Anna’s Comments (group member since Mar 21, 2017)

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

My books do better in the US than in the UK - or have done up til now, right from the very first few weeks of publishing my first book took off better in the US. If I knew why, I'd tell you. I was baffled. And I'm pretty sure most of you would agree that my writing is English in style.

But... getting readers to move on to #3 seems to be a bit easier in the UK. But... neither US nor UK trickle down as much as I'd like them to and I've heard that's just the way of things. Some very nice (xx) people have asked if I am going to write #4 but I am thinking that if the trickle gets any slower, it will stop, so why would I want to write another? I might do later because I enjoy writing the books.

I think the trick is to write in the same genre rather than a series. But... you only have to look at Midsomer Murders and their 100+ TV programmes to disprove what I've just said. And Downton Abbey and so on.

I suppose I'm suggesting authors write in the same genre (if they like it) but create different characters? Just a thought and certainly not a personal comment on your characters, Alex. Just me thinking with my fingers here.

Progress! :o)

My experience so far: tiny local library - one lady said thank you for the two books; she'd have to consult... She's taken my telephone number. I asked if she could, in return, pin a pretty (yes I did something pretty!!) little notice up. No, as she didn't have a notice board.

Mobile library (don't forget those, folks) - looked up on i/net, a fortnightly service but did not say which week... I turned up and it wasn't that week. I'll try again next week. Sigh.

Shari - you give us hope!

Well done, Dale, and so pleased to hear the good news about your wife. A weight off your shoulders.

Thanks for the info. I must get my act together.

I was reading just this morning that audible is beginning to take over...!

Carole's are good because they cross the pond. I like Busman's Holiday because it brings a smile and a knowing nod from me and maybe others! But does the wider world use it?

Woman Scorned - does that give too much away?

Carole - that's super (the no heavy-lifting bit!). Publishing is a gamble whether it's trad or indie and for a few days' work you've probably made the right choice.

As Alex says, please keep us informed.

Great cover!

Carole wrote: "I am proud to say I got my first check from a 'real' publisher! The book comes out in November. I can't wait to see it."

What!!!! Wow!!!! Atagirl!!!!

Tell us more...

You knew all this, didn't you, Carole? And you warned us ahead of this article for which I guess we owe you thanks.

I missed the bubble too, just got in on the end of it. My first was published in 2012 but I came across a first draft when turning 'stuff' out and it seems I'd started writing for real in 2007, I just took a long time to get anything finished!

Congratulations to both of you - I'm not sure which is the hardest to achieve.

Lynn Truss wrote a book Tennyson's Gift & Going Loco which is very interesting and quite funny and Lewis Carroll gets a 'mention' or two...

The FF sounds super.

I've finally made it. I cannot thank you enough.

The reporting system seems a bit creaky for me at the moment. It doesn't seem to link up to my KDP account where I can easily find the daily reports for the US.

But I am oh so very pleased to have achieved something this week. Brits struggling in the heat will know what I mean.

THANK YOU, C.L. and others who have joined in.

I run with a few of their suggestions and then I manually insert about another 20 - 50 depending on the book.

If I find some are running up plenty of clicks but producing no sales after several months, I pause them.

One book on AMS US looks good to me (!!!!!) but gets very few clicks and most of those are on one series of books I manually inserted. Two sales from AMS in about six months or more. Complete failure really. There are, however, some KU downloads which don't show up in the sales charts.

But the other book racks up heaps of clicks, costs a fortune but produces some sales and KU reads.

Amazon is the winner, but it's cheaper than playing golf, tennis or skiing.

Voted

Thank you!

My newest release is

It's #3 in The Dark Moon Trilogy.

Thanks. I followed a couple of links and found them interesting.

Catching a BookBub when they were opening a new genre - Time Travel Romance. Hide in Time was in the slumps and she's not looked back since (October 2016). She toddles along so much better than the others.

I'll come back later with a tanker - so many to choose from...