http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/12/419-for-a-few-self-published-authors-kindle-exclusivity-pays/ The economics of digital content Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/12/419-for-a-few-self-published-authors-kindle-exclusivity-pays/#comment-87018 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:57:03 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2012/01/12/419-for-a-few-self-published-authors-kindle-exclusivity-pays/#comment-87018 As a new writer, it all looked very promising at first. The lending library might be a great tool for some, but for me it proved to be a disappointment. With so many writers out there competing for the spotlight, I actually ended up with only one borrow. I fell for the free promotion days hook, line, and sinker. As a marketing tool for Amazon, the lending library as well as the direct publishing outlet worked for the company and not for the author. I estimate that the number of books that were given away in the free program would have netted me about $3500 in royalties. Instead, I only made about $2.70.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/12/419-for-a-few-self-published-authors-kindle-exclusivity-pays/#comment-87017 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:55:40 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2012/01/12/419-for-a-few-self-published-authors-kindle-exclusivity-pays/#comment-87017 Excellent written piece.

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