Promoting: Amazon, GoodReads and PIP Newsletter
Amazon
You might recognize some of the books on this list as belonging to authors you know. That's because some of us YA indie authors teamed up to do an event. Check it out!
Best Sellers in Fantasy Series
Top 100 Free
December 15, 2012
1. Forged by Greed (The Forged Series)
Angela Orlowski-Peart
4.4 out of 5 stars (25)
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Free
2. Ruby Blue (The Ruby Blue Series)Julie Cassar
4.8 out of 5 stars (104)
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Free
3. Wicked Sense (The Singularity Series, #1)
Fabio Bueno 4.5 out of 5 stars (31) Auto-delivered wirelessly Free
4. Neverlove (Shadow Jumpers)
Angela Brown
4.9 out of 5 stars (8)
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Free
5. The Soulkeepers (The Soulkeepers Series)
G. P. Ching
4.3 out of 5 stars (290)
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Free
6. Givin' Up The Ghost (An Indigo Eady Paranormal Mystery)
Gwen Gardner
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
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Free
Turns out, giving your book away for free pushes it further up the list, however fleeting.
Here are some of the deets for Givin' Up The Ghost:
Downloads
US 1093
UK 66
DE 15
ES 1
CA 2
1177 Total downloads for 12/14 - 12/15.
This was a definite improvement over the Black Friday freebie when I had 679 downloads for two days. But the Gifts Aren't Only From Santa event was a bit more high profile, and it helps when you've teamed up and are promoting each others books as well.
I have to say it - I suck at promoting. I find it really hard to promote / push / pimp myself. I'd be the vacuum cleaner saleswoman at your door saying, "You don't want to buy this vacuum, do you?" Honestly, I'm better behind the scenes. Give me something to organize and lists to make and things to check off. You know, books to write, that sort of thing.
But I have seen a direct correlation between those who are really good at promoting themselves and sales.
So what happened after the promotion?
The day after the promotion, on 12/16 , I went down to #281,289 in the Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store.
On 12/17 , I sold 2 ebooks and my ranking went back up to 79,162 in the Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store.
And now I'm back up to 148,236. Probably more by now. But I had started out over 400,000.
I'm thinking none of the numbers makes sense, but hopting that the giveaways get my book more exposure.
GoodReads
I had a giveaway on GoodReads of two autographed prints books. It's really fun to watch the number of people entering to win my book go up everyday. (They want my book!!! WooHoo!!!). It's over now, and here are the details:
Entered to Win: 969
Added to TBR: 499
PIP Newsletter
Coming in 2013
Because Angela Brown and I don't have enough to do
(Sarcasm? Why no, what makes you think that?), we're starting a
Partners in ParanormYA newsletter.
You can sign up using the link in my sidebar to find out the
latest news and other awesome stuff we're up to.
If you enjoyed our blog tour, you'll enjoy our newsletter!
*****
How do you feel about promoting?
How much is too much?
You might recognize some of the books on this list as belonging to authors you know. That's because some of us YA indie authors teamed up to do an event. Check it out!
Best Sellers in Fantasy Series
Top 100 Free
December 15, 2012
1. Forged by Greed (The Forged Series) Angela Orlowski-Peart
4.4 out of 5 stars (25)
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Free
2. Ruby Blue (The Ruby Blue Series)Julie Cassar 4.8 out of 5 stars (104)
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Free
3. Wicked Sense (The Singularity Series, #1)Fabio Bueno 4.5 out of 5 stars (31) Auto-delivered wirelessly Free
4. Neverlove (Shadow Jumpers)
Angela Brown
4.9 out of 5 stars (8)
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Free
5. The Soulkeepers (The Soulkeepers Series)
G. P. Ching 4.3 out of 5 stars (290)
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Free
6. Givin' Up The Ghost (An Indigo Eady Paranormal Mystery)
Gwen Gardner
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Free
Turns out, giving your book away for free pushes it further up the list, however fleeting.
Here are some of the deets for Givin' Up The Ghost:
Downloads
US 1093
UK 66
DE 15
ES 1
CA 2
1177 Total downloads for 12/14 - 12/15.
This was a definite improvement over the Black Friday freebie when I had 679 downloads for two days. But the Gifts Aren't Only From Santa event was a bit more high profile, and it helps when you've teamed up and are promoting each others books as well.
I have to say it - I suck at promoting. I find it really hard to promote / push / pimp myself. I'd be the vacuum cleaner saleswoman at your door saying, "You don't want to buy this vacuum, do you?" Honestly, I'm better behind the scenes. Give me something to organize and lists to make and things to check off. You know, books to write, that sort of thing.
But I have seen a direct correlation between those who are really good at promoting themselves and sales.
So what happened after the promotion?
The day after the promotion, on 12/16 , I went down to #281,289 in the Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store.
On 12/17 , I sold 2 ebooks and my ranking went back up to 79,162 in the Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store.
And now I'm back up to 148,236. Probably more by now. But I had started out over 400,000.
I'm thinking none of the numbers makes sense, but hopting that the giveaways get my book more exposure.
GoodReads
I had a giveaway on GoodReads of two autographed prints books. It's really fun to watch the number of people entering to win my book go up everyday. (They want my book!!! WooHoo!!!). It's over now, and here are the details:
Entered to Win: 969
Added to TBR: 499
PIP Newsletter
Coming in 2013
Because Angela Brown and I don't have enough to do
(Sarcasm? Why no, what makes you think that?), we're starting a
Partners in ParanormYA newsletter.
You can sign up using the link in my sidebar to find out the
latest news and other awesome stuff we're up to.
If you enjoyed our blog tour, you'll enjoy our newsletter!
*****
How do you feel about promoting?
How much is too much?
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