Where to sell fixed layout ePubs created with ID CC 2014?

I'm wondering where I can sell my eBooks created with the fixed layout ePub3 option in InDesign CC 2014.
I have already uploaded my first book to Apple iBook Store and it is online there.
But are there other stores where I can sell my book? What is with Google Play, Kindle, Kobo?
Has anyone already experiences?
Thanks for your helps
Almute

Here's a chart that Anne-Marie Conception referred to in her webinar on Fixed Layout EPUB from InDesign CC 2014 which tells which features are supported by which platforms for EPUB3:
EPUB 3 Support Grid | BISG
Presumably, if a platform supports the feature, then it should be publishable on their bookstore.
Here's a link to a recording of the webinar:
Adobe Webinar_1

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