Expanded Distribution
KDP offers Expanded Distribution that can help you reach more readers through bookstores, online retailers, libraries, and academic institutions.

How it Works
Booksellers and libraries purchase paperbacks from large distributors. If you enroll your paperback in Expanded Distribution, KDP will make your book available to distributors so booksellers and libraries can find your book and order it.

KDP works with US distributors, but booksellers and libraries outside of the US may purchase books from these US distributors. It’s free to enroll your paperback in Expanded Distribution, and it allows your book to be made broadly available outside of Amazon.

Enrolling your paperback in Expanded Distribution doesn’t guarantee it will be ordered by a particular bookseller or library. The decision to order your book lies solely with the individual booksellers and libraries. We can’t provide details on which booksellers and libraries purchased your book.

Requirements

• ISBN – The paperback can have an ISBN you purchased or one assigned by KDP. Your book’s ISBN must not have been submitted for distribution through another service.
• Trim Size – Depends on the paper type (white or cream) and ink color (black and white or color) – View KDP’s Expanded Distribution Trim Size Requirements

Timeline
It can take up to eight weeks from the time you enroll in Expanded Distribution for the book to become available for booksellers and libraries to order. Enrolling your paperback in Expanded Distribution doesn’t guarantee it will be ordered by a particular bookseller and library.

If you make changes to your book (details, content, or pricing), it can take up to eight weeks for the information to update through Expanded Distribution. Your book will still be available with the previous information until the information is updated.

Expanded Distribution doesn’t reflect changes in real-time because distributors, booksellers, and libraries update their information at different times. You may see differences in your book details, content, and pricing on other websites until they update the information.