KDP Select Undergoes MASSIVE Change... It'll Surprise You

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The creator says the KDP team confirmed to him, for the first time in KDP Select history, that authors may distribute Select-enrolled ebooks to public libraries during their enrollment period without contacting support for permission and without leaving Select. He stresses this is a soft launch at the time of recording: Amazon had not updated its terms of service, sent an email or added a dashboard notification, and Amazon will not send books to libraries for the author. KDP Select remains a 90-day exclusivity program giving Kindle Unlimited page-read royalties, sales royalties and promotions such as Countdown Deals and free promotions, and the ebook still cannot be on retailers such as Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble or Google Play. Libraries are presented as the new exception, including services he names such as OverDrive and Hoopla. He recommends Draft2Digital and PublishDrive because they let authors target libraries and exclude retail, and warns against IngramSpark for this because it does not let authors deselect retailers or isolate libraries, risking a Select violation. He explains Draft2Digital’s one-copy/one-user model and cost-per-checkout model, and PublishDrive’s subscription model where authors keep 100% of net royalties and could upload a first ebook free at the time described. In a Draft2Digital walkthrough he deselects all digital stores, selects only library services, and notes library pricing is commonly set higher, describing an industry standard of two to four times retail price. He advises taking policy questions to KDP support, not aggregators, and expects library earnings to start slow.

Key takeaways

• The creator reports KDP confirmed Select-enrolled ebooks can now be distributed to public libraries while staying in KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited.
• Retail exclusivity still applies: a Select ebook cannot be on Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play or other retailers.
• Use a distributor that lets you select libraries only and exclude retail; the creator recommends Draft2Digital and PublishDrive and warns against IngramSpark for this purpose.
• Draft2Digital offers one-copy/one-user library purchases and cost-per-checkout loans; PublishDrive uses a subscription model with 100% of net royalties to the author as described.
• Ask KDP support, via Contact Us in the KDP dashboard, to confirm specific library channels, and expect library earnings to build slowly.

Episode details: published August 28, 2025 · 15:50 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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