Yack
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- Aug 20, 2018
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Because I have so much going on right now, I probably will only be able to come back once a week. This is definitely a long-game journey-style post and not a tutorial. There's 1,000 different ways to publish books on Amazon and a 1,000 different wonderful free resources online already who can give you much better advice right now than I can. Just posting to track my progress and to help myself stay excited ... indepth edits are KICKING MY TUCKUS.
I'm starting a new thriller series on Amazon. Planning for a 5-7 book series following a serial killer who keeps trying to turn his life around (and keeps failing). It's a fun story so far. I'm 1 1/2 books in and have a short story I'm using as a reader magnet. I'm starting this post today because things are starting to take a serious turn toward sales.
Warning, I'm tired and have had about enough editing for one day, so this post might be riddled with typos. Don't judge me.
Last week, I wrote the short story as a distraction and hired an editor to give it a professional once over. I already hired someone to create conforming covers. They look like the top sellers in the categories I'm targeting and enough like one another to know they're related. Yesterday, I finally got my domain, Facebook page/group and Insta, got a PO box, signed up with SendFox, and wrote my onboarding email sequences. (SUPER easy in SendFox.)
I spent all day (ALL DAMN DAY) formatting the book to upload to StoryOrigin (where readers can get it for free when they sub to my newsletter) and Amazon (where they can buy it for 99 cents). It's not enrolled in Kindle Select because I want to be able to give it away elsewhere, but the series will be Select. Tonight I started my Goodreads account (can't claim the book yet) and my Author Central page at Amazon.
Through StoryOrigin, you can also participate in Newsletter Swaps (where you exchange newsletter ads with other authors) and Group Promos (where you're all listed on the same page for people who want freebies or deals). I applied and was approved (!!) for a newsletter swap this week. I don't have any subs yet, so I'll reciprocate in three weeks.
Okay, so now I really have to finish those indepth edits and get my first book released. I had a few people encourage me to wait until they were all written, polished and ready to release before I did anything, but I feel like the timing is right. Keep your fingers crossed! See you next week...
I'm starting a new thriller series on Amazon. Planning for a 5-7 book series following a serial killer who keeps trying to turn his life around (and keeps failing). It's a fun story so far. I'm 1 1/2 books in and have a short story I'm using as a reader magnet. I'm starting this post today because things are starting to take a serious turn toward sales.
Warning, I'm tired and have had about enough editing for one day, so this post might be riddled with typos. Don't judge me.
Last week, I wrote the short story as a distraction and hired an editor to give it a professional once over. I already hired someone to create conforming covers. They look like the top sellers in the categories I'm targeting and enough like one another to know they're related. Yesterday, I finally got my domain, Facebook page/group and Insta, got a PO box, signed up with SendFox, and wrote my onboarding email sequences. (SUPER easy in SendFox.)
I spent all day (ALL DAMN DAY) formatting the book to upload to StoryOrigin (where readers can get it for free when they sub to my newsletter) and Amazon (where they can buy it for 99 cents). It's not enrolled in Kindle Select because I want to be able to give it away elsewhere, but the series will be Select. Tonight I started my Goodreads account (can't claim the book yet) and my Author Central page at Amazon.
Through StoryOrigin, you can also participate in Newsletter Swaps (where you exchange newsletter ads with other authors) and Group Promos (where you're all listed on the same page for people who want freebies or deals). I applied and was approved (!!) for a newsletter swap this week. I don't have any subs yet, so I'll reciprocate in three weeks.
Okay, so now I really have to finish those indepth edits and get my first book released. I had a few people encourage me to wait until they were all written, polished and ready to release before I did anything, but I feel like the timing is right. Keep your fingers crossed! See you next week...