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
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  • 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.
  • 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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    • 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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  • 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.
  • 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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