Still working just to get everything done - finally got my opt-in ad worked out for fiction. Not too surprising, the paperback versions of these new fiction books don't sell. Their reason for being there is to make the ebook look like a bargain. Non-fiction always has paper and hardbacks selling along with the ebooks. And some audio - where I have it available. The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 11 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 256 StoryOrigins: 2 Overall Total: 3875 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 3173, Else: 0 (Medum) – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Books Books (pre-)published: None Books In Progress: 0 Book sales … [Read more...]
How to Succeed as an Author – it’s Free – and You Won’t Like It
For one of 9,999 out of 10K authors, you're going to have to fail a lot before you do one of two things: Eventually succeed, or Quit What about that 1 in 10,000? They have already been there, done that. Failed a lot. Ran into brick walls. Spent a lot of time and money they can't get back - well, at least the time. What do those 1 out of 10,000 have that the quitters don't? Persistence. And faith in their own talent. But figure this: Earl Nightingale in his "Strangest Secret" recording said: "Persistence is just another word for faith." Read your copy of Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" again - Chapter 3, and then Chapter 2. Again. Because, the authors I've tracked down have all taken between 5 and 10 years before they had their "overnight" success. And … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 07 Results
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 – Own Site: 1917, Else: 811 (Medum) – paid – Book Outlets: 250938, Medium: 0 Books Books (pre-)published: The Writer's Journey of John Earl Stark 02 How I Survived My First Year of Fiction Writing This Fiction Business – (H. Bedford-Jones re-publish) Learning from the Pulp Masters … [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: – free – Own Site: 1088, Else: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Books Books (pre-)published: The Faith of Jude Books In Progress How I Survived My First Year of Fiction Writing This Fiction Business - (H. Bedford-Jones re-publish) Think and Grow Rich for Authors Content Inc … [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 potential income on the table. Because Amazon has between 70-80% share of the U. S. market, and maybe half of the International market - but we're only talking about ebooks. Now with Amazon slowly increasing the costs of self-publishing (while lowering payouts), this will be showing drops across the board … [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 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Books Books (pre-)published: A World Gone Reverse Books In Progress How I Survived My First Year of Fiction Writing This Fiction Business - (H. Bedford-Jones re-publish) Think and Grow Rich for Authors Content Inc for Authors (working … [Read more...]
