Carole’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2016)

Carole’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Anita wrote: "Carole wrote: "Everyday I go own- the numbers of the reviews change. I will write and ask them, Dennis- you've given me motivation."

I will be interested in their response.

I noticed something w..."

I tried to get them to publish me- I was rejected. I wouldn't be surprise to see their own books being pushed forward. For some reason, they put Stillwell< Michael's second book as a Kindle choice- right out of the gate- We didn't know until we turned on Kindle and saw it there. This propelled it into the top spot and it stayed there for a year or more. We sold so many copies of that book.

My friend was a top reviewer on Amazon. They wiped out her entire account a few days ago. She had about 2000 reviews. They said she didn't disclose she had coupon codes or something.

Everyday I go own- the numbers of the reviews change. I will write and ask them, Dennis- you've given me motivation.

That's what my son keeps doing- changing genre until one will bring in the moolah!

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Amy wrote: "I could have earnt £2.50 from that article it had pictures and evryfink.

I think you're right Carole, everything moves. It's been the same in two other industries I've worked in. Nothing stands st..."

I like genre jumping. I know my son does. I think it keeps his work from getting stale. Getting a publisher is hard and the people who get publishers complain that they don't make money- Only the top 1 percent are making serious income. Many published authors I meet- use the fan base built by the publisher and then start to do indie. It is driving the trads wild. So, I think they are getting aggressive- trying to find new talent, and make appealing deals to keep their authors happy.

Every industry goes through reinventions- I agree with you, Amy- So true. In my day job, we are scrambling to figure out how to handle the next five years as the status quo has shifted.

Fiction is like that- I sell more paperbacks ( kids books) than my son- He sells more e books. When we started 6 years ago- we used to sell more paperbacks in all genres. We also sold thousands of kindles. It has really tapered off. One of his book was number one in Kindle for almost a year. We sold thousands of them- then something happened- I think the big publishers started pushing back- they were losing authors. They get better real estate on Amazon- Even with a small publisher for my son- I feel a difference. I can only guess what he's selling, though- we don't get royalty reports for a while.

If you put your books in Ingram- with your own ISBN you can pay 89 dollars and do an advertisement in their sales book. I believe as I advertise my sales are improving there.

I had to buy 20 of them - they never explained why- I've gotten about 100 in royalties from them- but I did hard covers with Ingram. Book Baby had better quality- Ingram will get your book into the hands of mass distribution. I have sold a decent number of hard covers with them. Book Baby does nothing to get your book distributed. Libraries need to see you have hardcover- they are more apt to buy them.

I think since late March when I moved over- I sold over 700 books- mixed hard and paperbacks.

Awww, that's too bad about the pet magazine.

I think we are living in a revolutionary and fluid time. Where before, publishers dictated what would be published and you had to stick to the genre of the hour- I think things are evolving and everybody in the industry is standing on shifting sands. I think genre doesn't matter anymore- there are so many mishmashes of genre at this point- people will read your book if it is promoted, has lots of reviews, and they keep hearing about it. That's my two cents.

Amy wrote: "Actually right now I could just give up completely. Or just give up trying to make it work and just write and publish and be invisible for the rest of my life. I'm so sick of the BS in life right now."

The world will lose a chance to be greatly entertained. Don't you dare quit!

They say if you change genres, you should use another name- YOu can keep one part of the name the same- like Amy with a different last name.

My son did a blog post- She is looking for authors.

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It will all work out. I feel everything happens for a reason- It really does.

I don't remember- but I'm sure there was a charge. I think I had to buy a certain amount of copies- I want to say it was over five hundred dollars- but that was hard covers.

I did Bookbaby for hard covers- they were fine.

Maybe someone will buy them.