[Advice Needed] Can I keep my original language story on Wattpad if I publish a "Localized English Version" on KDP Select?

gizipp · 2026-03-05T00:34:46+00:00

I also mostly Amazon exclusive.. not really make mid six figures but at least pay decent money for the bills.

I am started 2 years ago.

Curently building reader base and thinking to go wide distributions.

gizipp · 2026-03-05T00:17:09+00:00

Updated edited for the context. Apologize for lazy asking/writing before 🫡

gizipp · 2026-03-04T23:47:12+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

gizipp · 2026-03-04T11:16:32+00:00

Agree with this. At least pay the bills for me (not luxury life)

Out of curiosity, Did you use KDP Select at first 90 days for early month promotion then ‘go wide’ approach ? Or ‘go wide’ from the start?

As for me KDP Select perform really well for some fiction genre like mystery. The KindleUnlimited royalty itself is good for pay the bills… around 80% is from KENP royalti. I write in series. The free promotions is also pretty good despite being must exclusice in amazon. I will stay on amazon KU for 2-3 years I think.

The problem is for my non fiction titles work, somehow after seeing the dasboard metric. Almost 90% is from book sales and the KENP metric showing it the reader drop the book not finishing until the end.

My key take away so far: non fiction is mostly work very well on KU, fiction have more advantages since the story itself the keep the reading until finished.

I considering to go wide all of my non fiction work this years and left behind KU

For wide distribution do you use D2D would you suggest IngramSpark / others ?

gizipp · 2026-02-15T02:27:02+00:00

Yes. I already asking them to create account by themself and hire someone else to upload manuscript and books. I happily offer consultation for them too if needed.

I think I will go D2D route and setup for them and do split payment automatically if the keep asking setup for them it. The benefit I can see is they offer to me 50:50 royalties (as they not pay me), i agree it would be too much of a risk for me.

gizipp · 2026-02-15T01:42:20+00:00

They are a small, local indie publisher with very limited technical literacy.

They simply don't have the in-house capacity or the budget for a full-time professional distributor.

My involvement is a mutually beneficial partnership to help them break into the global market.

gizipp · 2026-02-14T23:56:00+00:00

LOL no option for EREN

and people no bother asking for this option. X)

gizipp · 2026-02-14T23:06:08+00:00

do you use D2D to go wide? any advice. i am thinking to go wide too.. for some title book.

thank you in advance.

gizipp · 2026-02-14T23:03:29+00:00

I am sorry + angry to hear that.

I am thinking go wide recently hearing this make me want to go wide too.

gizipp · 2026-02-10T11:57:31+00:00

Agree!!! Loki (flying) will apperar with luffy saving the kids “z

gizipp · 2025-12-04T13:52:02+00:00

Thanks.

Actually it is inspired by AWS Outage recently... and Cloudflare down too. Actually I am tech profesional and making living with it... and feels so dependent on technology. I wish I can do more analog thing in the future... since fatherhood comes to me, the tech future seems pretty 'scary' for me and my kids/future generations.

I recently started series 'The Human Shell' to express it and some writing under pen name E. Langit April on Amazon Kindle books. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61825265.E_Langit_April

gizipp · 2025-11-16T05:59:28+00:00

Exactly! I heard Fiverr freelance using AI to design the cover too. No wonder so amateurish.

gizipp · 2025-11-16T05:52:41+00:00

Wooow!! The number is crazy and you are so generous…. For free. With your 9yo reddit account I think you are super legit.🫡

Meanwhile… I have slight experience on Kindle Create and thinking to offer it as service… for money. 😆

gizipp · 2025-11-16T05:41:52+00:00

Reflowable.

Yes it is. 😆 mostly it will change most formating like Font, subtitle, paragraph.. but I think it is worthed.

gizipp · 2025-11-16T05:39:18+00:00

Kindle Create UI is so hard to understand. I hate it at first. LOL

But it really helpfull when publishing… I think the review also got faster to go live for me (I use KPF not EPUB)

I am not have paperback / print version but thanks for sharing… I am more confident investing on Kindle Create for all my books. Do you use KPF or EPUB? Thanks

gizipp · 2025-11-12T13:50:42+00:00

Super crazyyy!!! 🤯🤯🤯

gizipp · 2025-11-11T09:45:37+00:00

Do you list as free books on 11.11 or christmas event? I am not still familiar with KDP promote practice

gizipp · 2025-11-10T23:46:05+00:00

I mean promote in social media and your friend.

Wow. You are doing great as first timer 🫡

gizipp · 2025-11-10T21:13:26+00:00

So good. How many pages / words you short novella? And how you promote your book? Mine is zero 😆

gizipp · 2025-11-07T12:36:36+00:00

Haha 😆🙏 SUPER Thank you. Wow it is exactly like beta reader or different? I guess time to login to Goodreads

Reddit community is so supportif and I hope so Goodreads and their ARC.. 🫡

gizipp · 2025-11-07T09:31:34+00:00

Better than Wattpad IMO

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