Why I Switched Back to KDP Select on Amazon

Over the past month, sales of my Aledan Series are not happening. On advice from other blogs I tried issuing my eBook series on Smashwords and Kobo.  In six months I had exactly one sale on Smashwords. In order to publish with other organizations Amazon does not allow your book to be read by Kindle Unlimited subscribers. In addition, I discovered that while excluded from KDP select, I could no longer arrange giveaways for any of the series.

Previous giveaways actually sparked a few sales,...