Support Real Independence-Help Non KDP Select Authors

Did you just buy a book in a series and it *poof* disappeared? Were you going to buy an author this week you saw last week and *poof*, they're work is gone? If not, you might soon.

You may not have seen it yet, it's hard to say, but you will soon. Amazon has revealed their latest weapon called KDP Select. This puts Independent authors into a lending library for Prime customers to check out for free, but they still get paid. They also get any five days they want free. The condition? Become theirs and theirs alone. As of this date, you can see THIS MANY have joined KDP select.

If you shop at B and N, Smashwords, or anywhere besides Amazon your book selection just grew smaller. At alarming rates, authors are taking their books off of other shelves to get in. Notice an increase in free on Amazon? You will no longer find these books on Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, Diesel. Anywhere but Amazon for 90 days.

This smacks of wrong, and I for one hate it because I am a NOOK user. Right now I am afraid to buy a book anywhere else but Amazon because the books haven't been unpublished yet (Amazon is allowing a grace period.) Is the series you picked up going to be there tomorrow? There's a good chance, no it's not.

Some authors are joining with all their books. Some are dipping their toe in. A good sum say will NOT do this, and even more are in the waiting category. Waiting to see what others do to compete. Waiting for some reaction.

I say we may not be gigantic bookstores, but we can still give them a reaction! By supporting the authors that continue to support other platforms. Some of these are making money in different outlets, so they don't want to leave. Others feel they would be abandoning the readers they have on other platforms.

Will you help us support them? After four days of combing Kindleboards and staying quiet, these are the authors we feel have made their voice heard the best. Ninety percent of these are against. Ten percent are borderline, but seem strongly like they have made their decision not to join.

Help us, help them. Support Real Independence-Help Non KDP select Authors!

Authors, if you chose not to join Amazon exclusively, pick up a button from our group.

Readers, if you want to help support, pick up a button from our group.

Here is a list of authors who are not going to be joining KDP Select. There are thousands more, but starting somewhere is the first step. Find your favorite genres, and find an author. Take a couple minutes and find them in google. Join their twitter. Join their facebook. Buy a book of theirs anywhere but Amazon. Or just email them and say how you appreciate their choice.

Why Support them?

Amazon counts borrows from the library as lending, which counts toward ranks, defeating Non-KDP select ranks. Authors who don't join can't set their books free the way Prime Members can. This is all going to hurt their presence, but they are still choosing other distributors over Amazon. They are still choosing the readers from different platforms over Amazon.

They're supporting us. Can't we support them?

NOTE: If you take a button or join our group, we'll add your web address to the links on our site. No link back needed

*If you have trouble finding the author, let us know and we'll help you find them.

Fantasy

Shawn Lamb

Brian Kittrell

Steve Thomas

Christopher David Peterson

B. Justin Shier

Julie Anne Dawson

Danielle Kazemi

David Dalgish

Ryne Billings

Marta Szemik

Katie W. Stewart

Melanie Nilles

Ardyth Debruyn

Lexas Luke

Melanie Ray

Science Fiction

David Gaughran

John Fitch V.

Joseph Nassise

Rob Andrews

Katy Walters

Spy

Stephen England

Paranormal

Mel Comley

Jeanne Miller

Coral Moore

Marta Szemik

Christopher David Peterson

Declan Conner

Humor

Krista D. Ball

Horror

Jim Bronyaur

Adam Pepper

Raymund Hensley

Romance

Courtney Milan

Lisa Scott

Mel Comley

Gretchen Gallway

Katherine Clare Owen

Ruth Cardello

Jill Myles

Jody Wallace

Emily Ward

Margaret Lake

Liliana Hart

C.J. Archer

Romantic Comedy

Catie Quinn

Julie Christensen

Romantic Erotica

Leila Bryce Sin

Jill Myles

Historical Romance

Beverley Kendall

Contemporary Romance

Bryan Healey

Jamie Debree

Apocalyptic

Christopher Hunter

Non-fiction

Christopher David Peterson

Bakari R. Akil

Krista D. Ball

Crime Thriller

Mel Comley

A.C. Ellis

Thriller

Joseph Flynn

V.H. Folland

Western

BK Gore (Brian Gore)

Children

Eric. B. Thompson

Jeanne Miller

Historical

Shawn Lamb

N Gemini Sasson

Caddy Rowland

Mike Angel

Mystery

Mike Angel

General

Nell Gavin