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We debate covers here all the time, right? But how often do we get to ask readers what they think? Exactly.
The-cheap.net has put together a cover art genre guessing game for March. Our readers will guess the genre a book cover is, what price point the book cover conveys to them, how likely they are to click and read more about the book and how often do they read the genre they think the book is (so authors can throw out the opinions of readers who don't care for their genre or see what readers of a closely related genre look for to potentially appeal to two genres etc.). Each week, we are giving away gift cards to the readers who participate, and also at the end of the month.
Each book gets one week of focus as being part of that week's giveaway, but all books count for the overall prizes too, so books will get rated all month long. Once we're done, I will send a spreadsheet to each author with all of the market research they have for the book, and readers can opt in to share email addresses if they want to.
The cost of the promotion is $40, with 20-25% going towards prizes, 10% towards advertising during the event, and the remainder to pay for staff setting up the promotion pages, running the promotion, and closing out the promotion by awarding prizes and compiling spreadsheets.
Signups are now open: http://the-cheap.net/authors/march-genre-guessing-game/ and will close February 22.
The-cheap.net has put together a cover art genre guessing game for March. Our readers will guess the genre a book cover is, what price point the book cover conveys to them, how likely they are to click and read more about the book and how often do they read the genre they think the book is (so authors can throw out the opinions of readers who don't care for their genre or see what readers of a closely related genre look for to potentially appeal to two genres etc.). Each week, we are giving away gift cards to the readers who participate, and also at the end of the month.
Each book gets one week of focus as being part of that week's giveaway, but all books count for the overall prizes too, so books will get rated all month long. Once we're done, I will send a spreadsheet to each author with all of the market research they have for the book, and readers can opt in to share email addresses if they want to.
The cost of the promotion is $40, with 20-25% going towards prizes, 10% towards advertising during the event, and the remainder to pay for staff setting up the promotion pages, running the promotion, and closing out the promotion by awarding prizes and compiling spreadsheets.
Signups are now open: http://the-cheap.net/authors/march-genre-guessing-game/ and will close February 22.