{"id":2879,"date":"2019-01-03T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2019-01-03T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:41:18","slug":"changes-at-amazon-important-to-indie-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/professional-life\/changes-at-amazon-important-to-indie-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes at Amazon Important to Indie Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2882 alignleft\" style=\"word-spacing: normal;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Close-upAmazonMenu_1-3-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"366\" \/>I predicted it last year. <em>(I shared those predictions with another author who&#8217;s a close pal &#8230;and with my webmasters&#8217; group<\/em><em style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">.<\/em><em style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0Only.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2881\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AmazonScreenshotMenuChange_1-3-2019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AmazonScreenshotMenuChange_1-3-2019-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2881\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see larger image Hit ESC on your keyboard to close the modal window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">It&#8217;s happened &#8230;when I predicted it would. <em>(Yes, math still works.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2880\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AmazonScreenshot_1-3-2019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AmazonScreenshot_1-3-2019-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see larger version. Hit ESC on your keyboard to close the modal window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">What does it mean?<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">It means that indie authors now <em>really<\/em> have to treat their vocations as a business or get out of the game. It means calculating in overhead, operating expenses, and COGS. It means pricing their books competitively, not giving them away, nor discounting them, except for planned promotional deals that run days, not weeks, months, or years. It means less ability for indie authors (or the trad published, either) to game the system with cooperative ventures. It means a lot more than that, but it&#8217;s not prudent for me to publicly share the rest of what I know, calculated, and project &#8230;except, of course, with my inner circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I predicted it last year. (I shared those predictions with another author who&#8217;s a close pal &#8230;and with my webmasters&#8217; group.\u00a0Only.) It&#8217;s happened &#8230;when I predicted it would. (Yes, math still works.) What does it mean? 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