Yesterday, Amazon’s Kindle Scout opened for business. Writer Beware has done an excellent job of dissecting the program and its contract, so I will send you over there for the details; here I will only address the one issue that all Amazon programs are intended to do: build up Amazon’s dominance through author exclusivity. In the third edition of The Global Indie Author I take the position that authors who give Amazon exclusivity through programs such as KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited are potentially shooting themselves in the foot, especially Read More …