[erikhanberg]

He's got a good post up about it. Just an incredible achievement!

http://jakonrath.blogspot.mx/2013/02/how-to-sell-ebooks.html

To get there, I just have to do what I've done already ... 166 more times

 

[vrabinec]

More power to him, man.

 

[Fahid]

Say what?

 

[Adam Pepper]

Impressive and inspiring!

 

[JRTomlin]

Wow! That's one heck of a lot of books.

 

[jimkukral]

To summarize. Get to work writing a ton of great books. Or don't.

Oh, and get lucky along the way too.

 

[JRTomlin]

To summarize. Get to work writing a ton of great books. Or don't.

Oh, and get lucky along the way too.

If you don't write that ton of books it's hard to get lucky though.

 

[Carry Lada]

Good for him.
Very inspiring.

 

[Ben Mathew]

Super! Another indie in the million club.    How many does that make now?

I've found Konrath's blog posts really useful. I think he has a sharp understanding of the business. Still, his advice is probably colored by his experience (whose isn't?). The only marketing he advises is putting out more books--the rest will be taken care of by Amazon's algorithms. I'm a little skeptical. But then again, I've never bought a book through an ad or a tweet. I've found most of my books through Amazon also-boughts. So maybe he has a point...

But, gotta sow the field first somehow, no?

 

[Becca Mills]

Wow. Cool.

 

[Sarah Woodbury]

If you don't write that ton of books it's hard to get lucky though.

Exactly. It just takes time. He's been in the business a long time and an indie author I think since 2009/2010? Lots of books to sell ...

 

[JRTomlin]

Exactly. It just takes time. He's been in the business a long time and an indie author I think since 2009/2010? Lots of books to sell ...

It does take time. You'll get no argument from me there.

But the idea of having sold a million books-- just wow.

 

[Pnjw]

If you notice, he also somehow got the rights back to his first six books. He's not talking about how he did it though. Surely they hadn't "gone out of print".

 

[JRTomlin]

Super! Another indie in the million club. How many does that make now?

I've found Konrath's blog posts really useful. I think he has a sharp understanding of the business. Still, his advice is probably colored by his experience (whose isn't?). The only marketing he advises is putting out more books--the rest will be taken care of by Amazon's algorithms. I'm a little skeptical. But then again, I've never bought a book through an ad or a tweet. I've found most of my books through Amazon also-boughts. So maybe he has a point...

But, gotta sow the field first somehow, no?

I haven't bought a book because of an ad either but a lot of people do. I mean why would someone sign up for an email list of books if they weren't going to buy books from it? Some of them work, whatever Konrath says. I admire his million books, but I don't always take his advice.

 

[Avarian]

Are we reading the same post?

Konrath clearly states how to achieve amazing sales, and I am going for it.

"Because there is nothing you can do to make people buy your ebooks, except maybe hold them at gunpoint or kidnap their pets."

Lock your doors, people. The Cat Snatcher is coming...

 

[Ben Mathew]

Are we reading the same post?

Konrath clearly states how to achieve amazing sales, and I am going for it.

"Because there is nothing you can do to make people buy your ebooks, except maybe hold them at gunpoint or kidnap their pets."

Lock your doors, people. The Cat Snatcher is coming...

Arrrrgghh! Can't believe I missed that clue he worked in! So that's how he did it!

Konrath, I can imagine. But Amanda Hocking! Who would have thought!?

 

[sarracannon]

Yay for Konrath! I know he gets a bad rap from some people, but he was a huge inspiration to me when I was making the decision to self-pub. I am very happy for him and wish him many years of continued success!

 

[Susan Kaye Quinn]

Congrats to Konrath! And Sarra - I love your siggie! #unrealisticexpectations

 

[A. S. Warwick]

I may get there - in a thousand years 

 

[Philip B. Gottschalk]

Cheers for the link, Erik.  And congrats to Joe Konrath.  Very interesting blog post.  Will have to re-read it a couple of times and digest, methinks.