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Adventures in Book Advertising
2018 was the year that I started to look seriously into buying ads for my books.
Book promotion is notoriously difficult. Most books sell based on word of mouth, or recommendations through various media, rather than by advertising. Because the product is inexpensive and even consumers who want it are generally only going to buy one copy, no ( Read more... ) -
Patreon Makes Itself Irrelevant
I've talked about this a lot on Twitter, and I want to organize my thoughts into a single journal entry.
On Wednesday, Patreon started to email creators and patrons that they were changing their fee structure. First, they were increasing their transaction fees from "once monthly for all pledges" to "once per pledge". Second, they were going to ( Read more... ) -
The Business of Writing
In the last few days, I've had people ask "how do you attract an audience?" You can skip to the bottom for my advice, or read my rambling on the subject beforehand, as you prefer.
Prelude
Before I say anything more, I want to be very clear about my level of success, or lack thereof. My three books have, combined, sold around 2000 copies in the 21 ( Read more... ) -
A Year in the Business of Writing
Graph of Amazon sales for A Rational Arrangement, from June 24, 2015 through September 30, 2016:
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Further Arrangements: ON SALE NOW!
Further Arrangements is now for sale! At URLs conveniently accessible to your browser!
Amazon ~ Kobo ~ Nook ~ iBooks
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Fourth Monthiversary Sales for A Rational Arrangement!
I thought I'd do this on time this month, just for contrast with the third-month anniversary. These are the sale figures for my polyamorous fantasy romance novel, A Rational Arrangement. (Buy it here! Amazon ~ Kobo ~ Nook ~ iBooks ~ PrintSales Graph for the last three months. I may stop including a graph on these posts, given that I can't give the ( Read more... )
