A question I get a lot is whether an author should enroll their book in KDP Select or not. While there are benefits to doing it, there are also limitations. If you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, you could end up in hot water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, I\u2019m not only going to help you understand what KDP Select is, and how it relates to Kindle Unlimited (KU), but also the situations that exist where an author should do KDP Select or go wide into other markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, you will learn:<\/p>\n
If you feel like you know enough about KU and KDP Select to warrant it, you can jump to the secret advantage<\/strong> by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Or if you just want my simple answer as to whether you should enroll in KDP Select based on your situation, you can get my straight answer right here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n KDP Select is a program which authors can enroll their books in to reap financial and promotional rewards. The catch is, of course, that in order to enroll your ebook in KDP Select, you must be exclusive to Amazon. That means you can\u2019t upload your eBook to any of the other retailers like Barnes & Noble or Google Books for example, or on your own website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Books in KDP Select are available to be borrowed by readers who have paid for Kindle Unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kindle Unlimited (KU) is a program created by Amazon that allows readers to pay $9.99 a month and download and read as many ebooks as they\u2019d like per month. The caveats are that the ebooks they want to read must be enrolled in KDP Select (the back-end of Kindle Unlimited) and that they can only have 10 Kindle Unlimited books on their device at a time. Of course, they can return these books and download others once they\u2019re finished with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You probably noticed that I mentioned KDP Select is the back-end of Kindle Unlimited. Simply put:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what does this mean? Authors who enroll in KDP Select are entered into the program for 90 days whereby they guarantee exclusivity with Amazon. This means that they can\u2019t publish<\/a> the enrolled eBook on any other platform or retailer. You can\u2019t even give it away for free–the exception to this being that you may give away ARC copies of your book prior to publishing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In return, your book is available to Kindle Unlimited readers. For every page read, you\u2019ll get paid a certain rate (the KENP rate)–it\u2019s usually around $0.0045 per page, though this fluctuates up or down per month. Now, that rate might not sound like much, but when you\u2019ve had a million pages read\u2026 well, let\u2019s just say it adds up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Important to remember:<\/strong> each book you publish can either be enrolled in KDP Select or can be pushed wide. Also, KDP Select is only for ebooks. That means you can still publish your paperbacks or hardback books wide, as well as your audiobooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking the above into consideration, just how much exactly do you get paid for page reads?<\/p>\n\n\n\nTable of contents<\/h2>
What is KDP Select?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
So Then What is Kindle Unlimited?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Difference Between Kindle Unlimited and KDP Select<\/h3>\n\n\n\n