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Originally Posted by John F
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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The Kindle Select "benefit" to authors/publishers is a lie. They'll make more and serve readers better with ordinary KDP, then they can be also on Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo etc (All via Smashwords) and on Google Playbooks at no cost. If you publish via KDP adding "Select" only helps Amazon to dominate. It benefits Amazon the most and boosts DRM. That's why Amazon promotes KU so dishonestly to readers and KDP Select (rather than KDP) so hard to small content providers. The KU exclusivity doesn't apply yet to the big publishers.
Amazon's goal is to not be just a retailer but the main publisher. They and KU are anti-competitive.
Having just one encyclopedia, one search engine (Google), one browser (Chrome), one book store, one Social Media (Meta) etc won't be good.