[Carradee]

For my first two createspace novels, I first put them on Kindle, then put them on createspace. I emailed the CS folks and they merged the two entries. I'm wondering if it would be easier to just start with CS and let them publish to Kindle. But if I do that:

1. Can I still go Select?
2. Will the novel appear on my KDP page, showing me purchase stats?

1. Unless the KDP Select program ToS has changed, yes. If I recall correctly (but it's been a good year since I had anything in Select, myself), audiobooks could also be released while a title's in Select.

2. No. KDP = Kindle Direct Publishing. That's only the e-book side. CreateSpace has its own sales interface.