Happy Weekend, WG2E-Land Peeps!
Lately, we’ve seen a bunch of commiseration over the fact that Amazon sales are, in general, not what they used to be. And we’ve talked about a big reason for that being the impact of KDP Select, which basically amounts to “Why would readers buy Ebooks on Amazon when they know every day they can get a huge new batch of Free Ebooks (because of the KDP Select Free Days)?”
Y’all know I’m a HUGE advocate of NOT going exclusive with any one platform (Amazon, Nook, Kobo, iPad, Sony, Smashwords, small presses, etc.). And the main reason for this is because if you don’t go exclusive, then when sales hit a gargantuan downhill slope on one platform, for reasons outside of your control, you’ve still got a shot at decent sales on the other platforms.
What I shoot for is what I call “The Multiples of Ten Factor.”
In other words, I aim for sales that average out to 10 units sold of each title per day on each platform.
Let’s see what that looks like now that I have 17 Ebooks (21 products soon including Audio Books and online classes) indie epublished…
10 units sold per day X 17 Ebooks = 170 units sold per day per platform
170 units sold per day X 30 days per month = 5100 units per month
That’s 5100 units per month per platform!!!
Notice, I said that’s what I want my average to be, meaning some books sell waaay better than others and can get me to the overall average I’m looking for. Some platforms also sell better than others in any given month (and that varies a great deal…for example, Apple and B&N are now sky high while Amazon is low).
Are you beginning to see why it’s SO IMPORTANT to have your Ebooks available EVERYWHERE?!
It’s that whole idea that you don’t want all your cage-free brown eggs (without chemicals added) in one recyclable basket.
Another important piece of this analysis and goal-set is that you can see how each book you add to your cyber shelf impacts your Multiple of Ten Factor!!! Each one you add takes the heat off your under-performers and gives you a new shot at a superstar performer. An example: my Boxed Set, which still makes me $100+ per day across all platforms.
It’s really a rather fabulous compounding effect that not only makes you more visible because each book is another hit you get on a search engine, but also serves to multiply your sales at levels that increase your daily averages.
For me, in Real Numbers, my Multiples of Ten Factor brings me between $5,000 and $8,000 per month. And no, that’s certainly not the $14,000 per month I was making when KDP Select hadn’t yet wreaked havoc on Amazon, but it’s still a damn good living for a full-time writer. And, I’m not including Audio Book sales ’cause I don’t have my first royalty statement on those yet. I’m also not including income from online classes and speaking engagements. And who knows what will happen when I close the deals on TV and movie rights.
Now that’s how you grow your very own Long Tail!!! 
It’s Your Turn, WG2E-Land: How are your Multiples of Ten Factors lookin’ across all platforms? Who’s up and who’s down and where?
The Best of Indie Epublishing Multiples of Ten Factor Wishes — D. D. Scott
Morning Dee Dee,
Yes, I’m coming off Kindle Select at the end of next month. I still have three free days left for Reckless and will use them to boost my new book.
All my books going forward will be available through as many different platforms as I can manage.
The feedback I’ve had from readers is that they hate being forced to buy from one place, they want freedom of choice.
Thank you for the figures, I always appreciate seeing what’s happening in ‘real’ time!
http://ccmackenzie.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/why-husbands-come-in-two-varieties/#comment-525
http://www.amazon.com/Reckless-Nights-in-Rome-ebook/dp/B007W7ZEK0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341054868&sr=8-1&keywords=Reckless+Nights+in+Rome
Mornin’ backatchya, CC!
I’ve learned the same thing from our RG2E Peeps…they do NOT like only being able to buy Ebooks from Amazon, and they will not go back and look to see if now the one they want is available elsewhere too. They’ll move on to one they can get where they want to.
You are smokin’ girl! Congrats on the numbers. For the first time since I indie-published my first book back in September, my Amazon sales have slowed to a trickle, as in a few sales a day and some days where I’ve had 0 sales…ouch! But I’ve noticed a slight uptick in BN and Smashwords where previously I’d had very few sales there. It’s so very challenging in this business to stay on top of trends and figure out what works and what doesn’t. The bottom line seems to be more content=more sales, so this summer, I’m focused on getting the next book out and not worrying so much about promo and marketing. I’m in it for the long-haul and appreciate your shared experience. Thanks for the inspiration, DD!
Atta girl, PJ! Excellent strategy!
