Because Ernie Fink (@ernie_fink on Twitter) found “summersault “when it should be somersault, I decided to update the KDP Kindle, paperback, and hardback formats of Members of the Cast.
In 45 minutes, I had managed to get the spelling changed and the opening chapter on the right-hand side of the print books. I was prodigiously proud of myself. Then I got the email:
Congratulations, your book “Members of the Cast” is now live and available* for purchase in the Kindle Store and enrolled in KDP Select! If you republished your book, your changes will be live in 72 hours.
We hope you enjoy the benefits of KDP Select.
I don’t always read these things carefully because I was getting three letters, one for each format. Then I noticed those two last words: KDP Select.
If you follow my blogs, you know that when I left Kindle Select, I almost had an overlap with the book leaving Kindle Select and the Draft2Digital rollout. And now, I was enrolled again, backdated four days to the date I left.
I went in and unchecked the renew box (again) but could not find a way to remove Members of the Cast from Kindle Select.
I tend to be a rule follower and really don’t want Amazon to get grumpy, so I wrote to tech. I got an immediate response telling me to uncheck the renew box. I replied that I did but could find no way of unenrolling. The kind tech person said she would handle that for me.
Within minutes, I was unenrolled and got a letter saying that Kindle Unlimited would be discontinued. Readers who had the book checked out could finish their reading, but the book page no longer offers Kindle Unlimited.
I already miss Kindle Unlimited because today, no one has purchased Members of the Cast and the usual Kindle Unlimited “Pages Read” is at zero. I find myself facing the fact that I may have a day with no interest in my book, but in the words of Mr. Bennet, “I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough.”
Of course, a click here and a quick purchase could cure my general malaise.
You may be wondering, how are the sales at Apple, KOBO, NOOK, etc., going? Was it worth leaving Kindle Select to be able to put the book on other markets? Time will tell. So far, one paperback copy has been purchased from Barnes & Noble. While that is not a bad thing, unfortunately, I bought the book to check their printing quality.
Stay tuned because while the book’s printing is on par with Amazon, I did learn a few things.
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