99 CENT SALE ON 2nd IN SERIES UPDATE
So, back in June I did a 99 cent promo of Monsters, my second in series. I’ve seen more and more authors set their 2nd in series to 99 cents permanently, and I wanted to see if it would be a beneficial strategy for me. I did earn more money in June compared to July, but I dug a little deeper into the numbers:
When I compared $ earned per free downloads of my first in series, I made more in July compared to June. I just happened to have more downloads in June than in July due to my promo schedule.
The 99 cent sale had the most impact the first week, and then the effectiveness really plummeted, and I had to advertise the 99 cent book as well as the permafree first in series.
So, would I do it again?
Yes, IF I get a BookBub promo. And I’d blast all the cheap and free advertisers of 99 cent books at the same time. FYI: Here are all of the free and cheap 99 cent advertisers that I know of:
Booksontheknob
BooklyBooks
Daily CheapReads
Digital Book Today
ReadCheaply
Fussy Librarian
Ereadercafe.com
Ebooklister.net
Indie Book Bargains UK
Ereaderutopia
New Adult Addiction
GreatBooksGreatDeals
I Read Fantasy https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Read-Fantasy/593776737335196
The Midlist
Pixel of Ink
EreaderNewsToday
Paranormal Addicts (FREE to $2.99 with Paranormal) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paranormal-Addicts/202187749824986
Chelsea’s Cheap Paranormal Reads (FREE to $2.99 with Paranormal) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chelseas-Cheap-Paranormal-Reads/459504207432223
Ereaders Dream (FREE to $2.99 Any Genre)https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ereaders-Dream/228999653974968
Manybooks.net
Reading Deals
Choosy Book Worm
Discount Books Daily
The Kindle Venue
Bestebookreaderlovers
Because I would expect the BB promo of my 2nd to lift my first in series on the free rankings a bit I’d ALSO hit up a couple of the heavy hitters for permafree first in series the same day: Freebooksy, ILoveVampireNovels, Pixel of Ink, and BKknights.
It doesn’t look like a permanent 99 cent price for Monsters is a good idea for me, but it is possible if the price was launched by BookBub sales of my third in series on up would remain high longer. I’ll have to apply to BookBub and see.
