Thread: The Power of Kindle Unlimited
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Old 11-19-2022, 10:33 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
That isn't a violation of Kindle Unlimited exclusivity, because that isn't actually a thing. If a book is handled by a traditional publisher it can be placed in Kindle Unlimited without being exclusive to Amazon.

Amazon has a program for self-publishers called KDP Select. One of the benefits of that program is that books are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. But in order to be in that program the book has to be with Amazon exclusively.

In practice most publishers do not see a benefit to placing their books in Kindle Unlimited so its catalog is mostly composed of books enrolled in KDP Select.
So authors/publishers that do see benefit can go with Kindle Select, and those that don't see benefit can go with something like smashwords? Or mix and match.
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