Musings of Two Creative Minds

Today I'm going to talk about my experiences with Kindle Direct Publishing, aka KDP Select.  This is a special program offered by Amazon to help authors promote Kindle versions of their e-books.  The program is worldwide which really helps make your work available to a huge market.  You sign a 3-month contract, which can be renewed automatically or ended when those three months are up.  During this period you have the opportunities to raise and lower the price of your work at your leisure.   This is where you will usually see the .99 Cent Weekend Specials coming from, or so I believe.  When I was not in the program I could only lower my Kindle price for "THE BRIDGE" down to about $2.99.  However, this might be so due to the size of the book (which came in at a little over 100,000 words) and/or the fact that I set my royalties at 70%.  When my current contract with KDP ends this month, I may experiment with lowering my royalties cut to 35% and ...

As my KDP Select winds down at the end of this month, I'm making my debut paranormal/mystery "THE BRIDGE" available for Kindle absolutely FREE!  Just click on the Amazon link below this Saturday-Sunday-Monday (August 10-12) to get a free copy.  And if you've already gotten yours, tell your family and friends throughout your network: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Pinterest, the works.  I'd love to see a whole new crop of readers get hooked on the first novel of my Para-Earth series.  Book number 2 will be out in time for Christmas, so I'm making sure as many people as possible get a chance to see where it all begins. NOTE: For those who don't have Kindle, fear not.  "THE BRIDGE" will be available for Nook, Apple, Sony and other e-readers starting September 1st.  Stay tuned for that announcement coming soon. Here's the link.  Remember this all starts Saturday August 10th and ends at midnight on August 12th: http://www.amazo...