About XinXii
XinXii is Europe's leading indie eBook publishing and distribution platform
We empower independent authors and publishers to upload and sell any kind of self-written works in multiple formats. They have complete control over their uploads (description, pricing...). As eBook aggregator, XinXii converts eBooks to the ePub and mobi format and distributes to major eBook retailers all over the world (Amazon, 32 iBookstores, Casa del Libro, Kobo...) - for free.
Readers have the opportunity to discover new authors in all categories and genres of the written word. The titles are ready for immediate download after purchase.
Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts
... can publish on the XinXii platform
- without contract
- in real-time, without technical skills
- with an own authorpage and online shop
- enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price...
- upload an eBook in multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls...
- high royalties per download
- consolidated real-time sales reports
- keeping full editorial and copyright control
... can be distributed to major international eBook retailers
- we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free
- we distribute to the major retailers all over the world for free
- we provide consolidated sales reports
Readers have...
- the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres
- an easy access to a huge variety of content
- can instantly download after purchase
- have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks
We generate income through commissions from the sales of written works. How much we earn depends on what price an author considers for her/his eBook, and on how much eBooks are sold: On XinXii, every author or publisher set whatever price she/he wants for the eBook, and we earn our commission only if we sell the eBook. If you want to learn more, please have a look here.
We use an algorithm to generate the XinXii Sales Rank. It is a number that says how many titles sold more than other titles. The smaller the XinXii Sales Rank, the better the sales. It is not an absolute measure of sales quantity, but a relative measure of where one document stands among all others sold on XinXii.
Before we delete your account, please be aware of that your account is free and storage is unlimited! We are sure that sooner or later someone is searching for your document!
But if you absolutely want to leave us, please contact us on unsubscribe[at]xinxii.com. Your information will be wiped from our servers within 30 days. We will confirm by e-mail the cancellation of your account. Meanwhile, we ask you to delete all your uploads.
Purchasing on XinXii: Buying and Downloading eBooks
After you purchase an eBook, you will be directed to your XinXii account where you can download your file(s) in the "Orders / Invoice" section.
You can pay by PayPal or Credit Card. Please note that we use Worldpay as a partner for credit card transactions and they implement state of the art security tools and techniques to ensure that your card details are secure. XinXii does not have access to any of your credit card details.
No, you can only rate and comment on a document that you have bought on XinXii.
Log in on XinXii, go to the title you would like to rate and comment on and click on the "ADD COMMENT" button at the end of the description text.
Yes, totally. XinXii's comment system is designed so that you can register and post anonymously.
If the publication which you have downloaded does not match with the description text, then please get in touch with us at . Please remember to include details of why you consider that the publication is faulty. We will contact the author/seller to resolve the issue. Thank you!
Just send us an email at , and we will forward your message along.
Yes. We check uploads for viruses, but this doesn't mean that you will never get a virus. We recommend to have an UP-TO-DATE virus program installed on your system.
Before Publishing: Getting started
You can upload and sell (almost) any kind of written work - in all categories and genres: poems, recipes, study notes, manuals, guidebooks, textbooks, business plans or PhD theses. There is no minimum number of pages and no restriction on the writing style. We accept many filetypes including Word (.doc), PDF (.pdf), text (.txt), PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls), Postscript (.ps), mp3, .mobi or ePUB.
Inappropriate material, Reseller eBooks and content that violates our Terms of Use are removed as soon as they are detected or reported and the publishers are excluded from the platform.
Nothing: Publishing on XinXii is FREE! We do not charge any service (one-time-fees or transaction fees e.g.), and no additional costs will occur. We do not reduce royalties by fees such as payment processing fees (by PayPal e.g.), retailer discounts, costs due to erroneous or fraudulent transactions or credit card charge-backs.
Yes. If you don't want to use your real name, use a pseudonym and put it in your author profile.
Yes, you just need to open one single XinXii account to manage multiple pen names.
No, a customer can only see the information which you publish on XinXii or in your eBook. We never pass your registration information to any third party.
No, we do not demand an exclusive distribution deal. You retain all ownership rights, and you are free to publish your eBook elsewhere. To avoid angry customers it is just important that an eBook being sold on XinXii is not published as a free version somewhere else.
No. On XinXii, you benefit from a complete control over your online store: you can remove an item whenever you want to.
We use Paypal to send money, so you will need to specify your Paypal e-mail address in your account information.
Once the minimum amount of EUR 20,00 (~ US$ 27.00 / GBP 17.00) has been confirmed, you can request the payment by click. The amount will be paid via PayPal at the end of the following month after being requested.
At XinXii.com, an American author is not asked to give a tax ID number, just name and address.
No. XinXii is only for original works by their original author or publishing houses. It is not allowed to sell eBooks that you've purchased anywhere (PLR eBooks or eBooks with reseller rights). Please note, that the unauthorized re-selling will result in immediate account termination, and all earnings will be forfeited, per our Terms of Use.
You can choose the currency, in which you want to manage your XinXii-account (that means the currency in which sales prices are settled and transactions of revenues are made). So if you select USD, you will be paid by us in USD (w/o conversion).
Yes, you keep all rights to your work and you grant us nonexclusive rights to use the work you upload to us.
As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects:
- we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each eBook sold (19%)
- the VAT must be always included in the final price of all products listed on XinXii.com
So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get 70% of the net price as provision/royalty.
Publishing on XinXii: Uploading Documents
You can upload your eBook in the following formats. Please note that we support the multi-format-upload, so you don't need separate entries for each filetype.
