My book just came out on October first on Amazon! It's all very exciting, but I have to say that I'm also a little surprised. I've been trying to market my book since this summer and it's been added to over 680 TBR list. However, It's been out for a few days now and I've only sold four copies... two of which have been from family members. Haha.
Now, I still have a lot of work to do on my Amazon page. I need to set up an author page, make a paperback copies available, and find a few people who would post a review. Still, I feel like I'm missing something and I have a few questions.
1) Is there anyway I can shorten the sample size offered on Amazon? I feel as if it ends in a very boring spot and it wont encourage readers to buy the book.
2) Is there anything I can do myself to get a nice "also bought" list going? or will it just take time?
3) This might be a dumb question because I'm sure it's mentioned in the fine print, but it says "subscribers read for free" ... am I still getting paid for those free copies?
4) Does anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to announce that my book is out now? I have it on Facebook, Instagram, and I made a little blog post on Goodreads, but I don't feel as if I've reached any of the possible readers on Goodreads who have it added to their TBR list.
My book just came out on October first on Amazon! It's all very exciting, but I have to say that I'm also a little surprised. I've been trying to market my book since this summer and it's been added to over 680 TBR list. However, It's been out for a few days now and I've only sold four copies... two of which have been from family members. Haha.
Here's a link to BOOST on Goodreads
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Here it is on Amazon
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Now, I still have a lot of work to do on my Amazon page. I need to set up an author page, make a paperback copies available, and find a few people who would post a review. Still, I feel like I'm missing something and I have a few questions.
1) Is there anyway I can shorten the sample size offered on Amazon? I feel as if it ends in a very boring spot and it wont encourage readers to buy the book.
2) Is there anything I can do myself to get a nice "also bought" list going? or will it just take time?
3) This might be a dumb question because I'm sure it's mentioned in the fine print, but it says "subscribers read for free" ... am I still getting paid for those free copies?
4) Does anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to announce that my book is out now? I have it on Facebook, Instagram, and I made a little blog post on Goodreads, but I don't feel as if I've reached any of the possible readers on Goodreads who have it added to their TBR list.