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How to Make This Program Work for You
Amazon’s New Subscription
Service: Kindle Unlimited
Wha
t is
Kin
dle
Unlim
ited?
Kindle Unlimited (KU) is a way to read books (those enrolled in the program)
for one monthly fee. Limit is 10 books at a time You can add to your library
as you return books
See more at: 5 Facts About Kindle Unlimited: Make the Program
Work for You
Amazon’s New Subscription
Service: Kindle Unlimited
Is K
indle
Un
limited R
ight
For
Your
Book?
Kindle Unlimited, so far, has not proven very
helpful for non-fiction books enrolled in the
program.
See more at: 5 Facts About Kindle Unlimited: Make the Program
Work for You
Amazon’s New Subscription
Service: Kindle Unlimited
Is K
indle
Un
limited R
ight
For
Your
Book?
Being a subscription service, KU speaks much
more to the fiction reader, in particular, the genre
fiction reader.
See more at: 5 Facts About Kindle Unlimited: Make the Program
Work for You
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
Is K
indle
Un
limited R
ight
For
Your
Book? Fact #1: KU Really Appeals to
the Avid Reader. Genre Fiction does well in KU Hyper-fast readers can save
money (they own the highest sales category in KU)
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Work for You
Are
You E
nro
lled in t
he K
DP
Se
lect
Pro
gra
m?
Fact #2: In order to be part of the KU community, your
book needs to be enrolled in the KDP select program.
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Work for You
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
How
Should
Your
Books b
e E
nro
lled?
It is not recommended to have all your books enrolled at once. Rotating books in and out is wise, especially with a seriesMultiple and series books will be
migrated to the subscription shelves Keep the first in the series and have a link to
or notify readers of the next book
Experiment to see the best fit for you
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Work for You
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
Short
is the N
ew
Long
Fact #3: Shorter Books Rock: Short is the New Long
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Work for You
Avid reader group loves a quick read They read a lot Shorter-length books do much better on KU
You don’t get paid until readers read 10% of your book Do not add needless content; Amazon systems
measure and queue your file to start count at Chapter 1
These tactics can also get your book(s) yanked from the Amazon system
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
It’s
All
About
the T
hem
es
Fact #4: Themes Matter
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Work for You
Themes are the new keywords Amazon uses to define and categorize your book My video about this can be found here:
• New Amazon Keywords After removing keywords on a fiction book, it
plummeted on the KU list Adding back theme words into keyword area
brought the book to an almost-normal status
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
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Fact #5: Additional Content
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Work for You
Create a Director’s Cut of your book (what your editor takes out, for instance) Make a separate edition or list as separate books
on Amazon Not just for KU program—across the board
Bonus content, Director’s Cut…it can help to pull in new readers
Fact #5: Additional Content
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Work for You
Kindle Unlimited: What
You Need To Know
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Facts
Visit 5 Facts About Kindle
Unlimited: Make the Program
Work for You for updates on my continued experimenting and findings on Kindle Unlimited.
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