As an indie author, I’m enrolled in KDP Select. My favorite things about KDP Select from Amazon fall into two categories.
For those who don’t know, KDP Select is a program that authors can enroll in for a three-month period, then either renew or cancel. Basically, Amazon gives you some things in exchange for making the e-book version of a book exclusive to Kindle for those three months.
First, I love the free promos days with KDP Select–5 every enrollment period. You can make your ebook free to download for any 5 days of your choice, consecutive or not, during the 3 months.
While you don’t get royalties, it’s a great momentum builder, a great way to find readers and gain exposure, and a good way to hook readers–especially with making book one of a series free. (Stay tuned here for more info on that, haha, in my regard).
The second thing I like about KDP Select is Kindle Unlimited page reads.
Kindle Unlimited is a subscription program offered by Amazon. You pay some $12 a month roughly, and you get access to any 20 books at a time from the Kindle Unlimited library. (I think that’s how it works. I’m not a user of KU on the reader side of things, so I could be vaguely off.) If a book is in KDP Select, it’s also available in Kindle Unlimited.
KU pays authors royalties based on pages read. And as an author, you get to see the number of pages accumulate in real time. That’s what I love about enrolling my books in KU! You can see how fast someone is reading them. You can see a reader get to “the scene,” and then watch the rate of page reads explode as they can’t put the book down after that. It’s magical! I love it!
Have you ever used Kindle Unlimited as a reader? If so, what do you think about it? I’d love your thoughts. I’m considering joining.
And please consider checking out “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” on Amazon before book two drops next month! If you have KU, BOTH will be free to you!
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