Sell More Books, Part 10: Final Thoughts
10. Final Thoughts
Patience, perseverance, and hard work will take you to your sales destination, though consider that posthumous success is slightly less than fulfilling (next of kin take note). Please keep in mind, most of these tips are for living indie-authors only. Let’s review:
1. Book titles sell your work, the more provocative, the better. Misrepresentation counts for little.
2. Your book cover is your face. This is how the world now judges you. Smile! What’s in between, the pages, simply adds or detracts from your sales.
3. Genre-bending can add readers you never knew existed. Adding “zombies” to your genre always sells more books.
4. Build a following, though make certain they know how to read.
5. Reviews sell books, the more the better, even bad reviews. Reviews from your mom are not as helpful.
6. Given that there is an unlimited supply of ebooks, price accordingly. Paperbacks are now to be considered rare editions, also price accordingly.
7. Rich and famous people sell more books than even the best itinerant authors. Infamy, also.
8. Learn who and how to stalk correctly. (seek legal advice beforehand)
9. Niche markets are more robust than you might first imagine. Stay true to your readers.
Well, thanks… Hope these ten essays brought a smile to your face, or a chuckle— indeed, even a thought to contemplate. The final way to sell more books is of course to write more books! Best of luck to you all.
I’d be remiss in not plugging my own very short story: “The Reviewer.”
(all of the above in a fiction)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N249E76
If you do not have 99¢ I will be happy to send you a PDF.
Patience, perseverance, and hard work will take you to your sales destination, though consider that posthumous success is slightly less than fulfilling (next of kin take note). Please keep in mind, most of these tips are for living indie-authors only. Let’s review:
1. Book titles sell your work, the more provocative, the better. Misrepresentation counts for little.
2. Your book cover is your face. This is how the world now judges you. Smile! What’s in between, the pages, simply adds or detracts from your sales.
3. Genre-bending can add readers you never knew existed. Adding “zombies” to your genre always sells more books.
4. Build a following, though make certain they know how to read.
5. Reviews sell books, the more the better, even bad reviews. Reviews from your mom are not as helpful.
6. Given that there is an unlimited supply of ebooks, price accordingly. Paperbacks are now to be considered rare editions, also price accordingly.
7. Rich and famous people sell more books than even the best itinerant authors. Infamy, also.
8. Learn who and how to stalk correctly. (seek legal advice beforehand)
9. Niche markets are more robust than you might first imagine. Stay true to your readers.
Well, thanks… Hope these ten essays brought a smile to your face, or a chuckle— indeed, even a thought to contemplate. The final way to sell more books is of course to write more books! Best of luck to you all.
I’d be remiss in not plugging my own very short story: “The Reviewer.”
(all of the above in a fiction)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N249E76
If you do not have 99¢ I will be happy to send you a PDF.
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