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Apr 07, 2017 11:49AM
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In some post up here, you asked for a list of promo sites. I have this link in my bookmarks:https://kindlepreneur.com/list-sites-...
Hope it helps you. I wish you the greatest success with your books!
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.
I've boosted my screen to 500% and I can see that your KENPs are above the 1,000 mark initially and very good after that! Well done. But even at 500%, I can't see what the numbers on the left are. Is the first line 20?Well done! So exciting. Yes, ENT, as I fondly call them, are a real boost. Thanks for letting us know.
Anna
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.
Ah... thanks Theodore. I hope it continues even longer.
Anna Faversham wrote: "Ah... thanks Theodore. I hope it continues even longer."Thanks, Anna.
Ted
I've written several times about the benefits in using eReaders News Today (ENT) for marketing our books. Both their regular and Book-Of-The-Day offerings are a great way to make your free and discounted eBooks available to a large number of potential buyers. Over the last several years, I've sold hundreds of books on this site, most of them being from my Det. Louis Martelli, NYPD, mystery/thriller series. (According to the people who run ENT, romance and mystery/thrillers are among the genre that do well; YA and children's books are not their best sellers (something to which I can attest)). You'll find more information here:http://ereadernewstoday.com/about-us/
But the reason I'm writing today is to call attention to something that might not occur to you, and that is: besides any actual book sales you enjoy, an ENT engagement can have a long "tail" of pages read by subscribers to both Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners' Lending Library (KOLL)...pages for which members of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) earn royalties. (Note: if you sign up for KDP, then your eBooks can only be sold through Amazon.com.) Below is an example from my latest ENT engagement, in which one of my Det. Louis Martelli, NYPD, mystery/thrillers was offered at a discount for a week, beginning on September 16, 2017. The second line up on the top graph is 40 books sold (all together, I sold slightly more than 50 books during that week). The second line up from the bottom on the lower graph is 500 pages read.
KDP isn't for everyone, of course. It limits your eBook offerings to Amazon.com. But for those who can live with this, the KU and KOLL royalties do provide another royalty stream.
Thanks Ted. I've always found ENT very good too and much more reasonably priced than most of the others.40 + books is so good for just one advert and the follow-through on KU is terrific news.
Anna Faversham wrote: "Thanks Ted. I've always found ENT very good too and much more reasonably priced than most of the others.40 + books is so good for just one advert and the follow-through on KU is terrific news."
Thanks, Anna. Yes, a very good platform. Some sales have resulted in more than 240 books sold, with great KU and KOLL follow-on.
Alex wrote: "I've got an ad going with them on Sunday, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes, especially since it's for the first book in my series and it's free - I'm hoping for a top 100 in the overall fr..."Good luck Alex :)
Alex wrote: "I've got an ad going with them on Sunday, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes, especially since it's for the first book in my series and it's free - I'm hoping for a top 100 in the overall fr..."Very interested in seeing how it goes, Alex.
