Amazon Sales?
First let me mention that my next book, now titled 'Sex in the valleys' should be out in a week or so.
Now to another subject, Are Amazons sales of ebooks going into decline?
Why do I ask, Well in February this year I sold 50 books, sales and loans on amazon UK alone, in March I sold just three, in April to date just one. So why this sudden fall in sales on the UK site?
Amazon say the sales reports are all good and correct. nothing I can do to disprove that, so without there being a problem then why are so many authors sales suddenly flatlining as the continuous reports from Amazons community posts would seem too suggest?
Is it reduced sales? Well here's a clue. I mentioned that I sold a book this month in the UK. That book subsequently leapt up the rankings after five weeks of zero sales, it also went straight into the historical erotica top 100 based on that one sale. The rankings for my other books are holding despite no or few sales as far as the UK is concerned. This suggests to me that UK sales have dipped a lot overall, which begs a new question, are the readers growing tired of erotica?
We cant know but Amazon don't seem concerned if this is the case. They do little to promote Erotica anyway despite it having been a popular genre over recent years. It will certainly be interesting to see if this situation continues for much longer, because while most indie writers write and self publish for the pleasure it brings, it is nice to get a few sales too.
Now to another subject, Are Amazons sales of ebooks going into decline?
Why do I ask, Well in February this year I sold 50 books, sales and loans on amazon UK alone, in March I sold just three, in April to date just one. So why this sudden fall in sales on the UK site?
Amazon say the sales reports are all good and correct. nothing I can do to disprove that, so without there being a problem then why are so many authors sales suddenly flatlining as the continuous reports from Amazons community posts would seem too suggest?
Is it reduced sales? Well here's a clue. I mentioned that I sold a book this month in the UK. That book subsequently leapt up the rankings after five weeks of zero sales, it also went straight into the historical erotica top 100 based on that one sale. The rankings for my other books are holding despite no or few sales as far as the UK is concerned. This suggests to me that UK sales have dipped a lot overall, which begs a new question, are the readers growing tired of erotica?
We cant know but Amazon don't seem concerned if this is the case. They do little to promote Erotica anyway despite it having been a popular genre over recent years. It will certainly be interesting to see if this situation continues for much longer, because while most indie writers write and self publish for the pleasure it brings, it is nice to get a few sales too.
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