12-09-2011, 05:08 AM | #121 | |
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Having said that, I recognize that I am in a distinct minority of readers. |
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12-09-2011, 05:11 AM | #122 |
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Hmmm. How long would it take to run through the 17,000 books to find a new book by author XYZ, assuming you didn't already know of the author or the book? Seems to me that 17,000 is a large sea in which to get easily lost, so what's the advantage to doing exclusivity?
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12-09-2011, 11:37 AM | #123 | |
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One perk is that participating authors can choose to make their book free for 5 days during the 90-day term. If you have a series of books, this can be a benefit because if the reader likes your free book they may purchase other books in the series. And it's always good to expose as many people as possible to your work. Before this program, indie authors could not request that their books be priced free at Amazon; they had to go through price-matching hoops, which doesn't always work. So that is an advantage for some. Every author's experience is different, but for most Amazon is where they sell the vast majority of their ebooks. So if 98% of their sales are coming from Amazon already, having the potential to share in the $500,000+ monthly pot is very enticing. I don't blame them really. Many do depend on royalties to pay for everyday expenses. If your book's doing well and most of your royalties come from Amazon already, this may be a smart business decision. If you were selling only 2% of your books elsewhere, there's little risk and potential for gain. And you can opt-out of the program after 90 days, so you're not committed for life. The decision to not participate in KDP Select was relatively easy for my husband, but I know that many authors are very torn about this. They truly do not want to alienate readers who use ePub, but many do have to follow the money and feel that it's worth taking a short-term risk for a potential gain. I'm certain that the top-selling indie authors participating in KDP Select will be raking in some serious cash. I'm very interested to see how this works out for relatively unknown authors and how many will choose to continue after the initial 90-day period. |
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12-10-2011, 09:32 AM | #124 | |
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12-10-2011, 02:51 PM | #125 |
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That is true. Unfortunately, there is no consistency in determining whether a Kindle book has DRM or not.
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12-10-2011, 03:40 PM | #126 | |
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An author i know, some book I ABSOLUTLY want to read, I might look at amazon as a last resort, but not for the rest. |
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12-10-2011, 04:16 PM | #127 | |
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Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 493 KB Print Length: 277 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1463759568 Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B005C1N4VE Lending: Enabled Many authors who have joined KDP Select are now making their Kindle ebooks FREE, and there will be many more doing so in the coming months. Just within the last 24 hours, 1,078 Kindle ebooks have been made free. You can see a list at eReaderIQ. Tip: I found more higher-rated books toward the end of that list (sorted by "last 24 hours"). I did find some interesting books there. Just set aside a chunk of time because there's a lot of rubbish to go through too! |
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12-10-2011, 05:04 PM | #128 | |
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On my blog when I asked the question about whether readers care if an author does an exclusive, most were quite understanding of how and why it might be necessary or beneficial. One thing I haven't seen noted here or there is that...it's Christmas. Even if I thought exclusivity would help me, I can't see pulling selections off other retailers at this time of year. It's the highest sales time of year on ALL sites. So pulling a book off other sites for this particular 90 days makes no sense to me at all. |
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12-10-2011, 06:13 PM | #129 | |
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I'll probably continue to check out books that others recommend, but there's no way I'm wading through all that! |
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Here is an example. Barry Eisler's The Detachment is DRM-free but isn't noted in the product description. Mr Eisler himself went out of his way to ensure it was DRM-free and blogged about it. http://www.amazon.com/The-Detachment...3563546&sr=1-1 Quote:
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12-10-2011, 07:37 PM | #131 |
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I dug through the first couple of pages today and wasn't happy at all. Lots of bad covers, and so much erotica that I had to scrap my plan to provide the custom search link on my website -- it just wouldn't have been safe for people browsing at work.
I'm a HUGE self-publishing cheerleader, but this just... looked bad, imho. |
12-10-2011, 07:46 PM | #132 | |
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I tend to pick up the freebies when they are mentioned ALONG with a review from dailycheapreads, books on the knob or one of the above sites that I trust. Haven't had much luck just picking up freebies randomly. |
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12-10-2011, 08:37 PM | #134 | |
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The terms and conditions are here:
https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishi...=APILE934L348N I see that an author's share of the pie will be based on their share of total lending in the prime program. If there are a total of 100 checkouts of prime books in a month and a particular book is checked out one time, then the author of that book will get one percent of the total. In reality, I expect that most of the money will go to a handful of books. |
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