Should I keep my books on B&N?

[Carol]

I need some advice. I have all of my books for sell on every site. So far Amazon has been my best seller, and I haven's sold any books on B&N or any other sites. I thinking about taking my books down from the other sites and selling my book exclusively on Amazon.

I'm going back and forth on the subject and haven't made a decision yet. Any advice would help me a lot.

[Jade]

Well, what's the benefit of limiting your market? If you were thinking about removing your books elsewhere in order to take advantage of Amazon's KDP program, that would be one thing. But if you're just taking them down because they aren't selling, don't. Do more promotions pointing toward those sites. And join the Nook boards and get active.

[Ashley]

I agree with Jade. Even though there are no buyers yet on B&N, there might be that one reader who doesn't have a Kindle.

[Jonathan]

You'll be lucky to get B&N to take it down. I tried for two months (wanted to try out KDP Select) with no luck.

I gave up in the end :(

[Chantilly]

Hi, Carol! This is a question I've seen debated a lot, and as others have said, it really depends on what you're hoping to accomplish. If you just want to pull it to leave it on Amazon exclusively *without* going into Select, I would recommend against it. Leaving it on B&N, even if it's not selling there yet, doesn't mean it will *never* sell there. (My books don't sell there, either, LOL, but they're there for that one person...)

If you're interested in pulling it in order to put it in Select, just realize as Jonathan mentioned that it may take B&N close to forever to take it down. They've always seemed slow to me, but recently they've been having some glitches that are compounding the problem.

I published my most recent release (Unwrapped) in Select as an experiment, and will only leave it in there for the 90 day run. It's going free this weekend, so I'm hoping for a decent spike in exposure. But personally, because it takes so long for all the other sales channels to make changes, I found it a lot easier to do Select with a new title and just not put it up anywhere else until after the Select period is over.

This is all just my opinion, obviously, but having watched other authors' experiences with free offerings, Select, etc., I do think Select can provide a boost to newer authors, but only if they have at least four or five items for sale. Doing Select with only one or two won't give the best return, and you need a promo/marketing plan in place before deciding on your free days. Free seems to have hit its peak and is falling off as a marketing tool, but getting ads in key places, etc., can definitely help raise visibility.

As a long-term plan, though, again personally, I wouldn't leave my work only on Amazon. Kobo and Apple, particularly, are breaking into markets left, right and center worldwide. Why limit distribution?

Whatever way you decide to go, good luck! :) Chantilly

[Thom]

A ton of great advise in there Chantilly. Thanks for taking the time for an extensive post!

Thom

[Chantilly]

Thanks, Thom! My pleasure, I hope it was helpful. :)