You nailed it right here:
“more content=more sales”
It wasn’t until the release of my third book in my Bootscootin’ Series that I began to sell copies every day. And literally, with each new release I’ve added to my cyber shelf, my daily average grows across all platforms.
I’ve been reading WG2E posts for some time now and must say you are a fount of information. I love all the great articles.
I have a friend that just did what you said not to do–put her eggs in one basket. Indie-wise I’m targeting September as my first and was thinking about doing what she did, but wondering if one basket approach was a wise way to go and waiting to see her results. Now you’ve answered the question for me. I plan on putting my eggs in many baskets and pray the results will be much better.
Thanks for testing the waters first and sharing your findings.
A question though (and sorry if this was answered in a previous post and I missed it), have you tested to see what size book (40k, 60k, 80k ?) seems to sale best or does it matter?
Again, thanks for all you do for us wannabe Indies.
I’m thrilled to hear you’re luuuvvvin’ The WG2E, Janice! Nothin’ beats writers helping writers reach readers!!!
As far as what size of book seems to sell best…I’m seeing a trend toward shorter novels. Mine, for example, have gone from 90,000+ words to now around 45,000 to 50,000. Shorter works, because (1) you can keep your readers in new releases faster and keep ‘em hooked on you and your characters and (2) readers’ attention spans are shorter thanks to the multi-media world we now live in.
But here’s what works even better than the “size of Ebooks”…write SERIES. Once you’ve hooked your readers on Book One, they’ll keep on following you and reading you!
I agree with your philosophy: get it out to as many markets as possible. My novel and most of my short stories are available everywhere. I have one short story (the most recent) posted to the Kindle Select program to see what happens. But once the 90 days are over, it’s going everywhere. I hear so many people talk about the Select program that I thought I’d give it a try, but I was only willing to sacrifice a short story.
Thanks for sharing the information.
I luuuvvv your reference to KDP Select as a “sacrifice,” Diane. It really does seem to be that because you have to remain exclusive to Amazon for each title you put in Select for 3 months, and in today’s instant gratification, multiple platform world, that’s a bunch of readers you’re “sacrificing.”
Well said!
Wow, great post! You make some very valid points.
Glad you enjoyed it, Sharon!
The Multiples of Ten Factor really is a sanity saver and makes for wonderful long tail sales!!!
You opened my eyes a while back and I’m slowly pulling my titles out of select as they become
liberated. Smashwords has added two new distribution Channels one of them a library system. So, as you say, many alternative revenue streams give us more possibilities.
As always, thanks for your willingness to share.
Libraries indeed are going to be a HUGE new source of revenue for Indie Authors, Consuelo! And not only will y’all be able to use Smashwords’ library channel, but we’ve got our own WG2E-RG2E Library Store coming soon!!!
You go, Girl!!!
P.S. Here’s a bit about our own Library Partnership:
http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/the-wg2e-and-the-rg2e-are-rockin-readerships-with-a-revolutionary-indie-epub-author-and-public-library-partnership
Just read the post. That sounds great. Let me know when you are up and running. Definitely interested.
CSB
Yayyy, Consuelo! Libraries will luuuvvv your books!!!
Congrats on the numbers. I think I might have reached ten in all this time. I have read from you before not to put ebooks into one platform, and I read it in Seth Godin’s ebook I think it was. So I am not going to for any of my ebooks.
I have been tempted to try Nook First (Barnes and Noble’s version of Select) because it’s only a 1-month exclusive, but have always decided against it because again, I just can’t imagine telling my readers “sorry…you’ll have to wait an extra month to get this one.”
In today’s worldwide market, we’ve got to be EVERYWHERE!
Cheers to you, Julie!
I like what you said above that about readers liking series. That is why I am continuing with my Angel series, and my forthcoming romance ebooks are a series. That way you might get readers buying one, and want to buy another one or maybe catch up with the first one if they read the second etc.
Exactly what you said here regarding writing series, Julie:
“That way you might get readers buying one, and want to buy another one or maybe catch up with the first one if they read the second etc.”
Super savvy smart, my friend!
