Adventures in Advertising – Kickstarting Exposure for your Books
This weekend marked sixth months since my first novel was published via the KDP platform, back in February 2013. Since then, “Panic” has gone on to sell a little over 2,000 copies and I’ve released...
View ArticleSpotify for Books – How will you adapt?
Two new services called Oyster and eReatah will soon bring subscription-based services to the world of ebooks. Before the deafening screams of panicked authors drown out any sense of reason, shouldn’t...
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When Authors Write Reviews
I keep getting emails from Amazon asking me to write product reviews. This seems to be happening more and more since they bought Goodreads a couple of months ago – the Goodreads model being along the...
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Wanted is out Soon – Help me Choose a Cover!
I think my favourite point in the pre-publication process in any new book is getting the cover design finished. After all, it’s the first (and usually only) graphical representation of the story, and,...
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How to Travel the World as an Author – An Interview with Ken Rossignol
I first ran into Ken over at the Kindle KDP forums, and I’ve been bugging him to come and do an interview feature for a while now – because his approach to marketing and selling books is so unique I...
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An Author’s Perspective – Tales from the Traditionally Published
Please give a warm welcome to Katy Walters – who’s kindly agreed to provide us with a guest post about her experiences moving from a publisher to going fully indie. Katy has made sure to remove any...
View ArticleAre free books dead? Amazon ups the ante yet again
Amazon has introduced a brand new promotional system for authors enrolled in KDP select. You can now select a “Kindle Countdown” deal which allows you to sell your book at a reduced rate for a limited...
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Crunching Some Numbers – Lessons Learned from 2013
It’s been a hectic couple of months. After finishing my latest novel, Wanted, I’ve been hard at work on a prequel to the Leopold Blake series – the new book is titled Paydown and is a 25,000 word...
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A Little Tip to Triple your Book Sales
I’m sure you’re all recovering from ruptured stomachs following Thanksgiving, so I’ve got a short post today. Here’s my top tip for anyone using free promotions – normally, following a Bookbub freebie...
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Gearing Up – and Slowing Down
December is a tricky month. Usually, for me, it involves a flurry of activity to make sure all the stuff I’m promised myself and other people I’ll get done has to be finished off – often at the last...
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Playing with Permafree Books – The Results
I’ve been experimenting with a permafree book over the last few weeks – admittedly, I’m a little late to the game, but with so many indie authors using this approach, I figured it was time to dip my...
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A Word on Ebook Pricing – Where’s the Sweet Spot?
First off, it’s worth remembering that there’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to book marketing – other than to say that pricing is an important part of any author’s overall strategy....
View ArticleIndie Authors Earn More than Big 5 Authors
Hugh Howey has been busy. He and a few friends have done some in-depth analysis on the top 7,000 genre fiction titles selling on Amazon and have come to some startling conclusions. Before you read the...
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The Power of Ebook Pricing – Where’s the Sweet Spot (Part 2)
If you haven’t read the first part of this series on pricing, go take a look. In this earlier post, I talked about finding that “sweet spot” that yields the greatest overall profit, without sacrificing...
View ArticleThe Power of Not Enough
I listened to an interesting podcast yesterday over at Rockingselfpublishing.com, featuring indie heavyweight Russell Blake. If you’ve got a spare 55 minutes, go have a listen – or check out the key...
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Are You Underselling Yourself?
I’ve been doing some pricing research today – I’ve taken the last 4 months’ worth of sales, and looked at which price points have been the most successful. There were a few surprises – but I’ll get to...
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On Hachette, Keywords, Collaborations, and Sword fights…
It’s been a manic month – between waiting for the next Game of Thrones episode (sword fight of the century coming up this Sunday…) and the Hachette vs Amazon brouhaha (which, oddly, is pretty similar...
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Breaking Free – What Happened when I left KDP Select
“KDP Select is evil”. “Free promotions are pointless”. “Nick, you’re an idiot”. These are things I hear on a daily basis, the latter usually being something I say to myself when I’m looking in the...
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Breaking Free Part 2 – One Month Later
The results are in! I had a bunch of emails last time I posted on this subject, asking me to update how my adventures outside of KDP Select were going after a month – so, if you haven’t read the...
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Kindle Unlimited – Some Early Results
For anyone still living under a rock, or perhaps a particularly voracious shrub, you’ll probably already know that Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited program launched over the weekend, spurring a veritable...
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