Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1178 KB Publisher: Create Space for paperback version; 2 edition (April 25, 2008) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B004Y6AGJ6 Text-to-Speech: Enabled Lending: Enabled Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,997 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks >...

Since joining the KDP Select Program, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail has become a #1 Amazon Kindle selection for Sports, Outdoors & Nature, Hiking and Camping, and #3 for paperbacks in that category. The Kindle price is $4.95 and the paperback is $9.95.

Over 1,300 readers downloaded onto their Kindles, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail on the very first day of the KDP Select program promotion. Also, that has driven up sales of paperbacks. Both books are now in the top .5% on Amazon paperback sales. This Jeff Bezos is no idiot. He even manages to make his authors feel pretty good! Tis’ the season to be rea

Amazon announces KDP Select for Kindle e-book exclusives December 8, 2011 | 8:10 am 876 Amazon has announced KDP Select, a program that will use a new funding scheme to compensate authors who make their e-books exclusive to Amazon Kindle for at least 90 days. The company has announced that in the first year, it expects to put $6 million into a fund that will be paid out to authors when their exclusive e-books are checked out of Amazon’s...

Product Details Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 1178 KB Publisher: Create Space for paperback version; 2 edition (April 25, 2008) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B004Y6AGJ6 Lending: Enabled Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,861 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports >...