Guest Expert: Laura Pepper As part of the KDP Select Program, where books become available to borrow as part of the Kindle library lending program, authors/publishers can also set the book price for free for up to 5 days out of every 90. This can be 5 consecutive days, or it can be broken up however you wish. (This option is available by going to your KDP bookshelf, checking the title you wish to make free, and then clicking "Actions" on the upper left side.) I decided to enroll a 10,000 word Read more [...]

Guest Expert: Michelle Hughes As an exclusive Amazon user I was very interested in the debut kdp Select program that was unveiled this month. This program boasted of allowing authors the opportunity to distribute books through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, earn royalties from a new source, promote their books for free, and get instant feedback on how well the book was doing through the program. For those of you not familiar with the kindle owners' lending library, it's a collection of Read more [...]