Waiting on the other shoe to drop...
What am I rambling on about? I seriously am waiting on the other shoe to drop. I just finished up a blog tour, in which close to 20 bloggers either interviewed me, posted excerpts, or read & reviewed my book on their blogs. A few went on to post their reviews on Amazon/GoodReads (a HUGE thanks to those that did!) and I received a really big push in social exposure because of these bloggers and the tour host on Twitter, Facebook, and GoodReads. All good stuff, but...
Here's where the other shoe comes in: during the first 10 days of the tour I only sold two copies of my book, even with the sale price. Pitiful... but actually, that's pretty typical. The tour is not for sales, it's for exposure. I'm an unknown writer with a debut book. No and slow sales are expected. But all of a sudden, within 36 hours almost two dozen copies were purchased! Out of the blue... cannot find who/where/why. I couldn't find the book advertised on any BookBub, pixel-ink, BookGorilla or even on the 'also boughts.' This is unusual and unexplainable.
Now, for an established author, two dozen books in just over a day is nothing--they'd giggle at that. Many indie-authors I know sell hundreds upon hundreds of their e-books everyday. But MY book? That's a big deal. The weird thing is Amazon doesn't even show my book. Since I haven't qualified for a paid ad yet (due to number of reviews needed), I haven't had exposure anywhere on Amazon. Right now (and maybe forever), they only show you my book IF you know the name of it and specifically type Let Me Go into the search bar. Which means no (or slow) sales until I get the reviews--yeah, I know... chicken or the egg concept there, go figure.
Anyhoo... so I'm wondering, in the middle of all this hoopla going on all around us, who bought these books... and why?
p.s. if the other shoe is about to drop, please let it be a Jimmy Choo Shoe! That's the closest I'll ever be able to come to saying I own a pair; later on, when Book 2: Captured Again, comes out, maybe someone will drop the match to it. Size 7 1/2 (okay... an 8, but only because my feet swell)
Here's where the other shoe comes in: during the first 10 days of the tour I only sold two copies of my book, even with the sale price. Pitiful... but actually, that's pretty typical. The tour is not for sales, it's for exposure. I'm an unknown writer with a debut book. No and slow sales are expected. But all of a sudden, within 36 hours almost two dozen copies were purchased! Out of the blue... cannot find who/where/why. I couldn't find the book advertised on any BookBub, pixel-ink, BookGorilla or even on the 'also boughts.' This is unusual and unexplainable.
Now, for an established author, two dozen books in just over a day is nothing--they'd giggle at that. Many indie-authors I know sell hundreds upon hundreds of their e-books everyday. But MY book? That's a big deal. The weird thing is Amazon doesn't even show my book. Since I haven't qualified for a paid ad yet (due to number of reviews needed), I haven't had exposure anywhere on Amazon. Right now (and maybe forever), they only show you my book IF you know the name of it and specifically type Let Me Go into the search bar. Which means no (or slow) sales until I get the reviews--yeah, I know... chicken or the egg concept there, go figure.
Anyhoo... so I'm wondering, in the middle of all this hoopla going on all around us, who bought these books... and why?
p.s. if the other shoe is about to drop, please let it be a Jimmy Choo Shoe! That's the closest I'll ever be able to come to saying I own a pair; later on, when Book 2: Captured Again, comes out, maybe someone will drop the match to it. Size 7 1/2 (okay... an 8, but only because my feet swell)
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Lisa
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Sep 25, 2013 09:31PM
Figured it out: category changed to Suspense and Coming of Age. New market genre... New readers. Thank you! Sorry that my noobie was showing :(
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