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What’s Your Beef?

By Jackie Weger Posted in Books, eNovel Authors at Work, Trade Craft , , , , , , , | 24 Comments »

The Naysayer’s Rant

Golly.  Not a day goes by that I don’t read a  blog spewing unhappy rhetoric about Amazon, KindleUnlimited subscriptions and KENP. I was going to quote a blog post today before I responded here, but wisely I visited Amazon and looked at the author’s book ranks. Here they are:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,296

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #588,727

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,870

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,959,586

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,371,610

416,732 KENP pages read in October, 2015 + 400 units sold. Figures accurate to 10/20/15.  
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eNovel Authors Report Promotion Results Part V

By Jackie Weger Posted in A sense of Place, Back Porch Cyber Chatter, Book Reviews, Books, eNovel Authors at Work, Kindle Countdown , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments »

Small Campaigns Work Just Fine

Big Red. Patience Prevails

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eNovel Authors Report Promotion Results ~ Part 4

By Jackie Weger Posted in Back Porch Cyber Chatter, Books, eNovel Authors at Work, Shout Out!, Trade Craft , , , , , , | 24 Comments »

Welcome again to the Cyber Porch…

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Tick my photo to see the results of Kindle Countdown deal.

Hello, and welcome. I’m Jackie Weger, the founder of eNovel Authors at Work. This is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting  indie author promotion results. Getting our books visible to a buying public is one of our toughest jobs. It helps to have a factual baseline so that you can decide for yourself if your promotions have the results you hoped. Some promotions, such as virtual book tours are for exposure to new audiences.  We seldom see sales from ebook tours–however many stops on  
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Book Promotions ~ Indie Authors Report Results Part 2

By Jackie Weger Posted in Back Porch Cyber Chatter, Book Promotion Event, Books, Shout Out!, Trade Craft , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments »

What can you expect when you put an ebook in promotion?

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We hope to answer that question here. This is the second in a series of articles in which indie authors share their actual experiences in the  ehow of  
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Setting Up House & Mother’s Day

By Jackie Weger Posted in Back Porch Cyber Chatter, Book Promotion Event, Kindle Countdown, NEW RELEASE | 9 Comments »
Jackie on the banks of the Fowl River, Alabama

Jackie on the banks of the Fowl River, Alabama

 New Release…on Sale… and a few other tidbits to share….

 

Good evening readers and fans. I am so sorry I have been neglecting you. Indie authorship is a steep learning curve and I’m still finding my way.  I do want to share some news.  I have created my first boxed set with my three most popular novels to date. Erin Dameron-Hill designed a sensational cover. Monday, May 04, 2015 is the official launch of Setting Up House,  priced at  99¢ through Mother’s Day, May 10.  
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INDIE AUTHOR MYTH BUSTER

By Jackie Weger Posted in Book Reviews, Books, NEW RELEASE , , , , , , , , , , , , | 33 Comments »

 Yes you can! PROMOTE  a book without a single review

 

New Release Promoted w/o reviews

New Release Promoted w/o reviews

In spite of what you hear and read on author blogs, Linkedin, on Facebook pages, author forums, and chat rooms, you darn sure can promote your book without a review. How such toxic information managed to find such a poisonous and penetrating life in our indie author universe is beyond me.  I am weary of listening to it and I’d like to put it to bed. Here is the single complaint that plagues me the most:  
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CREATIVE GUILT

By Jackie Weger Posted in Books, Shout Out! , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments »

What makes you feel guilty?

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What’s Doin’ with Your Books in 2015?

By Jackie Weger Posted in Books, Kindle Countdown, NEW RELEASE , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments »

Striking a Balance

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2014 has been a rip of a year in our indie universe. New promotion sites went online, Amazon tossed Kindle Unlimited into the mix in July  and the frenzy of Christmas books and collections literally swept the boards clean, and  indie authors have been trying to figure out the market ever since. Now the question is: What can you do in 2015 to get a slice of  the indie pie and put your books in front of readers?

The first rule: Promote.  
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Women of Murder, Mystery & Mayhem

By Jackie Weger Posted in Book Promotion Event, Books, Kindle Countdown | No Comments »
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Fragmented

by Collen Connally

The first in the Boston’s Crimes of Passion Series! A pulse-pounding thriller! Ms Connally’s first murder mystery delivers! Suspenseful…shocking…a psychological thriller— leaving readers on the edge of their seat. Cameron Quinn is caught in a web of deceit. Protecting her brother from being framed for a murder places Cameron in untold danger. When the real killer diverts his attention to her, she has nowhere to turn, especially not to the man she shared one unforgettable night… who now is trying to put her brother in prison. A “must read” for any suspense lover!  
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The Perils of Pauline vs Indie Authorship

By Jackie Weger Posted in Book Promotion Event, Books, NEW RELEASE, Shout Out! , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »
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Do you remember silent films? And poor Pauline tied to the railroad tracks, a huge black locomotive chugging toward her, the train whistle blasting and the music thundering? I forget the hero who always rescued Pauline… I liken digital publishing to the Perils of  Pauline–except  we don’t have a lovely hero…we have to rescue ourselves when our careers or books are on the edge of a cliff on in front of that dang train bearing disaster upon us. I just this week rescued No Perfect Secret  and a blot on my career within minutes of a train wreck.  
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