In the Romance Novel industry,
Amazon is the dominant player.
The number of books
Amazon sells
far exceeds
the sales of
all the other booksellers
combined.
Many writers,
knowing this,
have signed exclusive deals
(i.e. Kindle Unlimited deals)
with Amazon.
They have completely
withdrawn
from the other markets.
Which means
very few writers
are courting them.
There is much less
competition,
giving the few writers left
in these markets
more of an opportunity
to be seen,
to be promoted,
to sell books there.
My sales in these niche markets
now EQUAL
my sales at Amazon.
Those niche market sales
are enough
to live on
and
to make me very happy
sales-wise.
A larger slice
of a small market
can be better
than a small slice
of a large market.
Think before abandoning
smaller markets.