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Originally Posted by Rizla
So in effect KU is only open to self-pub authors who only sell via Amazon?
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No, actually Amazon would probably like ALL publishers in the program but most have opted for SCRIBD if they opted for a subscription model at all. I think one or two might be in Oyster.
There are a few small publishers in the program as well.
BUT for self-published authors they MUST be exclusive to Amazon in order to "qualify" to be in the program. That's the kicker for me. I don't want to be exclusive so no deal. I'm in SCRIBD and on other retailer sites and I'm not willing to give that up.
I doubt Amazon would try to negotiate exclusivity with a major publisher, but major publishers are not interested in driving yet more traffic to Amazon. They are feeling the pinch of Amazon's control already and would like to diversify as much as possible--thus they are on SCRIBD, a competitor and are starting to sell books from their own sites.