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New Look Website
I’ve been waiting for the latest WordPress theme, TwentySixteen, to download. It (or rather the matching update 4.4) downloaded this morning. I instantly started playing with it. The result … well, you can see for yourself. I like it! The look is clean. The theme scales beautifully for different-sized mobile devices, and it’s easy to navigate.…
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My Kindle Scout Campaign Experience
Kindle Scout is run by Amazon. Authors submit a book for a thirty day window in which readers are invited to nominate it for publication. Kindle Scout editors then consider the book. If they select it for publication, readers who nominated it receive a free copy on publication; and, authors receive a five year contract,…
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Invisible Books
Invisible books are one of the mysteries and heartaches of a writer’s life. These are the books that we release with high expectations, knowing our readers will love them, only to discover that no one buys the book! Now, this is comparative. For a best-selling author, “no one” buying their invisible book might mean it’s…
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Multiple Projects
Until my Kindle Scout campaign for Sky Garden ends on Nov 21, 2015, I’ll be obsessed with it. I check the statistics (low, low and disappointingly low) and I worry. It leads me to question whether the lack of reader engagement is due to an off-putting cover, blurb or excerpt. Or is it the whole…
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Statistics and Kindle Scout
One of the big advantages of self-publishing over traditional publishing is the data you control. You see your sales figures. Add in that you control things like your book’s price and that you can manipulate it for discount or free promotions, and you begin to see some of the options for testing your market. You can see…