There is my problem exactly, I've had zero marketing. I just now started on kindleboards and thats it. Do you have any good suggestions? Im going to be make my book free this saturday, I'm trying to find good ways to promote itHildred said:I sold about 10 copies my first week of publishing. But I had a really big pre-marketing campaign and a signal boosting network ready to go.
None of my friends purchased my book... aha. I did have my aunt do so though. A lot of friends promised to purchase it then never did. Also, I gave it out free before it was published to a lot of people.Libby13 said:My short story collection? Barely anything. My novel, 50 copies so far. This is the first week for Tough Girl. However, I've also been blogging for 2 years and cultivating a lot of relationships where people know about and are excited about my writing (book clubs, playwriting groups, etc.). There's an excellent chance I'll have a steep drop off now that most friends and family are done purchasing.
There are a few lists around here of sites you can contact to list your freebie at while it runs. As for me, I was really fortunate that most of my friends were interested in what I was writing since they were basically my target audience. (Queer women with an interest in older relationships, and some polyamory.) It also happened that they had more friends interested as well, so every time I release something in the series they boost it all over the place to their friends for me. My sales are not amazing, but they are steady. I'll have days where I sell nothing, and then a few days later somebody will come by and purchase my entire backlist. Right now my average is about a sale a day across all my titles. I think that's a good goal to start off with.nikkarina said:There is my problem exactly, I've had zero marketing. I just now started on kindleboards and thats it. Do you have any good suggestions? Im going to be make my book free this saturday, I'm trying to find good ways to promote it![]()
What's that?Hildred said:and a signal boosting network ready to go.
Give yourself a month to promote a free day, not just a few days. Here is an excellent guide to free day promotion sites, by KB writer David Adams.nikkarina said:There is my problem exactly, I've had zero marketing. I just now started on kindleboards and thats it. Do you have any good suggestions? Im going to be make my book free this saturday, I'm trying to find good ways to promote it![]()