Eldon’s Comments (group member since May 30, 2016)

Eldon’s comments from the Support for Indie Authors group.

Mark wrote: "Eldon wrote: "reviews have no bearing on the best seller label."

I worded that vaguely, my bad. Yes, it is just based on sales within a certain time parameter. :) Makes me wonder what would happen..."

That might raise a few red flags lol

Mark wrote: "D.M. wrote: "Amazon has made it more difficult for indie authors, as has Goodreads. What I find interesting is how traditionally published books gain ARC reviews on Amazon in bulk and very soon aft..."

Hi Mark! Just an FYI, reviews have no bearing on the best seller label. It's strictly number of sales in a given period of time.

Alex wrote: "I have been getting more and more irked by life getting in the way of writing.

I've had to put marketing on hold and drop the price of my books in the hope that they will sell themselves for a whi..."

I hear that Alex! Life has a way of messing up our plans, doesn't it?

Just an FYI for everyone, Book Brush now provides templates to help with A+ Content. Outstanding!!

Valerie wrote: "Written Word Media have a full list of those 'jackpots' on their site. Obviously, I can't post a link here, but if you Google 'written word media KDP Global Fund Payouts' the article should come st..."

Good to know Valerie :)

Moronke wrote: "Thanks for the update. Are you sure Amazon will not charge you?"

Hey Moronke! The A+ content is free to use.

Xanxa wrote: "Catherine wrote: "I had a go at using this and uploaded some banner images that I'd made in Book Brush. If you have a free account with them you can make several images for free.

Anna, when I trie..."

Not positive, but pretty sure each marketplace has to have the content added separately :(

Rock wrote: "I asked KDP support about royalties in Prime Reading.

It took me four emails sifting through their non-answers to a simple question to finally get this response:

"Please be advised that if you r..."

Thanks for trying, Rock!

Rock wrote: "Did I mention how it errors out every few entries and then you have to wait for the dialog to close so you can go back and check what did or didn't save and re-sort the list so it makes sense and t..."

That sounds like a real bummer, Rock :(

Catherine wrote: "I had a go at using this and uploaded some banner images that I'd made in Book Brush. If you have a free account with them you can make several images for free.

Anna, when I tried to 'add ASINs' u..."

Good to know you can make these images in Book Brush. Thanks Catherine!

Xanxa wrote: "I already had a selection of teaser memes which I'd made for promotional purposes using Photoshop. I've been posting these on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts at intervals. I chose three..."

No cost to it, so may as well try it :)

Todd wrote: "@Anna - I don't have direct experience myself but it's my understanding that you receive no royalties. Apparently there are some authors that Amazon tosses in a one-time stipend as an enticement to..."

Thanks for the info Todd :)

Anna wrote: "Picking up on Peter's comment - do we lose royalties with this?"

Hi Anna, not one hundred percent certain about this. Perhaps someone who has participated in the program can shed some more light on the situation?

Peter wrote: "Hello All, some advice please.
I'm confused about Amazon Prime Reading, and I don't see a topic where it's been covered. I accepted Amazon's invitation to nominate a book for the programme, whereby..."

Hi Peter! I think the main advantage to a program like Prime Reading is exposure. Amazon is a powerhouse marketer and will be showcasing your book to their massive email lists. This can work to your benefit where you write in a series. A reader gets the first book with their Prime membership then goes on to purchase the rest.

Anna wrote: "Got it, thank you, Eldon! It's in my diary to take a good look."

Have fun!!

Anna wrote: "Thanks for this, Eldon.

I haven't noticed anything about A+ marketing tool - is it just in the US and Canada?

Where could I go looking for it?"

Hi Anna! Just log into your KDP dashboard and click on the marketing tab. It should be partway down there :)

Shannon wrote: "Eldon wrote: "Shannon wrote: "I used Photoshop and Canva. I think it can be done with canva alone."

Hi Shannon! I considered Canva but wasn't sure what size to use."
I did 3 of the module for stan..."

Awesome Shannon!! Thanks :)

Gail wrote: "Oh, wow, thanks, Eldon."

No problem!!

Shannon wrote: "I used Photoshop and Canva. I think it can be done with canva alone."

Hi Shannon! I considered Canva but wasn't sure what size to use.

Gail wrote: "I haven't heard of that, Eldon. What is the A+ content?"

It's a new marketing tool they have provided where you can now upload creative graphics to your book page. Some of them are pretty cool looking too!!