How do your readers find your books?

[Victoria]

I'm glad to say that I have actually sold copies of my kindle book, but the question that now plagues me is how did the readers find it.

I have attempted to advertise it, admittedly only in small ways as it takes time and I cannot dedicate my life to it. It could be that they simply found it while searching amazons websites.

So to authors, do you know how most of your readers found your kindle book?

[Stuart]

It's a beautiful mystery Victoria! And well done to you for the sales. Remember to celebrate every beautiful one!

[Patti (baconater)]

Wouldn't asking we readers how we find the books we read be more useful?

[Michael]

I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam and if I'm lucky I'll sell one book.

[Bob]

I find most of the books I read by other people recommending them to me. Real people that is.
Sometimes I'll look on the bestsellers and click on the bought withs and then read a review and read their other reviews and find something they didn't like and I think, oo, she didn't like the one I liked fifty pages ago, perhaps I'll buy it.

[Bob]

Stuart wrote: "It's a beautiful mystery Victoria! And well done to you for the sales. Remember to celebrate every beautiful one!"

(pssst. I'm reading yours now.)

[Patti (baconater)]

Michael wrote: "I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam..."

You should try spamming a bit more, Mikey.

[Stuart]

Bob wrote: "Stuart wrote: "It's a beautiful mystery Victoria! And well done to you for the sales. Remember to celebrate every beautiful one!"

(pssst. I'm reading yours now.)"

why thank you ma'am1

[Victoria]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Wouldn't asking we readers how we find the books we read be more useful?"

Indeed yes and that was in my original question, but as this forum is primarily focussed on authors, they became my focus.

[Victoria]

Stuart wrote: "It's a beautiful mystery Victoria! And well done to you for the sales. Remember to celebrate every beautiful one!"

Thank you

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Victoria wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Wouldn't asking we readers how we find the books we read be more useful?"

Indeed yes and that was in my original question, but as this forum is primarily focussed on auth..."

I think we're all readers on this forum! And some of us are authors too

[Kath]

I'd call it a readers' forum but most authors are readers.
I hope they find mine... intriguing!

[Victoria]

Rosemary (The Nosemanny) wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Wouldn't asking we readers how we find the books we read be more useful?"

Indeed yes and that was in my original question, but as this forum is primarily..."

As I said its primarily focussed on authors, hence the "Author Zone.." Well if I have offended someone sorry, but if you want to respond as a reader, its posted in the general chat forum.

[Patti (baconater)]

We are a readers forum who welcome well behaved authors who like bacon. ;)

[Lorraine]

Well, I'm the primary example that no advertising equals no sales lol !

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh no offence, Victoria!

Just thought getting to the source would be more helpful to you, is all.

Open as many threads and ask as many questions as you like, please.

That's what makes the forum thrive.

[Victoria]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Oh no offence, Victoria!

Just thought getting to the source would be more helpful to you, is all.

Open as many threads and ask as many questions as you like, please.

That's what makes the forum ..."

Thank you.

[Tim]

I think most of my readers bought it so I would shut up. Hard as that is to believe (that I have readers, not that I'd shut up...)

[Patti (baconater)]

Tim wrote: "I think most of my readers bought it so I would shut up. Hard as that is to believe (that I have readers, not that I'd shut up...)"

Was about to say, it's not working.

[Victoria]

Michael wrote: "I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam I spam and I spam..."

Tim wrote: "I think most of my readers bought it so I would shut up. Hard as that is to believe (that I have readers, not that I'd shut up...)"

one book is one book, :-)

[Victoria]

Tim wrote: "I think most of my readers bought it so I would shut up. Hard as that is to believe (that I have readers, not that I'd shut up...)"

Interesting approach

[Andrew]

I do cheap, low level promotion things like giveaways and $5 adverts to sell a handful of copies, in the hope that those readers like the books enough to review them, or recommend them to their friends.

For what it's worth, the first part does work. I have some lovely reviews. It's not my fault all my readers seem to have rubbish friends who don't follow their reading recommendations...

[David]

Most of my earlier sales came from being on forums and readers checking out my books and giving them a try and recommending them to other readers. The vast majority of my sales came recently with the publication of a thriller which I promoted with a countdown deal. It sold enough copies during that promotion that visibility on Amazon rose to the point that readers find it through general browsing.

[Victoria]

David wrote: "Most of my earlier sales came from being on forums and readers checking out my books and giving them a try and recommending them to other readers. The vast majority of my sales came recently with t..."

Ive seen the amazon promotions but haven't really looked at them properly, the question is when would you do something like that?

[David]

I'd wait until you have at least a few reviews, and you'd need to advertise the promotion or it will be just as invisible as a full priced book.

[Darren]

Any following I have has come directly from engaging with the folks on this forum. Their interest got me high enough on Amazon get into the filter lists (you know, kindle>fiction>fantasy>stories about space weevils). New readers from outside the forum seem to come from there.

[Patti (baconater)]

David wrote: "Most of my earlier sales came from being on forums and readers checking out my books and giving them a try and recommending them to other readers. The vast majority of my sales came recently with t..."

It's not you 'being' on forums, you know.

It's you engaging and making friends and not seeing the other people in the group as simply punters.

You too, Darren.

And lots more of you, too.

[Patti (baconater)]

Darren wrote: "Any following I have has come directly from engaging with the folks on this forum. Their interest got me high enough on Amazon get into the filter lists (you know, kindle>fiction>fantasy>stories ab..."

You being a great writer helps a bit, too. Dopey.

[Victoria]

Bob wrote: "Stuart wrote: "It's a beautiful mystery Victoria! And well done to you for the sales. Remember to celebrate every beautiful one!"

(pssst. I'm reading yours now.)"

Hope you like it...

[Victoria]

Thanks for all you replies.