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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
It's a very difficult position to be in because, as I said, Amazon is certainly hinting that those in the program are going to see some promo from Amazon. If people are using the "lending" feature they are going to see those books. And from what I've read on forums, people are using the lending feature. They are browsing it, they are using it.
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Take a look at
this list of books available for lending through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library (for Amazon Prime members). As I'm typing this, there are 22,762 books there. Readers can choose to borrow only
one book per month from the list. Most are going to sort the list based on popularity, average customer review, or price (high to low). Unless your book is near the top of the list, it won't get seen there. Readers aren't going to sort through very many pages before choosing a book to borrow.
This is not a clear-cut decision for many authors. For a few (those with very popular books—especially if they have a series—and most sales at Amazon already), it will be a good opportunity from a financial standpoint; but for most, I don't believe it will pay off.