When I first posted the book on Kindle, I had a lot of questions on the process and visited the Community Pages for answers. What I learned was that people thought KDP Select was a complete sham. Posts said it wasn't worth it, it was waste of time, etc. It made me quite skeptical of the program. But, I never let others dictate what my overall goals are...
I signed up. For 90 days, it will be completely free to Kindle Owners (I originally thought it was just prime...) and I will receive 5 days of promotion on the site. Now, I am not sure where that promotion is or how it is being pushed to Kindle people, but 47 people have taken advantage of the text in the past three days. That is a lot of people checking this thing out! AND, CreateSpace has the option up for purchasing a hard copy...But why is it not on the same link. Need to check that out...
I find this information helpful because before the KDP Select do-hickey I had no idea if anyone was even coming across the text. Amazon will show you the purchases (obviously), but not the views. Although I am not making money, the positive part is simply knowing people are taking a look at what I have put out there. This has really motivated me to keep outreaching.
I definitely think a new book description is in order. I am going to rewrite that portion and see if that drives sales. Although Prime is not making me a profit right now, it has given me a great boost in my confidence.
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