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Amazon Bestseller Launch Report Complete- Let the Guest Bloggers Begin!

Sandy Nathan, award winning author of Numenon

I want to let everyone know that “Your Shelf Life: How Long Will You Last?” has gotten almost 21,000 requests for pages in its few months of existence. Many thanks to my readers!

The full, 8-part report on my Amazon Bestseller Day is up. This is essentially an e book about how to plan and execute your bestseller day––and a cautionary heads up. It’s got links to resources throughout and my hard won insights. The best way to read it is sequentially, rea

On-line addiction or book marketing? You decide.

Addiction. You can't see it coming. Charcoal drawing by Lily Nathan

The topic of on-line addiction has come up in my life a few times. Friends who participate on twitter.com find it an incredible marketing tool. Everyone in the book trade says authors MUST cover the ‘net to sell. MySpace, Facebook, gather, blogs, forums, all the above. Authors MUST keep their postings current to stay in the swim. People spend hours every day, blogging, posting, cut and pasting, all to promote their books.

Or is th

Know Your Reader’s Personality Type

The lotus is the symbol of enlightenment.

I ‘m pleased to present our first guest blogger, Irene Watson of ReaderViews. Irene brings an broad and deep background to all phases of writing and book publicity. You may be familiar with the services provided to authors by ReaderViews, but did you know that Irene has a Master’s degree in psychology and was a psychotherapist for ten years?

Please join me in welcoming Irene to Your Shelf Life. She will be a guest blogger several times a month.

Sandy Nathan

Amazon Bestseller Best Seller Launch Day - WAS IT WORTH IT? Part 8

Sandy Nathan, award-winning author of Numenon and Stepping Off the Edge, which was the book featured on my Amazon Bestseller Launch.

MY AMAZON LAUNCH WAS A FLOP BY ANY OBJECTIVE MEASURE.

We sold 13 books. These impacted our Amazon rankings, but we made almost nothing on 11 of them, which were purchased through resellers. Afterward, I was exhausted and my kids ran scared whenever they saw me. My husband was supportive, as always, but shook up.

It was a blow. I never really boo-hooed about, though

Amazon Bestseller Best Seller Day- THE DAY! HOW DID I DO? Part 7

Sandy Nathan, award winning author of Stepping Off the Edge & Numenon. "If you like this blog, you'll love my book Stepping Off the Edge. Stepping follows a very similar format: The lab rat (me) does some interesting behaviors. The analyst (also me) talks about them, weaving in meaning and pointing out what works and doesn't. You can buy my books on Amazon or my website, sandynathan.com. We're selling Stepping for less than Amazon on my site. Buy two books (buy Numenon, too!) and you get free sh