Kindle Unlimited – yay or nay?

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 Last week when I was browsing through one of book community in Japan, I came across with phrases such as; “This book is not bad despite it’s on Kindle Unlimited”. “Books on Kindle Unlimited are not worth reading”

 

What a revelation. So, this is how public see the books on Kindle Unlimited.

 

I can not deny their point of view, because with Kindle Unlimited, many authors can publish books without going through professional editors.

 

I myself am publishing an essay and novels without going through the eyes of professionals. My editors are my family, who are avid readers and can notice slight mistakes on spellings and grammars. My father is keen on historical novels, and even suggested me some books to get idea of writings in crisp and clear writing styles.

 

I put my books under Kindle Unlimited, without much thinking that they might be bargain for some readers, However, some people in book communities are pretty harsh on Kindle Unlimited.

 

So far, my books are bought either under Kindle Unlimited, or by paperbacks.

No one bought them on e-books so far, which is a big mystery.

 

I met a quite few people that they want actual books instead of e-books.

 

It may be because of the genre of my books – essay and historical books – might be more popular in printed books, rather than e-books. Let alone that not everyone has Amazon account anyway.

 

Younger generations are more into e-books. Some say that they won’t buy printed books anymore. If it’s available, they would buy it on Kindle or Kobo.

 

There is a bit of dilemma whether I should sell my books under Kindle Unlimited or keep it for sometimes.


 It maybe interesting to experiment and end selling them under Kindle Unlimited programme for a while, and see how it goes.




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