Is Amazon Prime Swamped?
Well, one has to wonder, is the book market simply saturated, is Amazon Prime simply not gaining the membership or are my 5 star rated books a pile of sh*te? Lol… Year 5 at St Mary’s School don’t think so, ahhh, but then again these five holding the posters are biased, they got to ask Academy Award Winning Director Paul Demeyer some questions about the Blockbusting Animation film he directed for Nickleodeon “Rugrats in Paris”.
Of course, I am not the only one who allows my books to be borrowed from the Kindle lending library. If I was it would be a huge surprise as authors charging around $2.99 for their books probably earn more by lending books out for free than by charging for them… Seriously, authors did you not know that?
So, I come back to my original question, is Amazon Prime swamped with books, is it simply that people are not aware of this service, which in a recent radio interview, (See Chorley FM Interview on the About Simon page) my interviewer, regardless of being an Amazon Prime
paying member, was not…
Perhaps I am simply not active enough on Social Media to get noticed *Phwoooaarr ha ha ha*.
A great marketing tool of the last 24-36 months has been for authors to get recognition, readership and huge new followings by allowing their books to be downloaded for free *Groan*. Whilst I understand that those with huge back catalogues are able to do this (Dan Brown recently allowed The Da Vinci Code
be downloaded for a brief period, for free, pre-release of his latest book). What of the little guys, are we being squeezed out, have the big publishers finally sussed out these methods? lol…
I must admit regardless of the potential for huge readership levels overnight, I have not been one to follow the trend openly, although, all three of my books, and probably any future releases are and will remain available to those Amazon Prime members Free of Charge (FOC) for the foreseeable future in the Kindle lending library
.
So, help me out here… Why, given a book like The Word: The Best of Simon’s 10Q Interviews, for which I am yet to find anybody who does not find it truly fascinating (openly anyway!); which is filled with 28 award winning, both debut and veteran, bestselling, Indie and Traditionally published authors of differing genres; a book which is full at over 400 pages and tells real stories about these individuals; a book that supports the noble cause of The Royal British Legion; a book that has an awesomely designed cover (Thank you Michael Price), celebrity foreword (Thank you Godmother Josephine Bailey) and bestseller’s endorsements (Thanks to many of you especially Leigh Russell). Why, oh why is it that I cannot even give it away for free? Get yourself a copy… Look Formula 1 Racing Driver and The Original STIG off BBC’s Top Gear appears to be enjoying it (pictured below).
It troubles me, not so much in terms of my own ego, but the fact that eight months of full time graft appears at this stage to be less than worthless and moreover may lead me to dig deep into the depths of my own rapidly emptying piggy bank in order to save my blushes with the charity I am supporting, a charity that I have involved, and are hungry and hopeful of results…
My first book, a record of analysis, a complete ego trip, meant to be nothing more than a historical record of a popularised website which I had to close due to hacking and spam. That first book of analysis; How do I win on a lottery ? hit Number #3 in its genre in the UK again today, Top #10 across three genres and Top #50 in its genre in the USA, despite me publicly (and briefly) announcing on the radio a week or two ago, where I was attempting to promote The Word: The Best of Simon’s 10Q Interviews
, exactly what the book was designed for and that readers will not win the lottery tomorrow by purchasing or indeed borrowing it from the Kindle lending library!
*BOOM* How do I win on a lottery ? up go sales…
The Word: The Best of Simon’s 10Q Interviews – Nada!
It reminds me of something the bestselling author Jake Needham said, I think in his interview with me, it may have been on another occasion, that his first big hit The Big Mango, which he considered to be the lesser of all his works, continues to sell fabulously well… as do most of his books anyway as a matter of fact, but you get my drift!
So, who do we look to, is it the readers hype, the amount of attention the booksellers give a book, or simply hitting the right subject at the right time? Given the feedback the web hits, the encouragement I have received along the way, is it conceivable that I have simply been way off the mark all along… or perhaps too many have read each individual interview that a compilation book is not of interest… Either way… It’s frustrating!
So, readers let me say this…
What I do know is regardless of current sales, The Word Volume 2 is coming and 3 will follow, 4, 5 and 6 if I can sway enough authors to come and join the fun! Why? Because if for no other reason than self indulgence. It works for me and it works for the authors: I find prying into the minds of great authors, teasing them out of their comfort zones, making them try and outwit those who have gone before them by delivering more wit, more grit and more ingenious, often hysterical, sometimes tear-jerking responses, to be something worthwhile to all…
If readers come aboard so be it, if not, well perhaps after I am gone, somebody of influence will dust off a copy, read it, laugh out aloud, perhaps even shed a tear and announce to the public, “We missed a trick here readers!”. Perhaps I am simply deluded… Lol… Yeah, I think that’s probably it!
The Word: The Best of Simon’s 10Q Interviews… Don’t confuse it with religion. This is MY Word and that of 28 very accomplished authors… By all means start at Volume 2, but in the meantime Amazon Prime
members I say to you all, you are a few quick clicks from helping out a very worthy cause at NO cost to yourselves. What have you got to lose?
In the meantime stop buying How do I win on a lottery ? there are much more worthy books out there for you to read… Lol…
Have a great night and with the weekend drawing in, get on to Amazon in your country or Amazon Prime and look me up! I have arms but I am not dangerous…
There are a few videos below, don’t be shy in watching them and then you could do a lot worse than heading over to the Simon Duringer Amazon Author Page to see what I, as an author have to offer you up for a good weekend read!
Stay safe…
Simon Duringer
p.s. If you’re a lottery player… No no no… Stop it Simon! Don’t encourage them… How do I win on a lottery ? The Top 20 Lotto Systems by Simon Duringer; a book of statistical analysis that as one reviewer said, unless you’re a mathematician you probably won’t understand it anyway, roughly translated – don’t leave home without it! Lol…
