Comments on: Kindle Author in KDP Select or Indie Author? https://dahaines.com/kindle-author-in-kdp-select-or-indie-author/ Alter ego of author, Derek Haines Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:10:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Henry Tobias https://dahaines.com/kindle-author-in-kdp-select-or-indie-author/#comment-110932 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:10:48 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=17341#comment-110932 But the tax avoiding multinationals are getting caught up with. Starbucks just paid a fairly large amount in UK taxes.

]]> By: Derek Haines https://dahaines.com/kindle-author-in-kdp-select-or-indie-author/#comment-110931 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:22:47 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=17341#comment-110931 Perhaps, Henry. But global corporations such as Amazon seem to be able to make their own laws. Especially when it comes to paying tax!

]]> By: Henry Tobias https://dahaines.com/kindle-author-in-kdp-select-or-indie-author/#comment-110930 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:50:30 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=17341#comment-110930 Doesn’t Amazon violate the anti-trust laws on monopolies of both the US and the EU?

]]> By: Derek Haines https://dahaines.com/kindle-author-in-kdp-select-or-indie-author/#comment-110757 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:12:18 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=17341#comment-110757 In reply to Hugh Ashton.

I agree, Hugh. However we have to live with Amazon, but I think self published authors are getting smarter now. For sure, use KDP and Createspace and have your books and ebooks available on Amazon, as it is undeniably the biggest online book retailer. But is it really necessary to feed Amazon’s profits by giving away ebooks to help sell Kindles, or enter Select to have your ebook royalties reduced to a pittance to support $9.99 Kindle Unlimited subscriptions? I don’t believe so. I think there are, and will be, opportunities with other retailers. Well, I hope so anyway.

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