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BearMountainBooks · 05-12-2013, 06:05 AM

I think pretty much everyone knows and admits that when it comes to book sales, Amazon is the leader. They know it and so does everyone else. I've avoided playing the exclusive game of selling only on Amazon for the last two years. I have loyal B&N, Sony and other epub readers. The problem is, I don't have enough of them. By not going exclusive on Amazon my books miss out on rankings and visibility--and this means it costs me new readers.

I tried to avoid being exclusive because I think it hurts overall market penetration in the long run, but a girl has to eat. So I'll be moving my latest book, Under Witch Curse, to the Amazon exclusive bucket on Wednesday. Readers will no longer be able to buy it from my blog or any other retailers for at least 90 days.

Once Under Witch Curse is exclusive to Amazon, it will be available for Prime members to borrow through the monthly "one borrow a month" program. It will be for sale for $4.99 the entire 90 day exclusive period.

If going exclusive is the only way I can continue writing...well, I'll try to balance things out as much as possible. I don't like exclusivity because I like free markets. But I hope to be able to get back to writing again someday. Without more sales, that simply isn't possible.

05-12-2013, 06:05 AM	#2
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I think pretty much everyone knows and admits that when it comes to book sales, Amazon is the leader. They know it and so does everyone else. I've avoided playing the exclusive game of selling only on Amazon for the last two years. I have loyal B&N, Sony and other epub readers. The problem is, I don't have enough of them. By not going exclusive on Amazon my books miss out on rankings and visibility--and this means it costs me new readers. I tried to avoid being exclusive because I think it hurts overall market penetration in the long run, but a girl has to eat. So I'll be moving my latest book, Under Witch Curse, to the Amazon exclusive bucket on Wednesday. Readers will no longer be able to buy it from my blog or any other retailers for at least 90 days. Once Under Witch Curse is exclusive to Amazon, it will be available for Prime members to borrow through the monthly "one borrow a month" program. It will be for sale for $4.99 the entire 90 day exclusive period. If going exclusive is the only way I can continue writing...well, I'll try to balance things out as much as possible. I don't like exclusivity because I like free markets. But I hope to be able to get back to writing again someday. Without more sales, that simply isn't possible. Last edited by BearMountainBooks; 05-15-2013 at 04:18 AM.