In a nutshell, the program is currently limited to a few thousand titles that originate either from Amazon itself or from smaller publishers that still sell e-books to Amazon under a wholesale model, as opposed to the «agent» model used by
most major trade publishers, which forbids such activity.
Not exact matches
Go for reviews The way
most libraries make their purchasing decisions is via the reviews in the
major trade journals —
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Foreword Magazine.
Of course, if you do seek a traditional book contract with a
major publisher, you'll learn there are bars to entry, and you'll have to make some business
trade - offs — but
most publishing pros think the Big Five route is worth the effort if you have what it takes to get there.