I’m in Nook First right now with my first LA Mondello title. I have found it to be very successful. I have not done KDP Select because of the long exclusive program. But I did try Nook First because of the ePub platform. I can tell my readers that have iPhones, iPads, tablets, Android phones, Nooks, Kobo readers etc, that they can get the book at BN or wait until the book hits their favorite store. If readers have a Kindle Fire, they can get the Nook First book on their Kindle Fire by downloading the Nook App! So if any reader really doesn’t want to wait, they can get the book. With KDP Selects, yes, they can do the same by downloading the Kindle App. But it leaves Sony, Kobo and Nook readers out for far too long.
I too am seeing my shorter books 40K-60K do very well.
Lisa
http://www.lisamondello.blogspot.com
Now this is great scoop, Lisa, and thanks sooo much for sharing!!!
“If readers have a Kindle Fire, they can get the Nook First book on their Kindle Fire by downloading the Nook App! So if any reader really doesn’t want to wait, they can get the book.”
I had not thought of that…but yeah, you’re right, that still leaves out Sony and Kobo. The iPad readers can get either the Kindle or Nook Apps on their iPads.
DD, as usual, sensible, practical and very grounded advice. It’s too easy to fret over the daily/weekly sales ups & downs—perspective is essential & you just provided that in spades. Thank you!
U betchya, Ruth!
I don’t even look at my daily/weekly numbers now! My DH finally weened me to once a month, and it is wonderfully freeing.
And with all the platforms trying sooo many new things all the time, you really can’t get a good sense of what’s happening except to look at longer periods of time to see how the new algorithms and programs shake-out.
What I can’t wrap my head around is writing a YA novel or esp. an adult novel at 50K words. It just seems wrong…But as a reader, I love when authors keep them short because I have so many I want to read! I know higher word count is entrenched in the traditional print industry. I know that. But so many things about self publishing is different than traditional. Esp. marketing. Some of the ingrained ways of doing things is hard to shake off!
Why does that seem wrong to you, Laura? I don’t know much about the YA market, so I’m very curious.
I would think that kids in the YA range have an even shorter attention span than adults because of their multi-media worlds. I know the Harry Potter books were long, but I would consider them more middle grade than YA.
Would luuuvvv to know your thoughts on this…
There are some YA at 50K but quite a few are over 70K. So 50k just seems short. Though, really it’s more about the story than the length – I know that. It’s just hard to start thinking in terms of 50k but it makes sense when you look at why writers were trained to write longer due to print and cost.
Thanks for that Dee Dee, always so knowledgeable. I’ve got over a week to go and the Select finishes on two more of my novels. I’ve just put out a 3 novel box set this weekend and can’t wait to get extra exposure on other sites, but have to wait until 9th July or Amazon’ll have my tail for breaching their rules of exclusivity! Ah well, we live and learn. Pam.
Boxed Sets do extremely well on all platforms, Pam! If they’re priced attractively ($2.99 or less), you could really open up some doors on platforms that perhaps you haven’t hit your stride in yet! U Go, Girl! Well done!!!
I think KDP was Amazon’s way of trying to trump smashwords, who was coming in with all kinds of free reads because everyone had to match the price. Don’t know what the future of it will look like. My sales on BN aren’t nearly as good as the used to be, but I will try some new things on there for the fall. Hopin Kobo is another great new avenue. And yes keep putting new content out there! Thanks DeeDee for yet another great post.
I hear ya on Amazon’s KDP philosophy, Elizabeth. I think they truly were brilliant in their tool to basically corner the market on Ebook content. Brilliant move for them. But not brilliant at all for authors.
And now that they’re letting in Ebooks like Harry Potter as part of the borrow pool, and many other agency priced tradipub Ebooks too, smart consumers will choose to borrow those, not cheaper priced Indie Ebooks. They’ll want to borrow what’s most expensive to buy. Which means the majority of KDP Select Pool Money that most authors will see will continue to big-time drop.
I thought that too, but surpisingly I have a lot of borrows for my .99 cent books. They can only borrow one at a time so surprising that they don’t always choose that expensive one. Like I said I only use it for introduction books, as a marketing too. Do you know what the Kobo stance on free is going to be?
I am coming off KDP select in three weeks. I did not use the free days and will not. I am not liking the way I am restricted with my ebook. I was naive but have learned by reading great articles such as this one!
No worries about the naive part, Glynis…you don’t know till you try, right?
What I always try to do is look at each opportunity as a possible strategic business move. In other words, I evaluate each opportunity like, for example, KDP Select by whether or not that tool can help me in my Epublishing Empire Goals which are to reach as many readers as I can across all platforms with great books for great prices. Select couldn’t do that for me because of its exclusivity. So it did not fit my business plan. Therefore, I passed on it.
