#kindledailydeal #indieauthors
Hello, my lovelies. For the readers of my stories, I love
you all and will treasure you always, but I’m afraid this particular post is
not for you. It’s for the inquiring minds of a few indie authors who I’ve heard
pose the above question.
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| Thanks for dropping by anyway, though. Here—have this picture of an adorable baby hedgehog as a thank-you gift. |
I was feeling industrious the day I last heard this question
and decided to do a little digging. Google was unhelpful (a sign of the
apocalypse?) so I contacted Amazon about it. The response I got wasn't very
encouraging—kind of bureaucratic really—but I figured I'd share the response I
got anyway:
"I checked our records and it appears you don't have a
KDP account with titles published. For KDP titles, I'm sorry, we're unable to
add books into the Kindle Daily Deal section of our website. We'll be sure to
consider your interest for this feature as we plan further improvements.
On searching our website, I noticed you have two Kindle
titles, "Mermaids and Butterflies" and "Cerberus: Book 1 of
Parish: A City of Solace Book." However, it appears that these titles were
published by your publisher through a different channel than Kindle Direct
Publishing (KDP). Please contact your publisher directly for assistance for any
issues concerning these titles."
So that's that. Authors who have published e-books with
Amazon cannot at this time be featured as a daily deal. If you've published
elsewhere, though, your publisher may be able to negotiate something with them.
I hope that helped at least a bit. KDP authors may want to send
their own inquiries on the topic. Maybe a bit more “interest for this feature”
will further influence their plans for improvement.
