KDP Select
Yesterday morning I woke up fifteen minutes before my alarm was set to go off at 5a.m. Needless to say, I was blurry-eyed and foggy-brained, but I picked up my android phone, like I do every morning, and checked my KDP page. Even in my half-asleep state, and minus contact lenses, I noticed the new link called KDP Select at the top of the KDP page. I'd heard rumors, so I wasn't shocked. Instead, I was thrilled. Still, I read the whole contract and the FAQ twice before I even put my feet to the cold, wooden floor.
For me, it was a no-brainer. All my other sales at B&N, Apple, Sony, Smaswords and Kobo, combined, are less than 1% of my total sales. I jumped at the chance. The contract is only for 90 days, so it's not like I'm locked in for the copyright of my books or anything. It's 90 freaking days. You can only grow one third of a baby in that time, or shiver through one third of a winter in Wisconsin. It takes my toenail polish longer than that to grow out...okay, sorry for that detail, but I think you get my drift. 
Will it work for me? I don't know. I hope so, but if nothing else, it has enabled me to schedule some free days. Before, I had to jump through hoops--backwards while juggling three bowling balls-- to get my book to go free. This is so much easier. If I did it right, my first free day should be, wait for it--no on second thought, no need to wait, No Good Deed should be free RIGHT NOW! Just for today though. I wanted to see how it would go, so I only used one of my five free days for that book.
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Hi, Mary. I just read Mark Coker's post on Smashwords, and now I'm here to hear your "
clear" voice on the subject.
The publisher who published my memoir In the Mirror sent me at email Friday to tell me it was now Prime on Amazon. And I put my novelette that I recently self-published there too. So, like you, I'll be curious to see how this all turns out. I'm sure my publisher looked at this very carefully before they put my book and some others on Amazon's lending program. So right now I'm trusting my publisher....and I trust them....
and I also trust your voice on the matter. After all, it is only for 90 days. So let's see what happens!