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Originally Posted by Fbone
Yes, an author can submit multiple titles. Currently 1291 individual authors are listed as having books in the Prime Eligible program.
We're up to 57,800 titles.
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From impressive to unimpressive. Explained or described numbers are so much more telling. Considering the vast universe of indie authors -- certainly many more than 1,291 -- I'm not impressed by the level of penetration. I was much more impressed when I thought 56,000 referred to number of authors; I didn't even associate the number with titles. Perhaps the program is not as successful as Amazon leads people to believe.
Regardless, this is an excellent example of why access to hard numbers is so important. When Amazon starts touting that Sally Unknown participated and received a check for $20,000, indie authors will be flocking to join because in the same breath Amazon is unlikely to boast that Sally Unkown was one of a small author pool and the check represents borrowings for 137 of her books.
It is just like the millions and millions of Kindles sold. What does that really mean and how many were upgrade purchases instead of new purchases?
I find the KDP program curiouser and curiouser.