Preparing for Kholvaria Release
May has arrived, which means Kholvaria will release later this month. Ahead of the new book’s release, I’ve been very busy setting up promotional material to help boost sales and pre-orders.
I recently discovered a website called Headtalker. I had never heard of this website before about a week ago, but it intrigues me. Anyone can start a campaign on the site for free. Then you share the link out. When people support your campaign, they agree to have a message sent out to their social network profiles at a specific date and time. This increases the chances of that message will go viral. Despite my skepticism that social media is the best source of advertising (click HERE for more about that), I’ve started two Headtalker campaigns just to see if it adds a little boost. You can find the first one HERE and the second one HERE.
In addition to my Headtalker campaigns, I’ve recently taken part in two different interviews ahead of my book’s release. Neither one has been released yet, but both will be available soon. One will be in the form of a video. The other will be a written interview. Once again, it is my hope that this added exposure will help with sales and pre-orders.
So far, despite my efforts, I have not had any luck garnering a single pre-order sale. This surprises me, though I wonder if most people are simply holding out for the paperback edition. Hopefully once the Headtalker posts go out, sales will pick up.
In some very good news, I have FINALLY received my $$ from the Broken Tomorrow release back in the winter. For those of you who do not recall, Iris was one of several books featured in a boxset collection with some pretty high-profile writers (more about that HERE). My cut came in at the end of April. The amount is sizable. It’s the first time I’ve ever made four figures from my writing. I’m so excited to know that this kind of money is possible from book sales. Now I just need to find a way to do that again.
Lastly, editing on Kholvaria is nearly complete. I am currently just waiting on one more of my beta-readers to get the book back to me. Then I’ll need to make the edits and format it for Kindle, which is a monster of task. You can read about my experiences formatting for Kindle last year HERE.
In the meantime, keep checking this blog for more updates. Stay tuned for the upcoming interviews.
