It feels like those books are free.Īnd yet Amazon weighs borrows the same as sales in determining sales rank.Īnd sales rank determines how visible your book is in the store, i.e. Yes, you pay $10 a month for the service, but that money gets automatically sucked out of your account every month before you even notice. ![]() ![]() When you’re a KU subscriber, you essentially get any books in the program for free with your subscription. I’ll pause for a moment so you can debate whether that actually makes sense. So, why do some authors go along with this?Īs I write this in May of 2019, each borrow through Kindle Unlimited counts as a sale in regard to determining sales ranking and overall visibility in the Amazon Kindle store. For as long as it’s enrolled there, you are forbidden (yes, they enforce it) from selling the books on other stores or even your own website. Especially since I always forget how to do the darned hard returns (SHIFT + ENTER, in case you also didn’t know or keep forgetting) there.Īmazon requires authors to make their books EXCLUSIVE to their store in order for them to be enrolled in “KDP Select.”Īmong other things, checking the KDP Select box puts your book into the Kindle Unlimited subscription program. It’s hard to get all the points across in a response to someone’s Facebook comment. I wanted a place to send folks where I can explain.
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