Consolidating in the time of coronavirus

I hope you all are well. I can’t believe it’s been a month since I last posted a blog. How time flies.

I just wanted to check in and briefly mention that I am making some changes to where my books are sold. Specifically, with the exception of perma-free books (Dr. Carter & Mrs. Sinn; The Princess, the Pea, and the Night of Passion), all of my titles are being taken off other sites and will be sold exclusively on Amazon.

My books had been Amazon exclusives and part of the Kindle Unlimited program when I first started writing. However, after a year or so, I decided I wanted to spread my wings and see how the titles did at other retailers. While readers on other retailers did find my books, the bulk of my sales remained on Amazon.

With the growing financial meltdown caused by all the shutdowns to stop coronavirus, I decided to go back into Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Amazon exclusivity. I know in my own household, we’ve been cutting expenses and enjoying our subscription services more. I expect more people will do that, and the books will see more reads in Kindle Unlimited. Especially as people have less free money to buy individual books.

To be in KU, your book can’t be sold on any other platform. This weekend, I’ve started the process of unpublishing my books on all the other retailers. Once that’s complete, I’ll enroll them in KU. Some retailers are slower than others to remove books, so I anticipate everything will be de-listed by Wednesday or Thursday and I’ll be able to enroll in KU by next weekend.

I hope everyone is coping well. The social distancing and other lockdown measures have been mentally challenging. We’re social beings, so these measures are hard. The good news is, we’ve made it thus far, and we just have to keep our heads up and keep plowing forward.

Stay well.

-RB