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Hello SE!

My name is Rebekah, and a year ago (next month) I self-published my book on Amazon through KDP.

Initially I was really proud of myself, but now I wonder if I’ve made a mistake.

You see, the book is $9.99, and I receive less than $3 in royalties. I don’t care too much about that, other than the fact that they do not advertise for me. They are taking 70% of the money from the books, and I’m still only reaching the people I know personally and can share info with through word-of-mouth. KDP does have an advertising option, but I would end up losing a lot of money doing that.

I believe that the words I have been given are there for a reason, and I’m meant to share them with the world. But I don’t believe that I am achieving this with KDP, despite all efforts to make it more easily found. (A relative of mine has a program that shows them all of the most searched keywords on Amazon, and they helped me set up the page so that people should come across it more often.)

I don’t know for sure what to do. I have the idea that I should pull my book off Amazon, polish it up along with the other two books I’ve written in the series, and send it to publishers.

Honestly, I don’t know how the professional, not self-publishing route works.

Any advice?

Thank you!

-Rebekah E.