Monday 9 September 2019

Aetherborne Temporarily Goes Amazon-Exclusive

So... I'm not going to beat around the bush here: From now until 7th December 2019 (PST), Aetherborne Book 1 will be exclusively available on Amazon. Sorry to the Smashwords crowd, I promise it's only temporary.

My justification is as flimsy as it is mundane: I'd like to try the tasty promotion options on Amazon. Unfortunately, they don't let you unless you sell them your soul your book is enrolled in KDP select, which means 90 days of not publishing it anywhere else. Isn't it refreshingly honest when companies are so sure of their monopoly they don't even pretend to play nice?

Anyway... from 10th September to 11th September, and again from 13th September to 15th September 2019, you can pick up Aetherborne Book 1 for free on Amazon—that is, free as in free beer, not as in free software.

If you really don't like them at all, you can still wait for the re-release on Smashwords in December, which is likely going to come with a lengthy sorry-for-the-inconvenience free promotion.