Bryan Murphy's Blog - Posts Tagged "strategy"

I launched into my self-publishing adventure on 3 July 2012 with my first short e-book, “Linehan’s Trip”. My total sales + downloads now stand at over 7,000. “Linehan’s Trip” accounts for over 1,600 of these. I must confess that, unfortunately, the vast majority of these are free downloads rather than sales. I should also say that my marketing strategy is to build up a following before I release my first full-length novel, the first draft of which I have just joyfully completed. If you had these figures, how would you feel about them? And if you have any tips for making them better in future, I am all ears (as perhaps befits a writer of science fiction). Linehan's Trip