Lauralynn Elliott's Blog, page 76

Book Sales, Newest Project

My book sales are down. Really down. I don't know what's different, but I'm trying not to get too discouraged by it. I'm still selling a lot more than I was in May. But I don't think it's going to hit June's numbers. I'm NOT going to be upset! I need to release something new. That always seems to help.

Now onto that new project. I've been having a hard time getting into my characters. They are falling flat with not enough emotion. (There's more action in this story.) I didn't know what to...

Sony Ebook Store

I love the look of the Sony Ebook Store. I really do. But I'm also really, really upset that I can't find my book under the tags they should be under. I've tried everything I could think of. The tags (or lack of them) have to come from Smashwords since that's who sent them to Sony. I'm not sure what to think of that. But I did include tags for paranormal romance and vampire. My book can't be found in any search I've done. Except when I searched "blood". But that's because that word is in ...

Slow Sales

Sales have been extremely slow today. I don't know if everyone is still at the lake enjoying their 4th of July holiday, or if something else is going on. I hope it's just the holiday.

There are still a few sales that I don't know whether were in June or July. With the new DTP reports, there's no way of knowing until the June report comes out. Not happy about that!

Currently, I'm reading a book, listening to an audiobook, editing books for two other people, and trying to write one of my own. ...

Stats

My rank on Amazon for Club Blood is back to 3 figures today. After hovering in the 1,000′s for several days, it's back down to 686, and it's number 11, 16, and 16 in categories. (My lowest rank was 454). I usually stay in the top 15 or so in Romantic Suspense. I can't post my sales from Amazon because of a change in terms which was discussed on Zoe Winters' blog. So I'll do like she did and say that I've sold almost 1,000 books, but I can't say what the sources are. June has been by far...

Blog Fights

It amazes me the things people can start arguments about on blogs. Sometimes I wish comments would be turned off on some of them. Because it's like a train wreck…I don't want to look, but I can't help it. So I have to read everything. LOL

I was reading about a recipe – A RECIPE – and this huge argument ensued. The recipe listed "free range eggs" as an ingredient. Someone made a joke about it, asking why they had to use free range eggs. People started getting really ugly and some of the...

Novella

I've written the first chapter of the new novella that's been floating around in my brain. At least I think it's going to be a novella. I don't feel like it's going to be novel length, but you never know. It feels really good to finally be writing another story instead of just editing. This thing has been in my head for awhile, and I was afraid that if I didn't start writing it, I was going to let it slip away.

Here's the thing about novels vs novellas. I can put a novella on Amazon...

Stats!

I got an e-mail from Zoe Winters this morning letting me know that (at 3:00 am) my ranking on Amazon was #565! That feels so awesome! Especially since that's out of about 1/2 million books and periodicals. The last time I looked, my ranks in certain categories were #12, #12, and #13. Yay!

Frustration!

My first three books are on goodreads.com. I'm trying to search for my fourth book that was put on Amazon at the end of May. I can't find it searching on Amazon from Good Reads! And it won't let me import it. It's REALLY getting on my nerves. I don't know if this is a Good Reads problem or a problem on Amazon. I don't have any problems searching and finding in on the Amazon site. Just when I search Amazon through Good Reads. Grrrr!

Yay for Amazon!

Since Amazon decided to discount my book, my sales have at least tripled. Wow! Everybody wants a bargain, I guess. It put me at #768 in the Kindle store and #16, #18, and #19 in categories. I just want to run around in circles and shout. LOL

Discounted Title

Hmmm. Amazon just discounted my book, Club Blood, down to .79. What's up with that? Is this something Amazon does randomly? That's the only one of my books that's really selling well. Oh, well, if it boosts sales….