Yes. That's exactly what we're saying. Well, you actually may be able to publish them at a price, but as soon as the KDP team discovers what you've done, they will price match to zero.
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Yes. That's exactly what we're saying. Well, you actually may be able to publish them at a price, but as soon as the KDP team discovers what you've done, they will price match to zero.
Hi, I know you have done LOTS of research so must know much more on this subject than me.
That said (you knew that was coming didn't you!)... surely this just applies to the edition of ebook (with same ISBN). If you look on amazon and search for a classic (eg The Picture Of Dorian Gray) you will see a variety of editions of the same story (kindle editions and paperback obvs). Some are available on Amazon for free and some for over 3 dollars (for a kindle edition). There is a variety of prices. They have not been price matched (except perhaps with other sites listing the same ISBN book).
So I can't see that if individual chapters are available for free on the internet (blockchain or elsewhere) that if you put together an ebook and sell it on Amazon they will say well this is available for nothing (if you look for each separate chapter online -not available as one whole story in one ebook) so that is all we are selling it for. Because that is not what happens with other Ebooks that have different editions and publishers (even though the same story is available for free not only elsewhere on the internet but right there on Amazon).
I get that if I produce an ebook and make it free on smashwords but 1$ on amazon that they would be annoyed. But that is not what is being proposed.
A quick google search reveals the only problem people seem to have with amazon is getting them to reduce their book to free (even after listing it for free elsewhere). Amazon are there to make a profit.
I can assure you that I had no trouble whatsoever getting them to list my novel for free using the price match system. 😉
I reached out to the Amazon legal department last year with this question. It took a while to get a response, but eventually someone did get back to me with the assurance that they will price match at will if provided with ample documentation. They will typically allow 10,000 words of a teaser. Also don’t forget the risk of one-star reviews by customers unhappy that they paid for something offered elsewhere for free. And with Steemit’s powerful SEO, the chance of discovery is quite good.
Speaking as a reader... I buy ebooks so I can read them easily. I don't want to rumage from chapter to chapter on a website i don't know (unfortunately steem is not that big). I have bought several versions of the same book (ebooks, paperbooks, hardbacks). I've seen plenty of ebooks on Amazon that are available in different versions for free elsewhere. I'll take the risk (not that I am self publishing at the moment), that Amazon want to make money out of people and not give stuff away for free unless they have to. And if my only one star reviews are due to it being available on steem for free I'll be happy
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That's your option. But it's not a risk t hat Steemhouse will touch with a ten-foot pole. Reviews mean everything. Just ask Elaine Moore in TWB. ;-)
Yes, but the big diffence is Steemhouse is a professional publishing house (or will be). I wouldn't expect you to.
I would expect that to publish through Steemhouse, the requirements would be similar to traditional publishing (ie not published elsewhere first). But self publishing is a whole different ball game. I am considering self publishing stories I have already written and posted on here for fun. But if I had the aim of writing something specifically for publication I would keep it off the internet until I had submitted it.
I know about the power of reviews. I run a B&B. If you don't get above 8 out of ten on booking.con you get lost.
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Hmm. @kaelci published her novel after posting chapter by chapter here. So did @t2tang Ruby Red and Gentilberry Green: A Fantastical Romance - Part XXXIX - END- I bought his book and reviewed it at Amazon, but when I tried to review @kaelci's, they rejected it saying it violated their guidelines (presumably, the Friends/Conflict of Interest thing). @honeydue has anthologized her 5-minute freewrites as an Amazon indie author. What's crazy is that I would read a book, become a fan of the author, email the author, follow on social media - but how does that make us friends with conflicts of interest? How is it ok to one-star a novel that has many merits just because "profanity on page one" or "ends on a cliffhanger; to read more I have to pay money for Book 2 when Book 1 was free" -- that's ok! And Amazon REMOVED the option of downvoting these reviews. Now we can vote yes, a review was helpful, but not that it was a lame and misleading review from a one-star bandit with an ax to grind.
If I self-pub I may have to go with Kobo. Or just do like Emily Dickinson and stuff my stories into a drawer and rest assured that only half a dozen people across the globe would read them anyway.
Let me know @felt.buzz what route you will go -- you have the talent to be published!
Someone mentioned somewhere that if you buy a kindle version amazon check you have read "enough" of it before reviewing (although I reviewed @honeydue's book almost immediately based on what I'd read before). When I self pub I'll provbably follow honeydue's well researched path... But we'll see. :)
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