You’ll come across tools that may be great for other authors because their goals are different than yours. But those same tools just won’t work for you and your goals. And that’s fine!
Very encouraging post, Dee Dee, because, as usual, you’ve given us your numbers to back it up. I appreciate your sharing, as always!
I’ve got the 5 platforms covered, but I don’t have the ten units a day per platform–not close–and I only have 3 books out, but I’m working on my fourth for September and the numbers are still growing (Rome getting built and all that).
I’m definitely thinking of audio books on the horizon, but haven’t got to the movie deal stage except in my dreams! Not Pipe Dreams, though…some day…
Stephanie Queen
U betchya, Stephanie! We can’t learn unless we have the Real Numbers to share and compare.
The key for you is that you are working on that next book, and that’s the smartest thing you can do by far to build up your long tail sales to that Multiples of Ten Factor level!!!
Go, Girl, Go!!!
Love your post, D.D. Thanks for the great info. I had taken many of my books off of the other platforms while I experimented with KDP Select. Sales are slowing. Time to make most of them available on other formats again! Have a wonderful day.
Right backatchya, Theresa!
And yep, it’s definitely time for you to treat readers across all platforms!!! You’re a total Indie Epub Rock Star and can really do fantastic things around the globe, if you are indeed playin’ that entire globe!
You Go, Girl!!!
Hi D.D., Great post–thanks for explaining your amazing empire! I have been using KDP for most of my books this year, just because they’ve always gotten more exposure on Amazon. It may be time to rethink–but as you know, it’s a jungle out there! I also read your library link–brilliant! Good luck with everything–I hope you are taking some time to enjoy your summer!
You’re sooo welcome, Dee! My pleasure!!!
I am indeed finally taking some time to enjoy the entire experience! I thrive on always being “on” and headed for my next goal, but sometimes, you do have to give your muses some superfab fun playdates and R&R too!
You’re spot on with your exposure analysis too. That’s actually what’s changed the most because of KDP Select. There’s simply not as much exposure at all anymore for titles on Amazon unless they’re rising the ranks of the daily Free Ebooks Top 100 and then hit some genre bestseller lists too.
So agree with you D.D. My Amazon sales slumped when KDP came in but B&N sales doubled almost overnight and are holding steady. Now I’m worried and wondering what Nook First is going to do to our sales. I wonder if the big wigs at these companies realize the detrimental affect they are having on sales across the board. I mean it affects their bottom line too and certainly must affect the sales of tradi pubbed books too, not just indie pubbed books.
For me, the sales on the other distribution channels have been disappointing so far compared to Kindle and Nook. I have to say that I would have expected similar sales on Apple (as they are the next big hitter) but no. I can count on one hand the sales Apple produce in a month. It seems odd when I’m selling 1600 copies a month on the other two sites. Sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason does there?
On another subject, you mention every now and then about TV and movie rights. Will you do a post on this sometime? Did you approach studios or did they approach you? I’m sure there are lots of us who would be very interested to see how this aspect of the business works and the possible opportunities for growth in that area. Would you please do us the honor of sharing
I was very intrigued by your audio book post.
Thanks, once again for keeping us informed. This is an awesome blog
Fabulous point, Alison, about what Select and First will do to both Amazon and Nook’s bottom lines too. I think at this point, they’re both willing to lose money temporarily in order to corner as much of the market as they can in content. They simply seem to want as much content as possible, regardless of profit margin or total loss of profit period in order to get peeps using their Ereading devices and other services and products too. Free and/or Exclusive Content are now their gateways to new customer bases…their loss leaders, if you will.
My sales on Apple – and all the other platforms too – didn’t go through the roof until I made my debut book (book one of my series) Free across all platforms forever (well as long as each platform will allow me to keep it Free).
U betchya I’ll do a ton of posts on my TV and movie rights adventures!
I can tell y’all now that I’m negotiating these deals on my own and am havin’ a ball with ‘em! I feel comfortable doing so, though, because I lived in LA for awhile and know the ropes of that biz a bit. I will of course call in the big gun Entertainment Attorneys once I’m to that point. Here’s a tip to get you started though: you can find out all the addresses you need to submit queries for both TV and Movie Options on IMDb. I think it’s around $15/month but sooo worth the fee for that database.
http://www.imdb.com/
I also devour every issue of THR (The Hollywood Reporter), and I get that now right on my Kindle Fire.
