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I just wanted to let you WC KBers know that I'm in the middle of building an alternative to BookBub.
Distribution channels will be via email list and syndication through my very popular Kindle Android apps. Email list will hit 100,000 subscribers by end March and app users will have passed 1,000,000 by then. It is at this point that I aim to launch the service.
I know a lot of you are finding it difficult to get accepted onto BookBub these days, and many of you wonder where to promote next if you are one of the fortunate ones who happen to have already run a promo. I thought it was high time someone came up with a viable alternative. It might not have quite the level of impact that BookBub does in the early stages, but I aim to continue growing this service in the months and years ahead.
I also aim to change the offering in a significant way. I will invoice AFTER a campaign has run its course and users will ONLY pay for those sales which are directly attributed and tracked via my service. Fees will represent a percentage of the value of any given book and will allow a significant margin of profit for authors after Amazon's 30% and my percentage. Payment terms will be very lenient. So much so, that authors will be allowed to wait for the period of payment (for sales generated during my promos) from KDP before paying the invoice. This will alleviate the stress some authors feel about forking out up to $1,000+ up front (without guarantees, I may add) which BookBub and other services require.
Anyway, I'm just floating this concept to the community (as I do with many of my book marketing projects on KB) and wanted to know what you thoughts on it are / if you can think of any other features that you might want built into the finished service.
Thanks as always,
James
Distribution channels will be via email list and syndication through my very popular Kindle Android apps. Email list will hit 100,000 subscribers by end March and app users will have passed 1,000,000 by then. It is at this point that I aim to launch the service.
I know a lot of you are finding it difficult to get accepted onto BookBub these days, and many of you wonder where to promote next if you are one of the fortunate ones who happen to have already run a promo. I thought it was high time someone came up with a viable alternative. It might not have quite the level of impact that BookBub does in the early stages, but I aim to continue growing this service in the months and years ahead.
I also aim to change the offering in a significant way. I will invoice AFTER a campaign has run its course and users will ONLY pay for those sales which are directly attributed and tracked via my service. Fees will represent a percentage of the value of any given book and will allow a significant margin of profit for authors after Amazon's 30% and my percentage. Payment terms will be very lenient. So much so, that authors will be allowed to wait for the period of payment (for sales generated during my promos) from KDP before paying the invoice. This will alleviate the stress some authors feel about forking out up to $1,000+ up front (without guarantees, I may add) which BookBub and other services require.
Anyway, I'm just floating this concept to the community (as I do with many of my book marketing projects on KB) and wanted to know what you thoughts on it are / if you can think of any other features that you might want built into the finished service.
Thanks as always,
James