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Originally Posted by calvin-c
Can you substantiate this? And does the visibility/support loss on Kindle lead to lower sales via Amazon? Very tricky to prove-in fact the only proven relationship between an ad for something & increased sales for it is when the ad offers a coupon. It has been proven that advertising, in general, improves sales, in general, so if you can prove that all (or even most) multi-platform books are advertised less on Amazon and match that with lower sales on Amazon then you might have something-but I don't think single book examples will do it.
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The evidence lies in the number of indie publishers going exclusive with Select and the squawking coming from Smashwords, among others.
The retailers don't publish data so all we have is anecdotal data from the author/publishers willing to talk. The fact that *any* such exist is proof enough that publishers going multiplatform does not guarantee more sales to *everybody*.
Believe it or not, as you will, but there are some 300,000 select titles at Kindle that come from authors that see no value in listing their titles elsewhere. With their livelihood at stake, I'm inclined to believe the ones that say their sales on other platforms aren't worth it, just as I'm inclined to believe the ones that report higher sales at Kobo or Nook. Every book and author is a separate case, really.
It is too early in the game for sweeping generalizations.