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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
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Your counter example, Dana Stabenow, is published by Head of Zeus publishing. That publisher obviously has a better deal with Amazon than the indie authors we're talking about. J. K. Rowling does too.
And, back to my point: I just think Amazon should re-examine the exclusivity necessary to be enrolled in KU. KU seems to be successful enough that allowing authors to list their books for sale everywhere would not impact Kindle Unlimited, as that is a different thing. That is all I am talking about here.
You say you are not interested in my argument, but then you keep replying to me focusing on small parts. Not sure what your point is.
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I keep replying, because you seem to keep spreading misinformation. You keep saying things like "force" and "exclusivity necessary to be enrolled in KU", and I don't think that is accurate.
Dana Stabenow isn't on smashwords (as far as I know). As far as J.K. Rowlings, it looks like (some) of the Harry potter books are exclusive to Amazon (at least they are not on Kobo).
I believe that any small/indie author can publish on smashwords, from there they can get into KU, and it is up to the author as to whether they want to be in KU exclusively/Select or not.
And here is a book (by I assume a "small" author) that is in KU and available on other sites:
https://www.amazon.com/Inner-City-Sc.../dp/B0058I6OFO
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/inner-city
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/47733
It did take me a while to find the above book.
Feel free to say you don't like exclusivity in KU, but saying it is "forced" seems like you are drinking the coolaid.