Alexis’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

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

Thanks everyone!!

I will randomly pick two romance books from the navigatingindieworld.com website except RL's and Aislinn's cause I already featured those two in a giveaway. :p

Paying it forward :)

Groovy wrote: "I never thought of adding an excerpt. But that's a good idea."

It's only useful for pre orders though, I think. People can just download a sample after the book is out of course

Erin wrote: "Did you have to have a facebook page to run the ad or just a profile?"

Uh, I have no idea. But I ran the ad from my author page.

Amy wrote: "Excellent news. So what did you do to get it approved? I haven't tried yet, because I was under the impression I couldn't. Still might not be able to with the cover as an image."

I prayed to the literary Gods. Lol.
I removed the racy blurb and just added the cover, a catchy phrase (A man will do anything for the woman he loves, except let her go) the price, the release date and a link to the webpage of the book. That way I can track the numbers of visitors that land on my page.

On my webpage, I added the blurb and two buttons: one that leads to Amazon and one that leads Goodreads. http://alexiswills.com/veni/

And it got approved! :D

Facebook approved my ad. FINALLY! And I'm actually seeing good results. No sales (boo!) but lots of likes and post engagement. It shows me that my cover is eye-catching. The blurb needs a bit of tweaking but I. Will. Get. There.

This thread is for random discussions. It can be for discussing books, TV shows, what marketing tactics you've trying out. It's completely up to you. Just a place to discuss things with other writers. :)

Awesome!

I will takeover the WHAT THE BOOK!? page on April 20 for 30 minutes starting 9pm EST.
I will be giving away two books written by authors of this group (I'll buy and gift an Amazon copy) and a $ 20 Amazon gift-card. I'll also be talking about my book and stuff.

I'd love to see some of you there! :)
Oh, please join so I won't be talking to myself for half an hour LOL
https://www.facebook.com/groups/71621...

Aislinn wrote: "I have good news in the non-writing department: I just got news that I got an apartment I really wanted! I move in early May and I'm really excited. It'll be so nice to live alone again."

Freedom. Lol. Congrats! Have fun decorating.

May the force be with you.

Theodore wrote: "Without having read the book, I don't even know if this bears any resemblance to the story. That said, perhaps it will help tighten up the blurb in one way or another.

For as long as he could reme..."

Wow, this is great. However, if the story is a Children's book or YA and the girl and the hero are between the ages of 11-13 then I'd change the "young woman" to just "girl".

Alex wrote: "Alexis wrote: "A paperback giveaway on Goodreads or something else?"

Ebook giveaway, funds are too limited to do a paperback giveaway at the moment, but Pronoun would allow me to set the price to ..."

Hmm so it's less like a giveaway that chooses a winner and just you putting the book for free for a month?

A paperback giveaway on Goodreads or something else?

Carole wrote: "They have been very nice on the phone but didn't give me any answers.
They said Amazon now has a book box program. Anyone with a cheaper price can sell the book and they think by saying only one l..."

Is Amazon lying to its customers to get them to buy books? It's starting to sound like it to mean.

First question: no idea.
Second question: I chose KDP to submit my book to Kindle Unlimited.

Amy wrote: "And it's only now coming to light that we should delay further by sticking an advert in a paper asking for any creditors to come forward. They have two months to do so. No money would be disbursed ..."

It's actually standard procedure. People who are owed money deserve to be heard as well and a chance to collect as well. Now don't stone me lol. The days will fly, you'll see.

J. wrote: "Fuck normal (it's okay to swear right, since Alexis did???) Anyhoo. I love non-normal! It's what makes us awesome and better writers, eh?"

LOL

X. wrote: "Okay, here's my GRRRR:

I shelled out $108 for promos for my .99 Kindle Countdown that's currently running. Here's the breakdown:


April 4: eBookHounds - cost $20
April 5: Fussy Librarians - $18
A..."

Hi there X. I must say, I think your blurb could be a bit more exciting. It reads more like a synopsis now than an attention grabbing blurb! Sorry about the money, but look at it as an investment. You lose some, you win some. One of those seven buyers could turn out to be a veyr influent blogger or reviewer. You never know. :)

Amy wrote: "I have just read all the way through one reviewer's criteria for review requests who even lists the genres of erotica and space opera and talked myself out of submitting for a review today. Far too..."

Take a chance. A 3 star review won't kill you. It might lead to exposure. Be brave.

Anna Faversham wrote: "May I ask for people to put the genres of their books as I think that will be helpful and we can contrast one genre with another on the same site."

Good idea.