This is one more reason why I will never go Kindle Uunlimited. I’ve never had problems with the Big A, but I don’t want all my eggs in their basket. I use Draft 2 Digital to post to all other venues. That way, in one day of uploading in 2 simple steps, Amazon and D2D, I am able to make sure my work is available in all formats. If a person wanted they could even post to Amazon through D2D, but I prefer to keep that separate as most of my sales are through Amazon.
Hi all,
Anyone who follows me closely will know my book was removed from Amazon for almost a fortnight after they registered some unusual activity. At first I was at a loss. What was it, where had it come from? But since I have learnt a terrifying truth behind Kindle Unlimited, it is one all authors need to be aware of. It is a KU scam that could ruin your career and put your money into fraudsters’ pockets.
In this post I will detail my own experience, in hope you know what to look out for.
I was running a book promotion, a push to generate interest in my first book. After approaching blogs and book promotion sites I began to run a 99cents promotion on Darrienia, which at that time was number one in two of its categories. Book two is coming out at the end of the year…
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Anyone who can answer this. I’m confused. There’s controversy about kindle unlimited. I’m not a writer, I’m a BIG avid reader! So am I doing bad by all of you great writers by having kindle unlimited????
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Not at all, Debra! The situation is that some scam artists had found a way to scam Amazon, and while the process is still a bit wonky, it’s gradually righting itself. I choose not to participate in KU, although my books are available for anyone who wants to read them, through KU. The difference is, I don’t get paid on a per page read basis, I simply get paid when my book is purchased. I want to have my books available across all reading platforms, and if you are a KU author, your work is only available through Amazon. Some authors are doing well at this!
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@Debra–Since this morning I have discovered that my books are not available through KU, but they are available to be loaned from one reader to another. I feel okay with that, and don’t care if people loan my books around as much as they want. I can’t think of a higher compliment an author could ask for, than to have my books loaned to friends of my readers, who might then become readers of my work 🙂
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