How Kindle Unlimited is Slow Death by Suffocation to Authors The long(ish) test of KDP Kindle Unlimited is starting to prove itself out. And the news isn't good. There has been anecdotal evidence for year-on-year results that authors who went and stayed exclusive to Amazon were making less and less money. The trick is analyzing wide against exclusive. Two different … [Read more...]
The Great Content Business Challenge – Week 1 Results
The Great Content Business Challenge – Week 1 Results Starting the New Year by keeping on keeping on. Last year's work on Fiction is just one avenue of my own content business. This year's challenge is to make that business more sustainable. Metrics Subscribers: New Instafreebie/PW: 531 Overall Total: 4025 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 5967, Medium: 0, … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 2 Results
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 2 Results Starting the New Year by keeping on keeping on. Last year's work on Fiction is just one avenue of my own content business. This year's challenge is to make that business more sustainable. Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 531 StoryOrigins: 2 Overall Total: 3951 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 9009, … [Read more...]
Book Publishing: Emerging From the Dark Side of Amazon
Book Publishing: Emerging From the Dark Side of Amazon It's just too bad that Jeff Bezos has a "domination" aspect to his business. I recently ran across a very telling quote of his: "Your margin is our opportunity." This is all quite different from Sam Walton, who said, "You can sell a lot more for a little less." Compare those two, and you'll see the intent. Amazon put … [Read more...]
The Great Content Business Challenge: Publishing Premises
The Great Content Business Challenge: Publishing Premises references: Creative Penn - Trends for Authors 2019 Self Publishing Advice.org - A Look Back at 2018 Self Publishing 2019 Book Industry Predictions: The Butterflies Will Flap Their Wings The Premises of This Year's Challenge Last year, I worked on an Fiction Writing Challenge - and it was a great success. I … [Read more...]
Cracking 6-Figure Book Sales – Mid-list Publishing
Cracking 6-Figure Book Sales by Mid-list Publishing (and a Pulp Fiction Mindset) ref: Mike Shreeve's post from 2014 http://mikeshreeve.com/sell-978-fiction-ebooks-per-day-complete-guide/ Shreeve's stated overall goal is to pass on data so struggling writers and change their mindset, and sell enough books to live full-time from your writing. In fiction, there is no … [Read more...]
