For those of you who don’t know, i.e. anyone not based in the ever-extending and loosely defined Eurozone, Eurovision is a huge annual song contest for European nations plus a few friends to join in. It began in 1956 as a way of strengthening the ties between countries in Europe, which was still recovering from… Continue reading The Eurovision Example for Indie Authors
Category: Marketing
Christmas Books Selling Period
Christmas books, market, selling season, Advent, book bags, ebooks, social media
Authors and QR Codes
There are lots of posts appearing about how writers can use QR (Quick Response) codes, but to my mind a lot of them are missing the point. (A reminder. QR codes are those square shaped bar codes that smart phones can scan and read if the necessary app had been uploaded.) Many writers are talking… Continue reading Authors and QR Codes
Booby Prize to Oh Auntie! – Weekly Sales to 24 October
As promised last week, every Monday I’ll update you on my ebook sales. I hope it will be an interesting exercise and at least give you one set of figures to compare your own sales/downloads with. You’ll notice the bar chart on the right of this web page which reflects these sales. Chris installed this… Continue reading Booby Prize to Oh Auntie! – Weekly Sales to 24 October
Are Free Ebooks A Passing Fad?
My three 99 cent books have still not made any sales on Smashwords, whilst my freebies have been downloaded 1,574 times between them. So, I’ve generated coupon codes for two of ‘pay for’ books to see if that helps. If you enter the code when you purchase the book, you get it for free. Beat… Continue reading Are Free Ebooks A Passing Fad?
Weekly Sales Report 1
I’ve decided to follow Alex Adena’s lead and do a weekly summary of my sales figures, warts and all. I hope it will be interesting for other indie authors to see how their fellows are getting on. In rather a lot of the authoring-related forums and groups, there are plenty of whoops of joy on… Continue reading Weekly Sales Report 1
Super Thursday
Today is Super Thursday, the day when publishers launch their best hopes for the Christmas market. According to the BBC, more than 500 books in all formats, amongst them 200 hardbacks, are being published today, including a good helping of comedians’ autobiographies, and of course a Jamie Oliver cookbook, Jamie’s Great Britain. This latter is… Continue reading Super Thursday
Clearing the Shelves
Time for some decluttering and in particular time to get rid of some old books. Now that I’m going in an electronic and self-publishing direction, quite a lot of tomes on my shelves are well outdated now. This is the first to go. I’ve had this book fifteen years. It’s aimed at the publishing scene… Continue reading Clearing the Shelves
Promo Woes
self-promotion, author platform, websites, social media efficacy, book reviews, find audience
Building an Author Platform
marketing, self-promotion for authors, author platform, self-publicity, how to books for ebook authors