Tips for Self Promotion, Sales, and Advertising discussion

I'm over at the fab WG2E blog today talking about my indie journey, and how I went from 200 rejections to Amazon top 200! Why not stop by and check it out...feel free to leave a comment! http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.c...

Happy Reading!

Sibel XX

That's pretty awsome! Congrats!

Thanks so much! :)

your welcome! :)

Congrats! This has given me more incentive to push forward myself. I have made the decision to self publish. Your story gives me motivation to not give up. Much success to you.

Thanks, Lia! Wishing lots of success! We can do anything we want to if we believe in ourselves! :)

Sibel wrote: "I'm over at the fab WG2E blog today talking about my indie journey, and how I went from 200 rejections to Amazon top 200! Why not stop by and check it out...feel free to leave a comment! http://the..."great!! I like your humor as shown in this article.

Thanks, Pat! We need a bit of humor in our lives to stop us going completely nutso! :)

Congratulations! That's wonderful. I'm very impressed with your sales, and I'm hoping you can offer me some advice. I have two full-length novels out. Both have gotten good reviews by established places and Following My Toes won an Indie Excellence Award. They're priced cheaply and I think the covers look good. I write a blog and post on GoodReads whenever I can. I've given out review copies and tried to connect with people. Yet my sales aren't nearly what I want them to be. Is there something else I ought to be doing? Laurel Osterkamp

Hi Laurel, thanks!

It seems like you're doing all the right things! Congrats on the Indie Excellence Award, btw, that's fab. Following My Toes sounds good and I just bought it! :)

Another thing to look at would be trying to get it in the top 100 genre categories on Amazon. If you have part of a genre that's a little unusual, it can work in your favour. These are the categories you pick when you upload to KDP. You used to be able to have 5 but now you can only have 2 :( If it gets listed on them, it gets on more recommendations and lists from Amazon, which is good advertising.

Also, try and get featured on websites like Pixel of Ink, Frugal Ereader, Daily Cheap Reads. Other than that, I think you're doing everything you can! Wishing you loads of luck :)

I just published and am glad to have comradeship, even if it is just in the reading of forums like this one. It makes me feel better. I don't want my writing to be about numbers and sales, but looking at how many books I've sold is so tempting. It makes me anxious, though. How do I stop thinking about sales and just love writing like I used to?

Congratulations, Sibel! It's inspiring to hear that you've kept after your dream and are seeing it come to life!

Inglath Cooper

Inglath wrote: "Congratulations, Sibel! It's inspiring to hear that you've kept after your dream and are seeing it come to life!

Inglath Cooper"

Thanks Inglath! :)

Heather wrote: "I just published and am glad to have comradeship, even if it is just in the reading of forums like this one. It makes me feel better. I don't want my writing to be about numbers and sales, but look..."

Congrats! Hope everything works out really well!

Very inspiring! I shared the post online, too :)