Is there a benefit to publishing your books on Kindle ONLY?

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Hi All....

I know that there USED to be a benefit of keeping your book in the Kindle Select Program. Free downloads would count as sales and could temporarily boost your rankings (and therefore your sales).

Since this is no longer the case, is there any benefit to using Kindle Select and not publishing anywhere else?

Is there some other benefit I am overlooking?

JoeMack
#benefit #books #kindle #publishing
  • Profile picture of the author GobBluthJD
    Kindle Lending Library. You can make somewhere around $2 per lend, regardless of your price. So I have a bunch of books priced at $0.99. When someone lends them, I still get $2. It's great.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt@viewswin
    Hey mate. Yeah I can't see any benefit. However I havn't done it either. Has anyone used the print on demand service? Is t suitable for a small ebook? Like a 60 pager?
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    • Profile picture of the author GobBluthJD
      Originally Posted by Kurt@viewswin View Post

      Yeah I can't see any benefit. However I havn't done it either.
      Haha. So you've never used it, but you say it has no benefit? Seems a bit strange....

      Print on demand (I assume you're talking about Createspace) is another excellent source of revenue. 60 pages is more than enough; I've had 30 pages that sell well there. Just price it correctly and you should be fine.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt@viewswin
        Yeah just looking into it at the moment and couldn't see any benefit. Made sure I said havn't actually done it just to clarify my newbie status on kindle. Can you enlighten on this point if you get a chance.

        Also do you think it is better with the create space to do one 60 pager or two 30 pagers?

        Have not done ebook before but have one nearly ready to go.

        It's about why not to open a restaurant, well about all the dodgy things going on in the industry with operators trying to stay afloat. How to navigate the industry etc. I've owned 3 in 9 years and saw some pretty rough operators dodging tax, using forced labour etc etc ( if anyone cares)

        Any other tips ?
        Thanks
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        • Profile picture of the author Dean Shainin
          Many authors have been taking advantage of the Amazon KDP Free Book promo option ever since KDP Select was rolled out including myself, and several bookish websites and blogs have sprung up specifically around promotion of free Kindle books.

          All of that looks like it's changing, thanks to an Amazon Associates agreement revision that took effect March 1 of this year:

          March 1, 2013 version

          The following is added at the end of the sub-section:

          "In addition, notwithstanding the advertising fee rates described on this page or anything to the contrary contained in this Operating Agreement, if we determine you are primarily promoting free Kindle eBooks (i.e., eBooks for which the customer purchase price is $0.00), YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO EARN ANY ADVERTISING FEES DURING ANY MONTH IN WHICH YOU MEET THE
          FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

          (a) 20,000 or more free Kindle eBooks are ordered and downloaded during Sessions attributed to your Special Links; and

          (b) At least 80% of all Kindle eBooks ordered and downloaded during Sessions attributed to your Special Links are free Kindle eBooks."

          This new agreement from Amazon changes that model because many site owners will not want to risk their income.

          There can still be benefits but looks like more changes are rolling out fast.

          Success,
          Dean
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    Actually, you get five free days to promote your book on kindle with the amazon program. True, you make no money. Still, that will get you some exposure. Problem is that exposure does not pay the bills for you. For that we need some green. Also, mean old amazon use to factor in the book sales during the free period, but I have heard that they do not do it any more. Sadly, that was the biggest plus of being exclusive on amazon.
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  • Profile picture of the author McMissKathy
    The borrow is just like a sale, plus 5 free days for promotion. I am a Amazon baby all the way. Fast upload and publishing of your eBooks. All kinds of promotional resources from Good reads to kindle-boards to others. There's help on the forums also if one might need some.
    I'll live or die with Amazon!
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