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Guides and answers for indie authors using Chiify — 120 articles across 12 topics covering publishing, distribution, payouts, and more.
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Getting Started
Sign up, set up your author profile, and ship your first book.
11 articlesPublishing Your Book
Manuscript upload, metadata, EPUB conversion, ISBNs, covers.
23 articlesDistribution
Retailers, OPDS feed, IngramSpark, takedowns, country settings.
18 articlesSales & Royalties
Earnings dashboard, sales reports, commission rules.
5 articlesPayments & Payouts
Bank transfer, PayPal, wire, USD, NGN, taxes.
12 articlesPricing & Plans
Free, Starter, Pro, Lifetime — what each tier includes.
6 articlesAccount & Security
Profile, password, two-factor authentication, deleting your account.
10 articlesChiify Store App
The mobile reader app — install, sign in, buy, read, listen.
3 articlesContent & Policy
What you can publish, AI disclosure, rights, copyright, and why books get blocked.
10 articlesMarketing & Promotion
Promote your books, run price promotions, build an author page, and earn reviews.
10 articlesPrint on Demand
Paperback distribution, file specs, trim sizes, and printing costs.
6 articlesTroubleshooting
Fix EPUB errors, upload problems, cover issues, and review hold-ups.
6 articlesPopular articles
- What is Chiify?Chiify is a book distribution aggregator for indie authors — one upload reaches 414+ retailers and 50,000+ libraries in 170+ countries.
- Creating your Chiify accountStep-by-step: how to register, verify your email, and set up your author profile.
- Tour of your Chiify dashboardAn overview of every section of the Chiify author dashboard.
- How to publish your first bookWalk-through: upload manuscript, set metadata, pick retailers, hit publish.
- Metadata best practices for higher visibilityHow to write a title, description, and keywords that retailers and readers will actually find.
- Free EPUB conversion: what we accept and what to fix firstHow Chiify converts your Word doc to EPUB automatically, and the few things you should clean up first.
- Do you need an ISBN? Should you get yours free from Chiify?Free ISBN, paid ISBN, no ISBN — when each makes sense.
- Which retailers does Chiify distribute to?Full list of the 414+ retailers + library platforms Chiify ships your book to.
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