Matthew Culberson's Blog - Posts Tagged "after-life"
Top #100?
I am almost in Top #100 for free downloads in the Literary Fiction category. I am sure it's a small category, but it's something to shoot for. I am currently #128. It would be great to be in the Top #100 of something for at least awhile.
Thanks to everyone who has helped get me there. And if you haven't downloaded it yet, it's free! And I think you will like it too. What do you have to lose?
Thanks to everyone who has helped get me there. And if you haven't downloaded it yet, it's free! And I think you will like it too. What do you have to lose?
Promotion Update
The first three days of my free promotion have certainly been a roller coaster. The first day was slow going. Then overnight the downloads came in like gangbusters (I'm guessing UK customers). The downloads kept coming in the next day, so much so that I made it all the way up to #39 in the Literary Fiction (Free) category by the end of Tuesday.
I had initially planned on only having two free days, with the idea that I would use the other three promotion days KDP gives you for another time. But after Tuesday's success, I wanted to keep the momentum going and extend it out for the next three days.
Today has been a little slow going, but still getting a download here and there. Maybe it will be like before and tomorrow will pick up. Perhaps it has something to do with how Amazon promotes each title, I don't know.
All I know is, I am happy overall with the success of the promotion. The more eyes on my book the better, and if just a small percentage actually take the time to read it, then all the better still.
The entire self-publishing process is a marathon, not a sprint, and I just have to keep telling myself that. I am proud of my novel and my hope is that more people will get to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Until next time,
Matt
I had initially planned on only having two free days, with the idea that I would use the other three promotion days KDP gives you for another time. But after Tuesday's success, I wanted to keep the momentum going and extend it out for the next three days.
Today has been a little slow going, but still getting a download here and there. Maybe it will be like before and tomorrow will pick up. Perhaps it has something to do with how Amazon promotes each title, I don't know.
All I know is, I am happy overall with the success of the promotion. The more eyes on my book the better, and if just a small percentage actually take the time to read it, then all the better still.
The entire self-publishing process is a marathon, not a sprint, and I just have to keep telling myself that. I am proud of my novel and my hope is that more people will get to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Until next time,
Matt
Goodreads Goodness
I just love when I see someone is reading my book on here. Such a cool feeling. Sometimes I feel like I'm looking over their shoulder as they read, though, waiting to see their reactions as I anxiously await a comment or review to post.
Thanks to all that take the time to check it out!
After Life
Thanks to all that take the time to check it out!
After Life
Top 10 for 2016!
After Life actually made a Top Ten List for 2016 at Bookoftheday.org
Thanks to everyone who has read and supported my novel. It's a long and wonderful process finding an audience, and I am simply thankful to finally have my work read by others.
Here's to an exciting 2017!
Happy New Year to all!
Here's the list if you want to check it out:
http://bookoftheday.org/top-ten/
Thanks to everyone who has read and supported my novel. It's a long and wonderful process finding an audience, and I am simply thankful to finally have my work read by others.
Here's to an exciting 2017!
Happy New Year to all!
Here's the list if you want to check it out:
http://bookoftheday.org/top-ten/
One Year Anniversary
I will be celebrating the one year anniversary of the release of After Life on July 6th. To celebrate, the book will be free from July 4th through the 8th!
Happy 4th of July everyone!
MC
Happy 4th of July everyone!
MC
The First Year
Year one of my adventure into the online self-publishing world has officially passed. It's been a year of ups and downs, hopes and dreams, elation and disappointment. But overall I am happy with the results.
I have published exclusively through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing program and overall I have enjoyed the ease of use and low cost to entry. The market is saturated, though, and that would be my most frustrating takeaway from my first year.
Self promoting sucks! There's just no other way to put it. I am a writer, not a self-promoter, and while I have done my best, I must say that is my least favorite part of the self-publishing process.
It's necessary, though. Because with all of the options out there the only way to get anyone to read your work is to tell them about it.
I wanted to take this moment to thank all who have read my book and taken the time to rate it or review it (positive and negative). The knowledge that I have finally gotten my work out to the masses (though they be few at the moment) is encouraging. And I know that with patience and determination, and maybe the funds to publish a decent paperback version, the readership for my novel will grow.
Patience. Patience. Patience.
And never give up.
That's me talking to myself and reminding myself of the two keys to making it in this business. That, and as I see it, a book cover with an awesome set of abs plastered on the front. (How can I compete with that?)
But I digress. I look forward to what the future holds for After Life and for future works. Although I will never give up on getting published through the traditional route, having the option to self-publish so easily has helped fuel the fire, knowing that no matter how many agents discard my query letters, someone out there might still get a chance to read my work.
I have published exclusively through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing program and overall I have enjoyed the ease of use and low cost to entry. The market is saturated, though, and that would be my most frustrating takeaway from my first year.
Self promoting sucks! There's just no other way to put it. I am a writer, not a self-promoter, and while I have done my best, I must say that is my least favorite part of the self-publishing process.
It's necessary, though. Because with all of the options out there the only way to get anyone to read your work is to tell them about it.
I wanted to take this moment to thank all who have read my book and taken the time to rate it or review it (positive and negative). The knowledge that I have finally gotten my work out to the masses (though they be few at the moment) is encouraging. And I know that with patience and determination, and maybe the funds to publish a decent paperback version, the readership for my novel will grow.
Patience. Patience. Patience.
And never give up.
That's me talking to myself and reminding myself of the two keys to making it in this business. That, and as I see it, a book cover with an awesome set of abs plastered on the front. (How can I compete with that?)
But I digress. I look forward to what the future holds for After Life and for future works. Although I will never give up on getting published through the traditional route, having the option to self-publish so easily has helped fuel the fire, knowing that no matter how many agents discard my query letters, someone out there might still get a chance to read my work.
