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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?
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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...
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?