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To really capture the feeling of the series, write a story and leave it unfinished.

I mentioned the copyright because even though you’re going to put it out there for free, that doesn’t mean that somebody more shady doesn’t take it and slap their name on it. Having it as a registered copyright seems to be a good thing.

I’ve relied on the publication date myself, but then again, I haven’t self-published yet. I might think differently were I to self publish.

I believe it’s much the same in the UK. You can elect to register your work (for a fee) and it does provide more substantial proof of ownership of the intellectual property (aka book).

I’m only semi-familiar with the US law. In the US, you’ve automatically got copyright for original works, but it helps to register with the library of congress? Because, if you’re suing for infringement on a registered work, you have that statutory $150k the RIAA/MPAA likes to quote. For an unregistered copyright, you’d have to prove damages instead. Registration likely helps too in proving ownership, and I’m sure a good copyright attorney can tell you the other benefits for registering. As to the UK law, I’d be hitting google.

Ah, good point. Thanks

I’m from the UK would that be different?

Ok… next chapter nearly done. And… Brienne really *needs* to take this up, because it’s about as romantic as the Hound is ever going to get (albeit kind of violent, peculiar and twisted, just like he is). Hell, I’d have taken him up ten chapters ago, and I haven’t even written ten chapters. *sighs* Looks like Rory McCann is easily making my list of people I want to play “dressing up” with.

Yes they are very upfront about that pool, and you get a monthly update for the size of the pool for that month. Now a couple of my chapbooks went up that way and over the span of time I made almost half via page reads as I made in sales. You can set your KU to have a timer or reset anytime. I think I will resist using it for future releases though. I’m using the publishing on the cheap class I took, but that had no substantiative help for editing. I just need to wean myself back off an all fanfic diet again.

That’s the real dilemma. KU does get you exposure. Because subscribers can read any KU book for free, they’re able to gamble on new names, or new genres. And if they like your work, the odds are they’ll be less hesitant to buy something from Amazon that isn’t a free KU read. Especially in the romance genre, readers are looking for new things, and erotica is not so much of a closeted genre anymore, either. It’s a risk, but it can pay off. You would just need to be willing not to make much profit from the KU offering. (On the other hand, if you are in the US and consider your writing a business, it’s a business expense you can deduct against any actual profits, just like the cost of cover art, editing, proofreading, and so on. You just need to show some actual revenue, and I suppose even $10 counts. )