- Adobe PDF (.pdf)
- ePUB
- Microsoft Word (.doc/ .docx)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt/.pps/.pptx)
- Microsoft Excel (.xls/.xlsx)
- Mobipocket / Kindle-Format (.mobi)
- mp3 (Audio Book)
- OpenOffice Text Document (.odt, .sxw)
- OpenOffice Presentation Document (.odp, .sxi)
- OpenOffice Spreadsheet (.ods, .sxc)
- Plain text (.txt)
- Rich text format (.rtf)
We recommend to use Zamzar (www.zamzar.com) - a free online service, that converts any file type to any other file type.
By default, the maximum size of a file to be uploaded is around 150 MB. If your file exceeds the maximum size allowed, please contact us on support@xinxii.com - we will find a solution :-)
If you want to upload more than 25 eBooks at once, please contact us on support[@]xinxii.com, so that we can give you a secure access to our FTP server.
The purchase price is the amount you set for your work. It is the amount that buyers will be charged. The lowest amount that you can charge for a document is US$ 0.99 / GBP 1.99
As you have full editorial control over your documents, you can see what is selling and change their prices accordingly.
XinXii allows authors to make their own choices throughout the publishing process. We do not exercise any editorial control over the information entered - as long as the user does not violate our Terms of Use.
Your eBook is published instantly after your upload. But you can modify the description, the price etc. online at any moment and in real-time.
If you want to upload eBooks in different languages, then you do not have to open another account. You just click on the "Publish"-tab, fill in the provided fields and select the language. The eBook is then automatically listed on the corresponding XinXii-site (-> xinxii.fr or xinxii.es for example).
Distributing via XinXii (iBookstore, ...)
To qualify for a distribution, your eBook must be accepted to our Premium Catalog. The minimum criteria are:
- ISBN (only required for iBookstore and Kobo)
- a proper copyright page
- quality book cover (jpg or png, front cover, book title and author name, app. 500 pixels wide by 700 pixels tall)
The requirements do not reflect a judgment of the quality, marketability or topic of your eBook. Once your eBook is accepted, we automatically distribute it to major online retailers.
At the beginning of the publishing-process, we'll ask you if you want your eBook to be distributed on the major eBook retailers as well - and if yes, on which one(s).
Yes, you can choose between all eBook retailers - we do not distribute to all retailers automatically.
If you have the ePub- and/or mobi-version of your eBook, we ask you to upload it on XinXii. If you can't provide your eBook in ePub a/o mobi, just upload the .doc- or .pdf-file, and we will do the conversion for you - free of costs.
Note: We only convert eBooks with ISBN.
We reflect the shipping date in your XinXii Dashboard (see "All Uploads"). Once we ship your eBook to a retailer, it can take anywhere from a few hours to a couple weeks before it appears on their digital shelves.
We will provide this information on your dashboard (see: "All Uploads"). Please note, that it take anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks to appear at a retailer.
1. Direct Search
Just download the free Apple iBook App on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, and then search your eBook by book title or author name. Please note that Apple provides the iBookstore in 32 countries, so if your eBook hasn't yet been distributed to a specific country, then you won't find it there. XinXii usually distributes to all 32 countries.
2. Search via Weblink
You can find your eBook via the following hyperlink:
http://itunes.apple.com/uk/book/isbn978xxxxxxxxxx
Please send us an email at distribution(@)xinxii.com, and send us the direct hyperlink to the retailer's listing with a clear explanation of the issue. Please, don't contact the retailer, we will expedite the correction for you.
Yes, we provide consolidated sales reports. But please note that sales at retailers are reported back to us on a delayed basis. So there will be a lag time between sales, the time we receive the reports and the payment. Once we receive the reports, we will reflect this data in your dashboard.
After Publishing: Managing & Selling Documents
You you can make changes to your document locally and upload the changed document as a new revision: Please click on "Edit" beside the title and upload the new version at the bottom of the page. The new version will replace the old one while retaining the document's statistics and comments. The document's URL will remain the same, too.
You can edit your entries in the "My Uploads" section, where a summary of the titles of all the entries you have added to XinXii will be visible. Please click on the "Edit" button beside the entry you wish to edit.
Yes! Please go to "My XinXii > All uploads", and click on "Edit" beside the relevant title. At the end of the site, you can see a list of your uploaded files; you can download each here.
XinXii provides a real-time sales report in your account (see "My XinXii > Sales Statistics"). You'll see which document has been bought and when but but you won't be able to find out who your customers are.
No, it's not possible to see *who* exactly bought your files, unless the customer comments on your document after purchase by name.
Yes, any purchased download is reported instantly in your sales statistics.
We use Paypal to send money, so you will need to specify your Paypal e-mail address in your account information.
Once the minimum amount of EUR 20,00 (~ US$ 27.00 / GBP 17.00) has been confirmed, you can request the payment by click. Note: You can calculate here currency and foreign exchange rates, using live mid-market rates.
The amount will be paid via PayPal at the end of the following month after being requested.
Once your work is on the XinXii Store, we encourage you to promote your work if you want to increase sales. Just have a look on our Social Media for Authors site where you can find a variety of useful online tools including the right use of Social Networks, Twitter, Press Releases, Booktrailer and XinXii Author Badges.
If you have your own web page or Blog, you can use our buttons or your personal link to link your visitors to XinXii! Just have a look in the "My XinXii > Marketing" area.
If your work's not yet ready to be published, or you need to make some changes to it, you are able to put your project offline. To disable viewing an entry, go to the "All Uploads" section in your personal XinXii area. Then, beside the titles, click on the red/green square to put it offline/online - or click the "delete"-button to remove it from the XinXii marketplace.
No, XinXii won't remove your documents. They will remain for sale on the XinXii Store until you choose to remove them - regardless of how many people buy them.
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70 percent of net sales