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Hi there from Zimbabwe. Great group and discussions!
I wanted to find out as a first time Author is it advisable to use KDP Select or not? Some article mentioned it's better if you have several books lined up so I had delayed launching the first book in my series to work on the second and the third. Is it so or should I go ahead and publish each book as it comes?

Hello ZP, Greetings to Zim,
Upload one. You will learn so much in the process! My 1st (which I had slaved over, proofing etc.) reformatted and had still a couple of typos so I took it down and re-worked it and re-uploaded. I finally worked out how to do it. The next book was waiting in the wings but I took time to proof etc.. and the third was an easier process. I would just do it, use book #1 to go through the exercise and modify it if you are not happy with how it looks. Best of luck with cutting through the clutter out there - that, I think, requires a miracle for so many of us!
Cheers,
Wendy

Thanks Wendy.

I will do that right away.

Hello Zorodzai -
My personal opinion is to go ahead. I was happy to give Amazon the 90 days exclusive in turn for the 5 free days of promotion. I "sold" hundreds of books on those days and think it creates a bit of a "buzz". My first goal was to get people to read a book by a new writer and hopefully recommend it to friends. People are willing to take a chance with freebies. Good Luck! Cinda CM ( A Place in the World).

I have my (currently) one and only book up in Amazon Select. It's making sales (which is the point of the exercise) while I write the next one. I also have some people signing up for my mailing list to find out when the next book is due. Hopefully, this will allow me to launch the next book with a bit more of a bang.

Cinda wrote: "Hello Zorodzai -
My personal opinion is to go ahead. I was happy to give Amazon the 90 days exclusive in turn for the 5 free days of promotion. I "sold" hundreds of books on those days and think ..."

Thanks Cinda. Did you use the five days all at once or split them up?

Rinelle wrote: "I have my (currently) one and only book up in Amazon Select. It's making sales (which is the point of the exercise) while I write the next one. I also have some people signing up for my mailing lis..."

I'm encouraged. I have also finished one only and am working on the next one. Thank you.