The bird is in the oven. It should be ready just anytime.
I’ve said in this blog that I felt Kindle
Unlimited was too limited to me.
Then, I changed my mind, and said here that I’d
return to being Amazon Exclusive again with my eBooks. I fully intended to, of course, and even took
steps in that direction.
I “unpublished” at Smashwords, and kept watching
all of the outlets, waiting for them to remove my titles completely, so that I
could go to Amazon and check that one little box.
But, I’ve had trouble. Some were slow. Then, I was down to the last two. Finally, Flipkart removed my titles, so I was
waiting patiently for Oyster to remove them.
But, my little voice was saying, “You might not
want to do that yet.” It kept nagging at
me, as I waited for Oyster.
But, while I was waiting, three things happened
that convinced me not to go with Select/Unlimited.
The first thing was that I heard about
Draft2Digital. Draft2Digital publishes
to Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Page Foundry, and Scribd.
How is that different from, say, Smashwords?
Draft2Digital pays monthly. Smashwords pays quarterly. I like
monthly.
The second thing that happened is that I realized
that, even though I had five titles still enrolled in Select/Unlimited, not one of those titles had been
borrowed! Not a single one of the
five.
And the third thing that convinced me? A friend asked if she could download one of
my stories to her iPad. I said that she
couldn’t do it directly, but she could install the Kindle app and download it.
She didn’t install the Kindle app.
Now, I’m a firm believer in listening to my little
voice. When it’s telling me something, I
pay attention. When all of these things
happen while Oyster is delaying the removal of my eBooks, I’m convinced.
I uploaded my eBooks to Draft2Digital. I “published” my titles again at
Smashwords. I’m already back on Inktera
(Page Foundry), Kobo, Scribd, and will be on the rest soon, hopefully this
week. And, you can buy directly from me at oAuthor.com. I'm working on a way to buy directly from me on my website, too.
Oh, by the way, the bird in the oven is ready, and I’m going
to sit down and eat a little crow.
Feathers and all.
But, it’s all good, because it just means that my
fans can…
Keep reading!
Michael (T. M. Bilderback)
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