Newsflash: publishing wide is not a personality trait and I for one am sick of the wide virtue signalling.

Thanks Erin. I am a member of that group, so I’ll pose that question there.

With thanks,
Lee

@Elizabeth – thanks for your perspective. I do tend to be negative towards Amazon because of the destruction I’ve seen them wreak on author’s careers. I’m lucky that they haven’t ever shut my account down, but I’ve seen it happen to other authors, and my heart hurts for them.

However, there are a lot of people who love Amazon, and there are reasons TO love Amazon. What worries me most about them is the potential to be a monopoly. Monopolies scare me, and Amazon’s viewpoint on exclusivity and KU makes me Very Nervous.

That’s just me, and of course you’re welcome to disagree!

I am fascinated by the fact that you find KU readers to be loyal. I am not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that you are literally the one and only author I’ve ever heard say that. In 4+ years of being in this business, that is literally a first for me. Every other author who has moved out of KU and into wide has complained about how the platform and readership that they built while in KU hasn’t followed them wide, and they are starting over from Ground Zero.

With your comment, I’m seeing that there are exceptions to this; you should feel very special. As far as I can tell, you are literally one in a million. Keep doing what you’re doing since it’s working for you!

Good luck! 🍀

@Annabeth – oh, that’s fascinating that you make so much less when you’re in KU bc of the difference in page reads vs sales. And just think – if you’re wide, you’ll also be able to make money on the other storefronts too!

The last time I did the math, I figured out that I make ~45% of my income from Amazon and ~55% from wide storefronts. As you can see in the graph at the start of the article, it’s taken me a while to get to those numbers, so this isn’t an overnight thing. But this means that if I were to go into KU, I’d lose 55% of my income right off the bat and then even more after that when people stopped purchasing my books and instead read them via KU (like what’s happened to you).

With that in mind, it’s not hard for me to choose to stay wide!

I hope you choose to join our FB group. There are a LOT of KU-exclusive authors who are moving wide right now, so you’d have a great support group to help you make the transition.

Good luck! 🍀

@Lee – I’ve seen this done both ways. I’ll be honest – I am totally not the queen of Facebook ads. My best suggestion would be to join the Wide for the Win FB group (if you haven’t already) and ask in there. There are LOTS of really smart authors in the group who’d love to help you out. ❤️ Good luck!

Quick question: When you advertise on Facebook, do you target a landing page on your own website with links to all storefronts, or do you use an service like Books2Read that provides a landing page with wide storefront links?

With thanks,
Lee