The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 07 Results Three new non-fiction books published this week. Caught up in general. Letting IF/PW just go along. Lulu came in with a surprising sales of a $100 royalty off a single book (I sell like one a year of these.) Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 242 StoryOrigins: 3 Overall Total: 4053 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 5987, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 05 Results
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 05 Results Working to get a new book out each week when my head is into the mechanics of my marketing is proving difficult. But - a breakthrough idea woke me up last night... Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 720 (IF recommended book - The Case of Jennie Brice) StoryOrigins: 9 Overall Total: 3972 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 8840, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – … [Read more...]
How Kindle Unlimited is Slow Death by Suffocation to Authors
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 kettles of fish. The back-of-envelope calculation showed that an exclusive author was leaving between 20-30% of his … [Read more...]
The Great Writing 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, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 9009, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 1405+594, Else: 0 – … [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 their distribution centers close to major metropolitan areas. Walton put his distribution centers central to service … [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 produced far more content than I imagined I would, or predicted I would. Because I concentrated on building the habits … [Read more...]
