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Originally Posted by apbschmitz
Okay, say you have a new novel and are about to publish it. And say that you put it up on Amazon's Select program for the first 90 days, then opt out of Select and publish it on Kindle standard, plus Smashwords, etc. Do you think there might be some exposure benefit in that, or does it still look like a loss? (Admittedly this overlooks the karmic cost of participating in Amazon's competition-crushing schemes.)
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I see no real benefit to this program, and I see it as harmful to the ebook industry and indy authors (and by proxy customers) so I hope no one tries it (but I know some will be lured in by the fancy talk in the emails they sent).
So is there harm to you? Well first the first 90 days your book has limited reach and if you already have a fan base that is used to your books on their nook or whatever you alienate them... so yea I think it can hurt your early sales and possible upset your fans. A year or two later all would likely be forgotten/etc I am sure though. So in the long term impact to you might be tiny... just dont see the gain.