tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203470618550347591.post741235567383983761..comments2024-03-16T17:21:39.015+00:00Comments on Crime Writing Confidential: Opening up to the market ... Keith Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847833720636448861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203470618550347591.post-46607787802289074522013-06-02T23:45:24.593+01:002013-06-02T23:45:24.593+01:00Hi Louis
I have nothing but good things to say abo...Hi Louis<br />I have nothing but good things to say about Amazon - it's enabled me to build a profile and generate sales where I had no chance before. I was published on Lulu.com in paperback but until Amazon's KDP Select program came along I was selling very few books.<br /><br />The point about adding Smashwords to the mix is that they give distribution to more places - particularly B&N's Nook and the Apple iBook store. It seems crazy not to have them included in one's marketing mix. I'm not leaving Amazon, just not going for the 'Select' option. My royalties will be the same (except Brazil and India, where I've sold not a single book anyway), it just means that I won't be able to use Amazon's 'free' 5 day option. But as I can do that on Smashwords, and use coupons there to send to people, so they can download at a discount (or even free again, I guess),then I think I'm gaining, not losing. We'll see! Maybe I'll change my mind in 6 months' time!Keith Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847833720636448861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203470618550347591.post-87760532144791609152013-06-02T22:49:20.339+01:002013-06-02T22:49:20.339+01:00Good luck with it, Keith, but I cannot fathom why ...Good luck with it, Keith, but I cannot fathom why people hate Amazon so much. They're giving writers an option beyond the narrow world of the big publishing houses and the royalties are so much better than all but the best-selling writers will get with a traditional publishing contract.Louis Burklowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105879183637623203noreply@blogger.com