Why Sunday Dinners is 99p
Hello,
My new novel Sunday Dinners is out in just over a week and I'm very excited about it. A month or so ago I was thinking about the book and how much to charge for it and that's when I decided to go for 99p. There's a lot of debate about book prices and how much we should charge for our books. Obviously 99p is very cheap for something that's taken me over a year to write, but for me it's about getting the book read.
When I released my very first novel, This Thirtysomething Life, I only charged 99p because it was my first book and I just wanted someone to read it. Anyone (other than my family). I had no readers and so I was battling against thousands of other books all trying to get an audience. This Thirtysomething Life eventually sold about 55,000 copies and currently has 620 reviews on Amazon. One thing I realised during this period was how much I loved so many people reading and reviewing my work.
My next novel, Happy Endings, published by Hodder and Stoughton, didn't do so well and it was a book I genuinely loved. There's nothing so frustrating as an author than having a book out that you've spent a long time writing and no-one's reading it. So when it came to Sunday Dinners, I decided that above everything else, I wanted this book to be read. It's a book I've worked really hard on and a book I love. So by making it so cheap I hope that people will give it a punt because I know it's worth it. Sunday Dinners is officially out on October 26th, but you can pre-order it now right here.
Until next time.
Hugs,
Jon X
My new novel Sunday Dinners is out in just over a week and I'm very excited about it. A month or so ago I was thinking about the book and how much to charge for it and that's when I decided to go for 99p. There's a lot of debate about book prices and how much we should charge for our books. Obviously 99p is very cheap for something that's taken me over a year to write, but for me it's about getting the book read.
When I released my very first novel, This Thirtysomething Life, I only charged 99p because it was my first book and I just wanted someone to read it. Anyone (other than my family). I had no readers and so I was battling against thousands of other books all trying to get an audience. This Thirtysomething Life eventually sold about 55,000 copies and currently has 620 reviews on Amazon. One thing I realised during this period was how much I loved so many people reading and reviewing my work.
My next novel, Happy Endings, published by Hodder and Stoughton, didn't do so well and it was a book I genuinely loved. There's nothing so frustrating as an author than having a book out that you've spent a long time writing and no-one's reading it. So when it came to Sunday Dinners, I decided that above everything else, I wanted this book to be read. It's a book I've worked really hard on and a book I love. So by making it so cheap I hope that people will give it a punt because I know it's worth it. Sunday Dinners is officially out on October 26th, but you can pre-order it now right here.
Until next time.
Hugs,
Jon X
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