNoWriMo novel today. Once you’ve written your novel you’ll want to publish it, for what is a novel if not read?

Unlike Rowling who had her first manuscript rejected by several publishers, you can get yours published online with relative ease by the miracle that is modern technology.

Here’s a list of self-publishing resources to consider:

• PubIt! by Barnes & Noble - get your ebooks distributed on Barnes & Noble. I couldn’t find any information about their royalty percentage on their website.
• Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) by Amazon – sell your ebooks on the Amazon store. KDP offers 70% royalties.
• Lulu – ebooks are distributed on Apple’s iBookstore and Barnes & Noble in the widely accepted ePub format. Unlike the others on this list Lulu also allows you to publish your books in print and even issues an ISBN. They also offer services such as pre-publishing, editing and marketing. Lulu offers between 80% and 90% royalties.
• Smashwords – similar to Lulu, Smashwords also issues an ISBN and distributes your ebook to a host of online distributors, including Sony Reader Store, Kobo, iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Stanza and more. They offer between 60% and 85% in royalties.