I haven't heard of any, myself.
With my most recent book, I put it up on KDP first and then gave it a day or two to put it on other platforms. I can't remember why now; I was probably just short on uploading time. I had a few readers write and ask me why it wasn't on B&N yet, so I quickly put it up there and then contacted the people who'd asked about it, and let them know. This was three months ago. Guess how many copies I've sold at B&N. ZERO.
Even the people who emailed me to ask about the book didn't bother to buy it. Meanwhile, it sells steadily on Kindle. I put a single short story into Select to see whether it would bring up sales under that same pen name, and on the free days it did indeed bump up sales of full-price ebooks under same pen name.
I was previously reluctant to experiment with my Egyptian series in Select, because I was fearful of potentially alienating those readers. After seeing how little effect having a title available on B&N has actually had on my sales, and seeing the positive effect of Select on my sales, I no longer worry about it. I have developed a plan for how to handle upset readers who want Select books on Kindle, and I think it should all work out fine for me.
I'm finishing up the next book in the series today, so very soon I shall see how all this Select speculating works out for me.
With my most recent book, I put it up on KDP first and then gave it a day or two to put it on other platforms. I can't remember why now; I was probably just short on uploading time. I had a few readers write and ask me why it wasn't on B&N yet, so I quickly put it up there and then contacted the people who'd asked about it, and let them know. This was three months ago. Guess how many copies I've sold at B&N. ZERO.
Even the people who emailed me to ask about the book didn't bother to buy it. Meanwhile, it sells steadily on Kindle. I put a single short story into Select to see whether it would bring up sales under that same pen name, and on the free days it did indeed bump up sales of full-price ebooks under same pen name.
I was previously reluctant to experiment with my Egyptian series in Select, because I was fearful of potentially alienating those readers. After seeing how little effect having a title available on B&N has actually had on my sales, and seeing the positive effect of Select on my sales, I no longer worry about it. I have developed a plan for how to handle upset readers who want Select books on Kindle, and I think it should all work out fine for me.
I'm finishing up the next book in the series today, so very soon I shall see how all this Select speculating works out for me.
Most have already adopted Kindle devices or apps, or moved to iPads where they get the best of everything. Even THEY know the handwriting is on the wall for B&N who reported losses across the board for the third straight quarter I believe (would have to check) but the biggest scares are that they've quietly shut down dozens of stores in major cities (LA, Washington Dc) and their digital side reported losses for the quarter too, so no, Nook isn't being the one-hand tied behind its back savior of the company either.
