Theodore’s Comments (group member since Apr 01, 2017)

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

Okay, Gang…

Lots of fun stories this week. Ted’s (Theodore Jerome Cohen’s) is a story about World War II and an incident that took place in a church in a small town in France after D-Day.

Alyssa Devine’s tale is a piece of historical fiction. It relates to what actually happened to the punches and matrices for the DOVES type originally developed in London by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson in 1899.*

http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2017/0...

As always, your support is sincerely appreciated.

Ted

*The paperback edition of Ted’s new book of Flash Fiction, which will be released in January, 2018, will be published using the DOVES typeface.

Nat wrote: "Random Grr. One of my books (not a Wielder World) has mainly 4 and 5 stars, though not a ton, and I randomly got a 1 star. Not a review at all, just a 1 star rating (no explanation) and I'm wonderi..."

Was it a verified purchase? If not, I would write Amazon and challenge it.

Just saw this on The Washington Post Website:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...

Great story.

Carole wrote: "https://www.magzter.com/US/IndieAutho..."

Super issue!!! Great article, Carole. Reading the one about children's books now. Simply super!

Carole wrote: "I'm wring from a phone. It's an amazing post"

I've never seen anything like it. One review, sure...but something on all your books. To die and go to Heaven!!!

Carole wrote: "ted u should write Annie as well!!"

Done! Thanks. I must say, she did yeoman's work on your reviews. Truly outstanding.

Carole wrote: "ted u should write Annie as well!!"

I can do that. roger, all. Thanks. T

Carole wrote: "https://www.howtohomeschool.net/carol...

Can you guys share?"

Wow! It doesn't get any better than this. Congratulations, Carole.

Anna Faversham wrote: "Ah... thanks Theodore. I hope it continues even longer."

Thanks, Anna.

Ted

Anna Faversham wrote: "I've boosted my screen to 500% and I can see that your KENPs are above the 1,00- mark initially and very good after that! Well done. But even at 500%, I can't see what the numbers on the left are. ..."

On the KENP chart, the lines, bottom up, are 500, 1,000, and 1,500 pages. On the top chart, 25, 50, 75 books.

And yes, a superb platform. As you said, a real boost when it comes to sales. About 100 discounted Kindle editions of my mystery/thriller Night Shadows were sold during the week the book was on sale.

You've seen me talk about eReaders News Today (ENT) and the impact it's had on my sales. I recently had another opportunity to see how effective this platform can be to boost sales, not only of paid (discounted) Kindle editions directly, but even more startling, of such editions in the Kindle Edition Normalized Pages (KENP) readership.

Here's the latest example. Note how the KENP sales begin the day after the sale started two weeks ago and continue strong right up to today . . . a nice long "tail," something I've seen in the past but not to this extent. I usually run three to four ENT sales each year (with one being Book Of The Day), and have found that if the books are mystery/thrillers or short story anthologies, I do well. Young adult novels and children's storybooks? Not so good. They tell me romances are also popular, however, but that's a genre I've never attempted.

Carole wrote: "You are so welcome, Ted!"

These contests are so much fun. And they keep me going toward my goal of publishing a flash-fiction anthology in January 2018. It's good to have this weekly "forcing function," if you will, to stimulate my brain cells. By the way, Alyssa will be my co-author, given some of the stories are submitted under her name (just to have a little fun). (;>)

Hi, Gang!

Just want to thank you for supporting me this week:

"Alyssa Devine is the Readers’ Choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. The winning entry is decided by the popular vote and rewarded with a special feature here today."

http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2017/0...

Ted says he'll have something next week about a man talking to a friend of the man's father...bittersweet memories of their childhood. Don't miss it.

As always, thanks for your support.

Alyssa

Looks terrific! thanks, Carole and Brit.

Carole wrote: "Rocket-Bye was featured today on Indiereader!! can you give it some love??

https://indiereader.com/2017/07/irda-......"

Terrific interview...comment posted.

Amy wrote: "I'll have to check that I've filled in all the boxes correctly. I hate that whole process because you change one tiny thing and then you have to wait hours/days for it to be actioned."

I called them and had them link them. I also asked them to create a separate series page for the series.

I did the same with KDP (you can reach a Kindle agent by calling Author Central and asking to be transferred). They are very accommodating.

Jon wrote: "That's a really interesting read about The Doves Type. Thanks for sharing.

Not wanting to 'blogwhack' this thread but, coincidentally, I just released a new blog post on typography and book covers..."

Jon, that's a great introduction you posted. I hope the gang takes a few seconds to read it.

Carole wrote: "Great, Ted!!"

Thanks, Carole. As always, could not have done it without your and others' support.

Thanks for helping me with a WIN this week, gang:

http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2017/0...

Next week, Alyssa tells me she'll spin the tale of a young teenager gone missing. The theme is "Masquerade."

Ted

Carole wrote: "Sometimes I'm surprised when I open my Createspace account and see the numbers Yesterday I sold eight paperbacks of Mali. I was delighted but wish I knew who bought it so I could push other volumes..."

Yes, that would be nice. For sure.