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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I signed up and paid (~$11 USD) for a spot in the Fussy Librarian's eBook newsletter. On the day of the email blast I didn't see much of a difference, but the next day I sure did. It ran on January 24th and by the end of the day on the 25th, I sold the most books I ever have in a single day. I suppose this could be due to the majority of people not opening their emails until the next day (coincidentally the 25th was a Monday, so maybe people were trying to kill time at work by sifting through their emails). Or, it could have just been a case of right time, right place - who knows. I'd really like to get the stats on how many people clicked the Buy link for my book in the email, but I don't believe the Fussy Librarian has a way of monitoring that. My verdict? I will definitely be using them again! I finally got a professional cover made for This Would Be Paradise: Book 2! Dave did a wonderful job putting up with my nitpicking. If you're in the market for one yourself, please check out his website: http://www.limelightbookcovers.com/
Some of you out there may be considering self-publishing, if so I'd like to give you a head start by sharing the talented people I hired and the helpful resources I used for my first book's release (I did a lot of digital digging for this information!):
Book Cover (eBook and print): Kit Foster at http://www.kitfosterdesign.com/ (~$300CAD) Editing: Rob Bignell at http://inventingrealityeditingservice.typepad.com/inventing_reality_editing/ (>$300CAD) eBook Formatting: I did this myself using the Amazon guide. https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A17W8UM0MMSQX6 ($0) The Actual "Publishing": I used Amazon (depending on your book price, they either give a 70% royalty on each sale or 30%) and Draft2Digital (I used them because they post to all the other major eBook retailers PLUS Createspace and they take 10% of your royalties for this service). http://www.amazonkdp.com/ and https://www.draft2digital.com/ Reviews: I signed up on Wattpad and used that as a medium for posting my work to gain readers and get those readers' feedback to better my manuscript. From there, I've gotten wonderful fans, some of which left reviews when the polished version went up for sale (there are some really great people on there willing to help out indie authors). Don't let the over-abundance of One Direction FanFiction scare you off though, I promise there is real writing buried beneath! https://www.wattpad.com/user/N_D_Iverson ($0- you should never pay money for a review!) Promotion:
I hope this list saved you time, it certainly would have saved me hours of searching. If you have any other helpful resources you'd like to share with the rest of us, please do (unless it's spam, because then I shall have to feed you to the Rancor!). So there was my list, do you guys have any book to movie examples that you feel were done right? Please comment below!
Hey guys! So I was asked to return to the Wattpad Block Party again by the hard working @KellyAnneBlount (she organized this event herself!). This time around I will be giving away a free E-Book copy of This Would Be Paradise (the prim and polished version), so please go check it out: https://www.wattpad.com/192448658-wattpad-block-party-winter-edition-ii-giveaway/page/3 That also leads me to say I have some exciting news about the first book coming soon... So keep an eye or two out ;) |
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