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Originally Posted by DNSB
Where did I mention sales? You do realize that authors are paid by KU based on a page read algorithm which seems to buried under more security than the Manhattan Project enjoyed. We've seen enough postings to the effect that "more people are checking my books out from KU and the KENPC pages read has increased but my income from KU has dropped". Nothing to do with sales rather that the income from KU has dropped for whatever reason. This has some authors removing their books from KU and having them available on other ebook retailers to see if this will increase their income.
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If the money from KU is insufficient, then you need to generate more sales. It may work to go wide into different stores, but until you build enough fans you will lose what you had in KU. Outside Amazon a writer will compete with others that rely on sales. Inside Amazon you also compete against those that are (partially) in KU. KU can be used to attract sales, but not by doing nothing and just hoping for the best. Sales (and borrows) only happen repeatedly to those that (1) have good enough writing skill and (2) have enough eyeballs on their books.