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February 5, 2016
How to develop a strategy for ebook sale promotions (Starting out as an indie author)
Once upon a time, when I first started switching from traditional to indie publishing, all you had to do to sell books was to offer your works free on a regular basis and get a few thousand downloads. After the free runs, the books would be high in the Amazon rankings, which would provide the visibility to sell a decent number of books daily for a while until your book disappeared into obscurity again. My biggest income month as an indie author is still from those early golddigger days.
In t...
February 3, 2016
Writing, sales, taxes, and more from Ygerna for #WIPpet Wednesday
It’s amazing to me how inspirational regular sales can be for my writing. And I don’t think it’s just a matter of greed. *g* Just seeing a steady increase in books bought and pages read makes this whole writing addiction seem so much less like some kind of idiotic weakness on my part. It’s working! I’m finding an audience! Maybe I really can make real money at this someday!
And that puts all kinds of inferiority complex demons to rest, which in turn makes the writing somehow easier.
Speakin...
February 2, 2016
Ground Hog Day Science Fiction Romance Sale! Feb. 2-4
Big science fiction romance sale going on over ScifiRomance, and the Looking Through Lace Boxed Set is one of the books included! You have to act fast — the 99c price tag for both books is only through Feb. 4.
But be forewarned regarding the link to the sales page above: lots of six packs on display. *g*
Tagged: 99c sale, group promo, looking through lace, scifi romance, sfr, sfrom
KENPC v2.0 Amazon KDP Changes Normalized Page Counts (February 1, 2016)
This is not good news. My big Arthurian novels have each lost over 50 pages. :/
Images from ShutterStock.
Amazon KDP changed how it determines the Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC).
This affects Kindle e-books enrolled in KDP Select, which can be borrowed via Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime.
KDP Select books borrowed through Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime pay by the page read, where a Kindle Edition Normalized Page (KENP) is determin...
January 27, 2016
Publication news and more from Ygerna for #WIPpet Wednesday
It’s been a while. I’ve been busy. With this:
And this:
And this:
Six years old!
Sheesh. Hard to believe I’ve been a grandmother so long. I’m not that old! Or maybe I am, given the way my face is falling and my knee refuses to play along when I attempt the warrior pose when doing yoga …
But anyway, back to writing. I’ve gotten an awful lot done in the weeks I’ve been absent from my blog. Not only have I formatted and published the e-book boxed set of Looking Through Lace, I’ve publishe...
January 16, 2016
Kindle Unlimited Pages Read & Global Fund Trends from July, 2015 thru December, 2015
Pages read (KENP) payment for borrows on Kindle Unlimited is going down again, unfortunately. Read more on Chris McMullen’s site.
Source: Kindle Unlimited Pages Read & Global Fund Trends from July, 2015 thru December, 2015
New cover for Beyond the Waters of the World
My cover artist, Lou Harper, has finished the cover for the second book of Looking Through Lace, Beyond the Waters of the World.
So what do folks think? I haven’t finalized yet, so some tweaking could still be done if anyone has any suggestions. Do let me know in the comments! And thanks in advance. :)
Tagged: Beyond the Waters of the World, cover reveal, looking through lace, science fiction
January 15, 2016
Results of BookBub ad in the UK for Chameleon in a Mirror
Last year, 2015, I sold an average of 8 books a month in the UK. As many of you know who read this blog, I had a UK only BookBub ad for my literary time travel, Chameleon in a Mirror, earlier this month. Right now I have 124 sales and 6205 pages read across all titles in the UK. Last month, it was 4 sales and 1235 pages read, total.
Here are the best UK rankings I saw during the sale for CIAM:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #781 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#1 in Kindle...
January 13, 2016
Increased word counts and Ygerna at the wedding banquet for #WIPpet Wednesday
With my last big promo push over, I’m happy to say that my word counts are steadily increasing. For the last week. I’ve been getting between 700-900 words a day written — with the exception of Saturday, which was the father-in-law’s 90th birthday. :)
The new year is getting off to a good start so far. The two book promos at the beginning of the month were very effective as well. I will post more on that in a separate marketing post for those who are curious.
With that brief update out of th...
January 12, 2016
String of Pearls: An Alternative Way to Create a Story – via creativescreenwriting
I stumbled across this post today, and I liked it so much, I have to share:
String of Pearls: An Alternative Way to Create a Story
I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I regard myself as a “puzzler” rather than a pantser or a plotter. And I find this “string of pearls” description very helpful for the way I work. I tend to jump back and forth a lot in my WIPs — and the scenes I write first are probably the “pearls.”
Even if they get deleted in the final draft. *g*
Tagged: creativescree...
