My Kindle Select Experiment.
It’s been 5 days since releasing my fourth book “4 Weeks to
Live” with the Kindle Select program. So
far I’m not very impressed. Sure, five
days is a short time, but I guess I expected a little help from the Amazon
crew. I am, afterall, committing to keep
my book off of Barnes and Noble and the like for a minimum of ninety days. A decision that did not come easily. Over the
years I’ve had far more sales on the Nook than on the Kindle. Nonetheless, all
the hype about Kindle Select convinced me to give it a try.
So far I have sold very little, and I’m quite certain that
the sales I have made are due in large part to my own efforts on Twitter and
Facebook. I’ve seen nothing in the form
of a promotion from Amazon—what’s more, I’m only receiving a 35% royalty on a
$2.99 book. The site clearly states that
I should receive 70% at this selling price. I wrote the book and they’re
getting 67% of the profit. I called them
on this 4 days ago and am yet to hear back.
Not good news so far but it’s early. Very early. Stay tuned for an update.
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