12 Days: My Self Publishing Journey (Part 11 of 12)

Promoting my second book by promoting my first book

Dear Everyone,

This free promo that I just did was a smashing success. There’s 20 minutes left until it’s over and I’m still ranked #1 in my category, #400 in overall free books on Amazon, and I have sold several book 2′s.

*A side note: I’m still derailing from the negative review I got. It’s my first, so I need to chill. I hope it’s my last. It’s hard to write a book with all of my heart, spend years on it, then read a terrible review about it. However, it’s my first book and I can tell you right now, I just need to get over it. And, I know that my second book is much better, as I’ve grown leaps and bounds as a writer in just two books. Though, my first book–I feel–is great, fantastic, and just plain swell. To be told from one professional reviewer that my first book was one of the best books she’d ever read, makes me feel that I did do a good job with it.

Back to what really matters…

Tomorrow will be the tell tale sign of what happens after a successful free book promotion. Will my book suddenly jump up higher in the paid rankings? Or, will it go back to where it was–in the 200,000′s? I’ll let you know.

Now, I have a goal. Since I researched and researched how to have a successful free promo and it worked, I’m now going to spend my time writing my third book and researching and researching how to sell 100 books a day. Once that goal is attained, I’ll reach for a higher goal. And, I’ll let you know if or when it happens and how I did it.

The next step?

In tomorrows post, and the last post in this 12 part series, I’ll explain exactly how I had so many downloads and how I could have had a lot more.

Stay tuned…