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SI PAGE’S NEW NOVEL ‘NO IDEA’ NEEDS YOUR VOTE ON THE KINDLE SCOUT PROGRAM!

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/251J...

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Sharing a run-down flat with two slothful jokers and a girl called Pit Bull has brought Rob nothing but poor health, writer’s block and an empty bank account.

Rob finds real inspiration when he meets the sassy and attractive Grace Stein, but soon their world is thrown into turmoil. A neighbour’s missing grandson leads them into the murky and criminal underworld of the Dark Web and contract killers.

Who can they trust? Will it be fight or flight?

Follow Rob's journey where the lives of those he loves are at stake and truth is stranger than fiction.

I've posted the first 5,000 words of No Idea on the Amazon's Kindle Scout website where readers can nominate 'No Idea'. The more nominations my book receives, the more likely it will get discovered by the Kindle Scout team. If selected, the book will be published by Kindle Press and all the readers who nominated the book will receive an early, free copy and be invited to leave reviews.

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/251J...

That’s funny, Fran! It’s all the cookies on the computer that grass us up. I’d stick to the chocolate variety if I were you

Totally agree, Sarah. Thanks for sharing. You seem a very jolly lass on FB so I bet your customers love you! x

great post. I think unless you have thousands to plow into advertising it is a slow progress. I have a small shop and I hate to think how much I spent on advertising over the years now I don’t do any. I rely solely on giving good customer service and letting my customers do my advertising for me. I get most of my business through repeat business and word of mouth which for me is the best form of advertising. I know it’s a totally different industry plus mine is only a local business but it certainly doesn’t do any harm in getting to know some readers/reviewers/bloggers as at the end of the day if they love your work they will share it with all their friends/families/followers for you. Look forward to reading more of your posts.

Sometimes I wonder how much adverts (for anything – not just books) do lead to sales. But then if they didn’t, companies wouldn’t plough so much into advertising in the first place. The ads that annoy me are the ones online that try to sell me a pair of slippers just because I happened to write a post on ageing. I hate being stalked like that.

True, Jo. Have you noticed just how many books in the crime/mystery/thriller genre are beginning to sound all the same? There are so many ads for them in the book clubs that after a while, I just totally switch off.

This is so true. Unfortunately, we have finally headed into an information overload society. The brain has automatic filters to remove the incoming information that it does not have to deal with. Mind your step? Yip, done that! Read advertising? No, looking at the oncoming track to stop from being killed! We are now bombarded with so much advertising that most of it is becoming ineffectual. People might see it, but their pockets are not getting any deeper.

I also think that spending time building relationships with people is key to making a sale — or two.

Jo

Thanks Barrie. As much as we all want to promote our work, we have to think about the messages we are sending out, and by that I do not mean content.

Great stuff. Loved it! It made me smile, and also caused me to think about my own tendency to overkill in promoting my books. Keep ‘em comin’!