Hello D.D.,
I was considering KDP select for my first indie eBook but am now having a re-think after reading this article. I am very impressed by your sales and the fact that you have figured out how to get audio books set up for yourself. Love the positive attitude in your last sentence!
A positive, “go for the gusto” ‘tude will do amazing things for you in our Indie Epublishing World, D.J.! It’s also a huge sanity saver! LOL!!!
KDP Select can be a nice way for a newbie to get some instant visibility. However, you can do the same thing by first uploading your Ebook to Smashwords for Free and hoping Nook and Kindle match that eventually. But for sure, all of the Smashwords channels should match it, so you’ll get nice visibility right away on Sony, Kobo and Apple, without having no shot at all because of the Select exclusivity requirement.
Audio Books totally rock too! Definitely something you’ll want to check out!!!
Hello, D.D.,
Great blog, excellent subject, and lotsa valuable info. But would you please post the entire listing of the various platforms your works are available on. That’s valuable info, too. Thanks.
Glad you’re enjoying the post today, JF!
I did list them in the article, but probably should have set them apart so they’d be easier to find. So here they are and thanks sooo much for mentioning this:
Amazon
Nook
Sony
Kobo
Apple
Smashwords
Diesel
Page Foundry
And soon they’ll also be in our own WG2E-RG2E Library Partnership Store and in my own D. D. Scott-ville Online Store too!
My Audio Books are available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
Thanks for always being on top of things and sharing the knowledge, DeeDee. I’ll be publishing my first book in a couple of months and have been trying to decide what to do. It’s looking like I’ll be publishing everywhere and not going exclusive with Amazon. From what I’ve read, the benefits that people got from that aren’t near what they were in the beginning. Which was just a few short months ago! Things really change fast in this biz.
U betchya, Rhonda!
Super savvy smart to jump out of the starting gate EVERYWHERE you possibly can! Bravo!!! And congrats on being just about ready to make that leap!
We’ll all be here to help you any way we can!!!
And super astute observation, my friend…”Things really change fast in this biz.” Atta Girl! You totally got it!!!
Thanks for spelling out the numbers! I went KDP Select with my first book and was really disappointed in both sales, and also the numbers I’m getting with my free giveaways. They’re giving away SO MANY free ebooks right now that, even if you -do- give your book away for a free promo, nobody can find you unless you sent them straight to your book page to download it yourself. And of those downloaded for free, I’m not getting the reviews I’d hoped for (positive or otherwise) so I’m not sure they’re even being read versus sitting on somebody’s kindle because it was free. Got a big post-it note taped above my PC for the day KDP expires so I can upload the epub conversion to Nook and Smashwords.
Thanks for another great article!!!
Anna, you wondered:
“And of those downloaded for free, I’m not getting the reviews I’d hoped for (positive or otherwise) so I’m not sure they’re even being read versus sitting on somebody’s kindle because it was free.”
I’m actually posting on this very thing right here on tomorrow’s WG2E! I just did a fascinating study of this on our sister site The RG2E this past week! You’ll find the results very interesting…
I’m new to the e-publishing thing, though I’ve been involved in traditional publishing for years now (won the World Fantasy Award for editing many years ago, in fact). I’ve got a few short stories and novellas up on Smashwords and Amazon (*not* select!). I’m wondering about the google books I keep reading about with the upcoming release of the Nexus 7 tablet (yes, I’m in line to buy one). How do I get my books up there? Sounds like that market will come roaring on the scene in about two weeks!
Google is still a huge mystery to me too, Forrest! But u betchya it’s on my list to figure out! And I sooo agree with you that their Nexus 7 tablet could be the next game changer! Especially if they develop an author-friendly platform like Kobo has done with their Writing Life.
I also look for Microsoft to come out with something innovative for Nook now that they own part of that platform.
And congrats on your editing award! Very cool!!!
Does anyone here in WG2E-Land upload directly to Google yet? And if so, please let us know how and where you do it…
Thanks for sharing your numbers!
I haven’t done KDP Select – mainly because I’m lazy – yes I admit it and the thought of having to ‘un-publish’ makes me cringe.
