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I've been an indie author for over 5 years now with nearly 20 books in a variety of categories: YA, Middle Grade, romance, and a romantic comedy series. Normally I can write a few books a year and pull in about 17-25k without much advertising (a Bookbub or two a year and some much smaller ads). Nothing to get too excited about, but it's pretty cool to me and has been very consistent. But all of a sudden it seems like sales have screeched to a frightening halt!
My Draft2digital dashboard is stuck at the same number of sales for a week or more on end. My KDP page reads literally went from approx 500 a day (again, nothing to brag about, but still) to ZERO. Sales are dried up. Has the market changed overnight, or have all sellers tweaked their algorithms? Maybe I just need to come out of my cave and spend far more time trying to creatively advertise, but it feels like SOMETHING has changed, and I can't put my finger on it! Anyone else in this same pickle?!
