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Amazon is offering self-published authors the option of entering their books in the Kindle Select Program<\/strong>. So here’s my question for readers, would you pay $79\/yr<\/strong> for an Amazon Prime Membership<\/strong> which offers the following benefits:<\/p>\n

1. Free 2 day shipping.
\n2. Instant streaming of over 10,000 videos
\n3. Borrow 1 (one) book a month for free from Lending Library. Currently the majority of these books are self-published and none of the Big6 publishing companies participate in this program.<\/p>\n


\nNow, this latest move on Amazon’s part is to get more books in their Lending Library in hopes of trying to make the Prime Membership more appealing to readers.\u00a0 As a reader, would you be tempted to get a Prime Membership knowing there will be thousands and thousands of more books to choose from?<\/p>\n

Comment and enter to winter a copy of TOO WICKED TO WED<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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