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Marie
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Nov 23, 2012 10:50AM

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I published two books with Amazon KDP in July. The first book, Coming Home, I enrolled in Select, but decided to make book two, Sleeping With the Enemy, available for sale elsewhere (especially as some people were asking for a Nook version). I published Sleeping with Smashwords, and waited to see what would happen.
In four months, I made a whopping $15 from Smashwords (nearly all of it via B&N), while the borrows on Book 1 continued to pile up. In early November, I made the momentous decision to pull Sleeping from Smashwords. Once the book was no longer available via the various distribution channels, I enrolled it in Select. Since then, I've had 129 borrows in the US, plus 2 in the UK. The math is pretty self-explanatory. While I realize that for others, the mileage may vary, for me, Select is the way to go.
In four months, I made a whopping $15 from Smashwords (nearly all of it via B&N), while the borrows on Book 1 continued to pile up. In early November, I made the momentous decision to pull Sleeping from Smashwords. Once the book was no longer available via the various distribution channels, I enrolled it in Select. Since then, I've had 129 borrows in the US, plus 2 in the UK. The math is pretty self-explanatory. While I realize that for others, the mileage may vary, for me, Select is the way to go.