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...]
The 4 Hand-Written Notes to Self – You Need for Meeting Your Goals
There are four items that must be in writing, are best hand-written, and reviewed daily, to make your goal achievement happen fastest. First, Napoleon Hill’s Goal Achiever Steps. Name your goal, when it will happen, what value you will give to earn it – then review this morning and night (and maybe any odd scraps of time – like lunch or other breaks) with the feeling of having accomplished it. Second, your Internal Press Release. Joe Pulizzi has a great, short podcast on this and included this in his Content Inc. book (see episode 41 at this link.) Others have mostly referred to Ian McAllister’s version. You write this before you do any actual work on the new product itself. Plan your work before you work your plan: Here’s an example outline for the press release: … [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...]
