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Hi Gang:
I had a scheduled telephone conference with two execs from Amazon yesterday who wished to discuss my recent
sales, etc. (especially of the The Innocent) They asked about my experiences publishing with Amazon Kindle, but for that I mostly had to refer them to StoneHouse/StoneGate Ink since they pub my stuff these days. It was a very nice meeting all around and what they wish to do is interview a bunch of authors, indie, traditional, self-pub'd and otherwise and market their success stories. Not a bad idea. That said, they asked me if I had any recommendations for improving things, and I mentioned the tags, and that their sudden exclusion from the book pages became a cause for concern. In other words, if there are no tags it's not as easy for readers to find us. The execs told me that they still have no idea why the tags went down and that it was indeed a "glitch" hopefully never to be repeated. Then I casually made mention of the Summer Sizzler Program, which is also more or less cutting into sales. The execs actually had to laugh and admitted that indeed, the program isn't exactly a boon to indie sales. However, the program should be over on or around the 15th of June. That's just a few days. My gut reaction is that anyone who has noticed a temporary slow down in sales momentum will begin to see a gradual speeding up after that.
Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Vin
I had a scheduled telephone conference with two execs from Amazon yesterday who wished to discuss my recent
sales, etc. (especially of the The Innocent) They asked about my experiences publishing with Amazon Kindle, but for that I mostly had to refer them to StoneHouse/StoneGate Ink since they pub my stuff these days. It was a very nice meeting all around and what they wish to do is interview a bunch of authors, indie, traditional, self-pub'd and otherwise and market their success stories. Not a bad idea. That said, they asked me if I had any recommendations for improving things, and I mentioned the tags, and that their sudden exclusion from the book pages became a cause for concern. In other words, if there are no tags it's not as easy for readers to find us. The execs told me that they still have no idea why the tags went down and that it was indeed a "glitch" hopefully never to be repeated. Then I casually made mention of the Summer Sizzler Program, which is also more or less cutting into sales. The execs actually had to laugh and admitted that indeed, the program isn't exactly a boon to indie sales. However, the program should be over on or around the 15th of June. That's just a few days. My gut reaction is that anyone who has noticed a temporary slow down in sales momentum will begin to see a gradual speeding up after that.
Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Vin