A FLUKE? OR THE POWER OF KDP SELECT...

On Wednesday I notified you of my decision to go with KDP Select, for the next 90 days. I wanted to see what it would do to my sales numbers for Is The Grass Really Greener? Well I went, I tried, and I saw.

Yesterday, was the first day that I used KDP Select to promote my book. I thought it was a wonderful way to kick off Black Friday. When you enroll in KDP select, you must choose the dates you want the free promo to run. I selected yesterday and today, therefore, it rolled over to free automatically at midnight PST. When I first checked yesterday morning after 9 AM there were 18 downloads of the free book. I continued to check throughout the day and watched the numbers increase. I was excited because although I have given away free books before I never had an accurate count, but I know that it didn't do too well.

As the day progressed I continued to check my numbers. I was impressed when I went on Amazon to copy my book's description for a FB post I was creating, and saw that I had actually broken through the Top 100 ranks. I've never been in the top 100 anything on Amazon! Yes, this girl is doing the "running man." LOL!!

And yes, I know the book's free, but it was free on launch day and didn't do that well. As time went on the ranking continued to get better.

Here's one of the pictures that I saw when I looked in the late evening:

 #32 in Top 100 Free Urban Fiction#3 in Top 100 Free Contemporary Urban Fiction  As the evening progressed into night, I noticed that I had 213 downloads and the book had gone to the following spots in Urban Fiction:  
#2 in Top 100 Free Contemporary Urban Fiction

 #27 in Top 100 Free Urban Fiction  This could be all in part because it's Black Friday, or it could be the power of KDP Select. I don't know and I'm not sure if I will learn. But for the moment, I'm enjoying it and I can't wait to see where this roller coaster ride will lead next. Oh the night ended at 248 downloads in the same spots as above at 11:59 PM EST. I woke up to 306 downloads. So we still have this last day remaining. If you haven't gotten your free copy, visit here and download it. Today's the last day. http://amzn.to/1goOFRd  If you enjoyed this post, I encourage you to share it with others by clicking the social media icon below. Thanks for dropping in and as always please leave a comment, because I just love chatting with you. You can link up with me online using the icons above. Until next time I'm...
JUST WRITING MY DREAMS,By: C. Michelle Ramsey www.cmichelleramsey.com