Kindle Direct Publishing
E31213
Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon’s self-publishing platform that allows authors and publishers to independently publish and sell digital and print books directly to readers worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kindle Direct Publishing canonical | 3 |
| Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing | 1 |
| KDP | 1 |
| KDP Select program | 1 |
| Kindle Owners’ Lending Library participation via KDP Select | 1 |
| Kindle Unlimited participation via KDP Select | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kindle Direct Publishing Context triple: [Amazon, hasDivision, Kindle Direct Publishing]
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A.
DART for Publishers
DART for Publishers was an online ad-serving and management platform used by publishers to schedule, deliver, and track digital advertising across their websites.
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B.
Pan Books
Pan Books is a British publishing imprint known for producing popular fiction and classic titles, including major science fiction works.
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C.
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a long-running American mass-market paperback publisher known for popular fiction and non-fiction titles, operating as an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
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D.
Dom Knigi bookstore
Dom Knigi bookstore is a famous historic bookshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia, housed in the ornate Singer House on Nevsky Prospekt and known as a major literary and cultural landmark.
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E.
Gallery Books
Gallery Books is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers and works by popular contemporary authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kindle Direct Publishing Target entity description: Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon’s self-publishing platform that allows authors and publishers to independently publish and sell digital and print books directly to readers worldwide.
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A.
DART for Publishers
DART for Publishers was an online ad-serving and management platform used by publishers to schedule, deliver, and track digital advertising across their websites.
-
B.
Pan Books
Pan Books is a British publishing imprint known for producing popular fiction and classic titles, including major science fiction works.
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C.
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a long-running American mass-market paperback publisher known for popular fiction and non-fiction titles, operating as an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
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D.
Dom Knigi bookstore
Dom Knigi bookstore is a famous historic bookshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia, housed in the ornate Singer House on Nevsky Prospekt and known as a major literary and cultural landmark.
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E.
Gallery Books
Gallery Books is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers and works by popular contemporary authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amazon service
ⓘ
ebook publishing platform ⓘ print-on-demand platform ⓘ self-publishing platform ⓘ |
| allows |
authors to retain rights
ⓘ
independent publishing of ebooks ⓘ independent publishing of hardcovers ⓘ independent publishing of paperbacks ⓘ |
| availableOn | kdp.amazon.com ⓘ |
| businessModel |
revenue sharing
ⓘ
royalty-based ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
Amazon Kindle Store
ⓘ
Amazon ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon marketplaces
|
| distributionRegion | worldwide ⓘ |
| feature |
Kindle Direct Publishing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
KDP Select program
Kindle Direct Publishing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library participation via KDP Select
Kindle Direct Publishing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kindle Unlimited participation via KDP Select
Look Inside the Book preview ⓘ pricing control by author ⓘ print-on-demand fulfillment ⓘ royalty reporting ⓘ sales reporting dashboard ⓘ territorial rights selection ⓘ |
| industry |
ebook distribution
ⓘ
publishing ⓘ self-publishing ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Kindle
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon Kindle devices
Kindle ⓘ
surface form:
Kindle apps
|
| language | English interface ⓘ |
| operator |
Amazon
ⓘ
Amazon ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon.com, Inc.
|
| ownedBy |
Amazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon.com, Inc.
|
| ownedDomain | kdp.amazon.com ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Amazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon.com, Inc.
|
| platform | web-based platform ⓘ |
| policy |
exclusivity requirement for KDP Select ebooks
ⓘ
non-exclusive distribution for standard ebooks ⓘ |
| productType |
digital books
ⓘ
ebooks ⓘ hardcover books ⓘ paperback books ⓘ |
| royaltyRateOption |
35% royalty
ⓘ
70% royalty ⓘ |
| serviceType |
book distribution
ⓘ
online publishing ⓘ print-on-demand ⓘ |
| shortName |
Kindle Direct Publishing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
KDP
|
| supports |
ISBN assignment for print books
ⓘ
multiple publishing territories ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
Kindle ebook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| targetUser |
content creators
ⓘ
independent authors ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kindle Direct Publishing Description of subject: Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon’s self-publishing platform that allows authors and publishers to independently publish and sell digital and print books directly to readers worldwide.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
KDP
this entity surface form:
KDP Select program
this entity surface form:
Kindle Unlimited participation via KDP Select
this entity surface form:
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library participation via KDP Select
this entity surface form:
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing