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Why I've moved to KU





 

Starting my author journey I was always against going to KU and I had no plans to change it. This is mostly because I don't like putting all my options on one platform (the phrase putting all my eggs in one basket comes to mind) and that's what the move would be for me.


Being mostly happy with my previous platform, I liked their strategy and offering and for 1.5 years, I stayed with them. But then I hired a coach to help me with my author brand and I realised something. There is value in trying KU out, because even if the royalties are really low in comparison to what I was getting, (amongst other issues) I'm going to get exposure from their reader base, something I haven't had a lot of yet. So, what harm was there in trying it out?


Especially considering Kindle Unlimited (KU) has something like 95% of the readership market share last time I checked.


Still, I didn't make the move yet, as I was really against it. I was happy where I was, so I saw no point in changing it. And then I had a few disagreements with my previous platform. Talk about getting the sign I didn't know I needed! So, I made the jump, and of course this was right around the time that KU had a huge technical issue. For most of April, my Ebooks were offline because of this.


Now, I don't know if I will stay on KU forever, I just know that I want to try it out as part of an experiment. Not going to lie that having all my books neatly packaged like this presents way better than what I had before. But I can't help thinking about the Apple Books and Barnes & Noble people that were buying my books before.


Moral of the story though? Don't be afraid to try new things. A big part of this author journey is about experimentation, and sometimes you'll find you don't like it. And that's okay. Its always something you can fix later.











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