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[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Have a nice time and don't go too wild. Don't do anything Patti wouldn't do...

[M.T.]

So that leaves you free to do anything except eat marmite, right?

[Karen]

There was a tattoo when we were in Edinburgh last week but we didna get it

[Will]

Coward. You could have come back with burly scotsman on your arm.

[Will]

And you both have a good time, Jim. You deserve the break.

[Kath]

Have a great time, Mr & Mrs Jim! Haste ye back. :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Oooooo.

We can have some fun in here while he's away!

Hehehehe

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Are you going to redecorate Patti? We could put this on the wall.

http://popperfont.files.wordpress.com...

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

That is ace. I want it.

[Will]

maybe Jim needs something more earthy, to help him feel at home

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Something like this you think?

http://www.tilemuralstore.com.au/imag...

or this

http://www.bngcommunitytrust.org.nz/f...

or maybe a mud puddle full of dead sheep?

[Will]

as in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2rCK...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Where are the dead sheep?

[Will]

Patti has probably eaten them already

[Patti (baconater)]

I prefer dead pig.

Jim is gonna owe me a great many blog posts upon his return.

[Patti (baconater)]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Are you going to redecorate Patti? We could put this on the wall.

http://popperfont.files.wordpress.com..."

That is awesome! I want it for my classroom!

[Will]

It does need a Tardis next to it, of course

[Patti (baconater)]

I want a tardis for my classroom!

[Patti (baconater)]

And a sonic screwdriver for meetings.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I want a tardis for my classroom!"

This one?

http://media.tumblr.com/637d0520ad9d0...

[Patti (baconater)]

YES!!!!

[Will]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "I want a tardis for my classroom!"

This one?

http://media.tumblr.com/637d0520ad9d0..."

WANT!!!!!

[Tim]

Want, but I'd need a real TARDIS too, to cram everything else into, so I have somewhere to put it!

[Tim]

Actually, when I get rich (!) I think I'll keep this house just for storage, and buy a new one to live in...

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Are you going to redecorate Patti? We could put this on the wall.

http://popperfont.files.wordpress.com..."

Brilliant!

[Jim]

OK I'm back folks
Tomorrow we get the 8th visit this year by BT to try and fix our broadband
So I might not be on line much tomorrow

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Hi Jim - good to have you back, if only intermittantly. I hope you are revived and refreshed by your holiday.

[Jim]

Great holiday!
The grand tour, ending up in Canterbury on Saturday :-)

[David]

Good to have you back, Jim.

[Will]

Hope you've both had a great time, Jim

[Jim]

We have had a good time. Sold two more books, my first Flemish customer :-)

[M.T.]

Hello Jim. Welcome home.

[Patti (baconater)]

Welcome home, Jimbo!

Tell us about the holiday!

[Jim]

Will do

[Will]

You've had an hour?

[Patti (baconater)]

Good blog but I want more details, please.

Who took care of your critters while you were away?

[Tim]

I had critters once. Had to see the doctor an he gave me injections for it. Cleared up nicely though.

[Patti (baconater)]

An unguent would have worked just as well, you know.

[Kath]

Jim - there's a man on the 'introduce yourself' thread who's asking about the situation when your publisher makes your ebooks expensive - over £5 for example. I referred him to you - can you help?

[Jim]

Ah, that's more complicated. I'm sharefarming with two younger lads who are in charge of the critters, so it was there problem, but as they're busy with something else at the moment seventy miles away, a lady came in on critter inspection duty and kept an eye on things.
I didn't go into details because that's their story, not mine :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Jud has had the baby, Jim!!!

[Jim]

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force" ;-)

Brilliant news
Amazing what you can do with enthusiastic but untrained personnel :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Ha!

[Tim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "An unguent would have worked just as well, you know."

But not as quickly.

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Jim - there's a man on the 'introduce yourself' thread who's asking about the situation when your publisher makes your ebooks expensive - over £5 for example. I referred him to you - can you help?"

I think I've answered him. It's a tricky one.
Two things I've noticed, if the publisher gets the price too cheap, you might sell more books, but not actually make more money than if the publisher sets the price too high.

Secondly, talking to people at Loncon, and whilst on holiday, a surprisingly large number of people out there seem to think that between three and five pounds is a fair price for an ebook!
But the problem is they're probably wary of putting that money out on someone they don't know.
So for the unknown author the issue is getting the book cheap enough to tempt but not so cheap that folk are put off because it's obviously rubbish :-(
Free books with good marketing can 'fly off the shelf' but the vast number of free books that languish on kindles and are never read (readers make this comment, authors bewail the low number of reviews they get from free books) convinces me that 'free' is a tool that has to be used carefully. I think MTM making Few are Chosen free is probably the best use of the technique

[David]

I have my thriller priced at £2.49, which seems to be about right, as the books that show as also purchased range from £1.99 to £3.00. Some of the £3 books are by well known authors. The top selling authors in that genre (Patterson, Child, etc.) sell between £5 and £6, apart from new releases which I've seen for £10.

I agree with your point on free books, Jim. It has to be part of a marketing strategy: ie, the first in a series with a chance of payback. But a big enough uptake also produces front page exposure on Amazon, which serves as the best form of advertising.

[Will]

It's something I'm considering for my series as I get the books back out on release. Free for a while, then charge for it, and see what the result is.

[Kevin]

Thank you all for your help and advice with my kindle book prices. I intend to speak with my publisher again, but pricing and marketing strategies seem to be a minefield. It's not easy to decide what to try for the best.

[Will]

It isn't easy Kevin. That's why we indie authors all talk about this stuff all the time.

Publishers can be a nightmare: One of mine was great; the other seemed excellent until he collected all the royalties over a year and did a runner...

[Jim]

Kevin wrote: "Thank you all for your help and advice with my kindle book prices. I intend to speak with my publisher again, but pricing and marketing strategies seem to be a minefield. It's not easy to decide ..."

'You ain't just whistling Dixie' Kevin :-)