Comments on: It's not the medium – it's the market http://www.ojr.org/its-not-the-medium-its-the-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-not-the-medium-its-the-market Focusing on the future of digital journalism Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: T. R. GRAVES http://www.ojr.org/its-not-the-medium-its-the-market/#comment-2797 T. R. GRAVES Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:14:22 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=2052#comment-2797 This article is amazingly insightful. I’d assumed only indie authors noticed the way Barnes and Noble all but ignored non-traditionally published authors and their books.

Equally important to mention is Amazon’s KDP Select program. With it, Amazon has become extremely aggressive in their efforts geared toward wooing indie authors. Since Barnes and Noble does nothing ‘extra special’ for me, I signed one of my books up for the program and pulled it from every other site. With an immediate increase in sales, I’m contemplating doing the same thing for book two in the series and any new ones I publish.

As proof Amazon’s plan is working, I was recently strolling through a website supporting indie books. Since the KDP program is so new, the Barnes and Noble’s & Smashwords’ links were still embedded. After clicking on dozens of very popular books, I found almost every non-Amazon link had been disabled.

]]> By: 24.121.174.108 http://www.ojr.org/its-not-the-medium-its-the-market/#comment-2796 24.121.174.108 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=2052#comment-2796 You got it – I agree with you completely. Thank you for your insightful post. It is too bad that Barnes & Noble is not following a better business model because while the current environment is great for authors, it is important to keep a fair marketplace. Amazon currently offers great opportunities and pay for indie authors, but without competition they may not be so giving in the future.

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