If you use Smashwords to create and distribute your ebook, you'll get distribution to all the ebook retailers except Amazon plus the app stores like iPhone and Android, and even into libraries. Smashwords is great for text-heavy books (illustrations inline okay), but no good for complex books. There's no fee to use the service, they make money by charging 15% of sales.
BookBaby will format your book and distribute to all the major retailers including Amazon. They offer some good add-ons like cover design and formatting for reasonable costs. They can also format full-color books and books with relatively complex formatting. They charge an upfront fee of $99+, plus $19/year after the second year, and they have author services like editing, design. Because they make their money up front, they don't take any royalty.
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