What's the deal with Kindle? They want exclusivity with our books, is this goodbye to Smashwords and other e-outlets? Will this 90 days exclusivity become indefinite?
They only want our E version, our paperbacks can be available anywhere we desire (can't help wondering for how long). But we won't be able to sell our books ourselves from our own websites any more.
This, of course, isn't conditional with Kindle Amazon. We can opt in or out.
Check out: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/KDPSelect
This is a decision most of us have been mulling over this week.
So, questions we need to ask:
Check out Linda Rae's post who seems very opposed to the idea: http://lindaraeblairauthor.wordpress.com/blogs/new-to-be-or-not-to-be-indie-the-amazon-lending-library-program/
Writers' Beware: http://accrispin.blogspot.com/
The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/amazon-kindle-lending-library-contract-authors
So many people are talking about it, and so far no one has anything good to say about it. But in all honesty, no one knows how it's all going to work out. And if you've an ebook gathering cyber dust I say go for it.
They only want our E version, our paperbacks can be available anywhere we desire (can't help wondering for how long). But we won't be able to sell our books ourselves from our own websites any more.
This, of course, isn't conditional with Kindle Amazon. We can opt in or out.
Check out: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/KDPSelect
This is a decision most of us have been mulling over this week.
So, questions we need to ask:
- How would it work?
- What would we get out of being exclusive to Kindle?
- Is it easy to opt out once we opt in?
- Is copyright still ours?
Check out Linda Rae's post who seems very opposed to the idea: http://lindaraeblairauthor.wordpress.com/blogs/new-to-be-or-not-to-be-indie-the-amazon-lending-library-program/
Writers' Beware: http://accrispin.blogspot.com/
The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/amazon-kindle-lending-library-contract-authors
So many people are talking about it, and so far no one has anything good to say about it. But in all honesty, no one knows how it's all going to work out. And if you've an ebook gathering cyber dust I say go for it.
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