Sounds like you need to get busy finishing that romance book 
Joe certainly does that! Better than any of the rest of us, I'll warrant.Okey Dokey said:If the ebook readers are saturated, perhaps we should push out some paperback copies.
That was four additional days to 3K, not four after release. I wish I had a book that popped so quickly.Becca Mills said:Four days to 3K sales is still pretty speedy, if you ask me, so maybe not saturated. Maybe just damp?![]()
That was so kind, David. I can't believe someone actually took the time to go look at my stuff.David VanDyke said:A different reason popped into my head: the industry is maturing. The playing field is ever more crowded. It used to be that anything sold. Now only the most attractive and otherwise high quality material sells.
I took a quick look at your books. I realize some are nonfiction, but IMO there are some obvious improvements to be made - in covers, in pricing, in branding, in clarity. Not saying they're bad, but with an ever-toughening market, maybe you need to look for ways to update things, to group and brand your series better, and then there's prices. Most of your ebook prices seem to be a bit high for today's market. With the saturation you are talking about, people may be deciding that 8.99 or 9.99 is too much to pay, when other comparable things are available.
This is why I love Joe.Joe_Nobody said:That was so kind, David. I can't believe someone actually took the time to go look at my stuff.
That being said, my sales aren't down. If my OP made it sound like I was complaining about lower sales, that wasn't my intent. My point was that it takes longer to get to the same numbers for each title. I'm seeing a belle curve that is less pronounced - flatter and longer.
I do appreciate your advice, however. Nobody (as in Joe) isn't perfect.
This could be the first serious downside I've heard for a long series using the same author name. Could it be, that readers are shopping around for new voices? They might be still looking for books in the same genres, but are buying different authors. I have never used pen names, but this could be a reason to do it. You could fill your own also boughts with different authors, but they're all youJoe_Nobody said:Disclaimer: I didn't say all readers, nor did I mention KU, or Select, or free books. Just talking about my readers.
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I saw an interesting report a few days ago, and have been mulling it over. I can only come to one conclusion - my readers are saturated.
Here's the logic behind that statement:
We've published 19 books since Nov 2011.
We track specific dates for sales, reviews, ads, and promotions. From that, one of the guys created a new report that calculates time periods. (I know, I know...but I like metrics)
Each year the following time spans have increased:
Days to 500 sales
Days to First Review
Days to 5th Review
Days to 2,000 sales
About the only value that has remained constant has been the time to 3,000 sales, although that pushed out about 4 days between 2013 and 2014.
Between 2012 and 2013, there was very little "creep."
Between 2013 and 2014, there were significant differences.
Now, in 2015, it looks to be worse, although the sample is limited so far in a new year.
With one exception, those time spans have progressively increased with each new book. In late 2014, and so far in 15, the number of days before those milestones occur have almost doubled since 2013.
So what's a fella to think? Again, the only conclusion I can draw that makes any sense is that my readers have a larger "backlog" of titles than before. They are, essentially, saturated.
Does anyone else track this sort of thing?
Am I missing something obvious here?
4 extra days? Wow. That's a lot.Joe_Nobody said:That was four additional days to 3K, not four after release. I wish I had a book that popped so quickly.![]()
Bwahhaha. Perfect.DGS said:Sounds like you need to get busy finishing that romance book![]()