On Tuesday I just released my third book ( it’s a novella ) and I priced it at .99cents. The first day it hit #12 on the Best Seller List in Sports Fiction. And a huge shout out to the WG2E Street Team who tweeted for me sending it up to #5 on the list on now currently resides at #7.
My numbers for June are shaking out to be over 500 ( for 2 books all month and 5 days for the novella ) on Kindle and only 28 on Nook. I haven’t looked at Smashwords lately but probably is in line with Nook sales.
And audio coming soon! And thanks for the info on movie stuff.
U Go, Girl, with your new release and sales numbers! Well done!
And indeed our WG2E Street Team rocks!!!
I agree with you, DeeDee, which is why I plan to follow your lead. And you do lead so well.
Awe shucks, Sheila…thanks sooo very much! We’re all here to cheer you on!!!
Great post D.D. I’m in complete agreement with you. For every promotion or change I’ve made with my books, sales rise and wane differently on each channel. And it always seems to be opposite. Right now sales on Amazon and waning while B&N is climbing while at the beginning of the last month it was opposite. I’ve seen different variations across all the channels over the last four months as well.
It’s important to look at the bottom line across ALL channels, not just Amazon. By maximizing all the channels, I’ve gone from selling around 500 books a month to over 5000. Can’t to see what’s gonna happen when my next book release comes out!
You totally nailed it, my friend! Well done, Deanna! Luuuvvv hearing results like yours…:
“By maximizing all the channels, I’ve gone from selling around 500 books a month to over 5000.”
WooHoooo!!! Got my mojito raised to ya!!!
Great post, D.D. I’ve decided to go indie after my debut with MuseItUp releases in November, so this is really good information. I’m trying to set a realistic sales goal for the indie book (which will be my second novel) and I don’t even know what to shoot for, lol. There doesn’t seem to be any kind of average out there.
You’re sooo right, Stacy…there really is no average to begin with. I started with 27 sales my first month (August 2010)…that’s it…just 27.
My goal is simply to continue to increase my average and that fabulous long tail of sales.
And this business is totally cyclical…so some months you’ll shoot through the roof and others not sooo much, but your average can continue to increase overall with each Ebook you add to your cyber shelf and thus each new Multiples of Ten Factor.
Go, Girl, Go! We’re all here to help you any way we can!
DD…thanx for all the suggestions! I agree. My sales have suffered from KDP select.
A word of caution to those trying to unsubscribe to KDP. If you are not paying attention, they are automatically renewing your subscription every three months. You need to go into your KDP box and specifically check the unsubscribe box for the next period. I just tried to do that and discovered I’m locked into KDP until July 19. I wasn’t paying attention! Good luck to all!
Great reminder on being vigilant about knowing when you can get out of KDP! Thanks bunches, Kiana!
Hi D.D.
Thanks for the tips. My high seller right now is “Lucy Wagner”, which accounts for about 80% of my total sales. Right now it is exclusive to KDP, but when my 90 days are up, I’m going to take it off KDP and distribute it. It makes me a bit nervous, since I’ve been very lucky on Kindle, and still manage about 100 sales per day, although I think I’ve noticed some dwindling in the last week or so.
Your advice makes me want to get more titles out there!
The chance to get the kind of following you now have on Kindle across all platforms is just too good an opportunity to pass up, Claire! It takes time to build up across all platforms, but you’ll be sooo glad you did. This is the ‘ole building width to your readership base as well as depth.
U Go, Girl!!!
Thanks.
That is inspiring as you have kindly posted numbers. To see the numbers anyone can then visualise and with some hard work behind it, attain similar results.
I’m not saying everyone will get these results, but if one works hard and focuses on also the long tail effect then one will see results that should spure him/her on to do more.
I hope you don’t mind but I have added a link to this article to an updated article on my blog.
Again, excellent.
Kind regards
Ian
Thanks sooo much for the shout-out on your blog, Ian!
And yes, it’s all about just goin’ for the gusto of trying this approach. It’s definitely not an overnight success strategy but does indeed do amazing things to lengthen your long tail. And it’s all about that fabulous tail!!!
Hi D.D.,
Thanks for this great information. I’m curious – what did you find your threshold was to start making a decent living at writing? (Number of books published.) And also, what did you find to be your most successful promotion tactic? I know lots of Indie Authors who are selling ten books a MONTH – your numbers are just fantastic and something many dream of!
Continued success to you…and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
My Best,
K. S. Brooks