R.L.’s Comments (group member since Jan 07, 2017)

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

I think mentioning them is alright and maybe a small bit of dialogue is OK as long as it’s positive. If it’s something bad, I’d just makeup a celeb

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Thanks for posting Erica. I’ve found these takeovers to be a huge help in growing my sales and readership. I hope some of you guys at least give it a shot and remember you can give straight to kindle prizes. All you need is the mobi version of say a first in series and require that they provide a kindle email for delivery. You don’t have to give away gift cards as incentives. Just make your games and questions interesting.

I had a problem with my recent paperback. I called them they sat on the phone with me for 30 mins until I had the problem figured out. Same RGB thing as Theo, then he offered to call me back. I had no reason to believe he would. He did. On time and as he waited as i reuploaded the file I asked about the shut down. He told me they weren’t shutting down anytime soon but their services department had stopped generating revenue and it made no sense to keep them. He said they were focusing more on a Do It Yourself platform but that they weren’t going anywhere. It could have been lip service but I believed him. Anyway they sent me my new proof 2 days later for free and it was perfect. For now I’m staying until I absolutely have to leave.

Sending condolences Angel. So sorry to hear this.

Yep. Just got the same email. I’m screwed too. And so are a ton of trad authors having the discussion on twitter and Facebook. This sucks

Will keep an eye out!

Congrats Carole and Alex!!

You should expect 1 click for every 1000 impressions. From first glance your cover doesn’t say psychological to me so that may be a reason. Remember the first 3 lines of your blurb are what people see on Amazon. If you don’t grab them with those first three lines they won’t read, but if your cover throws them for a loop, they won’t get that far enough to read the blurb.

Happy Mother’s Day to the UK authors! I hope you all enjoy!!

I couldn’t help myself I looked. He doesn’t know what the he’ll he’s talking about. Trad publishing absolutely requires you to market just as much as self publishing. And as for the snide remark of not knowing who someone is, ask him if he knows who EL James is. She was self published.

Tons of authors, Mark Dawson for example made 100k in Kindle Unlimited in February alone. Just because he doesn’t know an author means nothing. Grr people suck

Just reading that turned my blood to lava. I will not click because I’ll lose it on whoever posted it. Jackass

Alexis wrote: "Alexis wrote: "R.L. wrote: "The new Amazon debacle. Apparently, reviews aren’t literal anymore. They are based on an algorithm and when questioned about it from an author, they wouldn’t explain. Oy...."

Yeah I read that in the thread that posted about it but its still ridiculous. I review is a review. Why count an older review as less simply because its older? A class action lawsuit is afoot though so we will see

The new Amazon debacle. Apparently reviews aren’t literal anymore. They are based on an algorithm and when questioned about it from an author, they wouldn’t explain. Oy. My head is spinning

6, 18 and 19. I love 19 the most though. I’d one click that sucker fast

You need to branch off into Facebook reader groups. There’s a huge boom for your sci-fi books there.

Awesome Alex!! They look amazing!

Your pen name