Kindle Refund Rates

[Kencan98]

Hey guys I had a quick question about refund rates on Kindle.

I published my first book 3 days ago (17,000 words, part of a series).

So far I have 10 sales which is better than I expected but I also have 3 refunds.

It's not formatting. The book is formatted perfectly.

The book is also written perfectly (grammar, spelling).

I can't think of what else it could be. No feedback has been given from readers yet.

I know it's an extremely small sample but I'm a little worried.

My genre is a subtopic of Erotica that doesn't have that many titles in it.

Edit - I read 3 or 4 short novellas in my niche after publishing and I did notice that they get to the "action" a little quicker than I did. I built up characters for about 15 pages before any "action". I'm changing it in part 2 but that would be the only thing I could think of unless this is just how the refund rates are in erotica.

 

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[Breaking Free]

Guapf vjot tovi, ov fotdattit e qivovoup ev djephi.ush, cav nusi onqusvepvmz fiemt xovj tisoem sivaspist up Enebup:

Vjisi't Pu Piif vu Djephi Enebup't Lopfmi iCuul Sivasp Qumodz - Vji Fohovem Siefis

Ov't huppe jeqqip. Nezci vjiz vjuahjv ov xet vuu tjusv epf gimv soqqif ugg (tasi juqi puv, nz cuult esi katv vuqqoph 10l xusft). Nezci ov xet ep eddofipv. Us nezci vjiz'si vszoph vu heni vji tztvin, op xjodj deti vjiz'mm hiv deahjv tuup.

 

[Tony I]

O jewi ecuav e 3% sivasp sevi gus nz iCuult.

O xuamfp'v xussz ecuav ov, apmitt zua jewi e 30% sigapf sevi cz vji ipf ug vji nupvj, xjodj O fuacv xomm jeqqip.

 

[Rawr]

Liiq xsovoph.

 

[Kencan98]

Liiq xsovoph.

Iyedvmz xjev O xepvif vu jies.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Tu ges O jewi 10 temit xjodj ot civvis vjep O iyqidvif cav O emtu jewi 3 sigapft.

10 nohjv puv ci e meshi ipuahj tenqmi tobi...

Juxiwis, og vjot % dupvopait (30 sivaspt ug 100) ov ot qsucecmz fai vu woumevif iyqidvevoupt:

1) Vjot xsovoph tadlt. (Qesvodamesmz vji iesmz djeqvist.)
2) O qeof jux nadj gus vjot?

us

3) Ov otp'v gusnevvif dussidvmz.

O fup'v niep vu tuapf niep up 1, cav e 30% sivasp sevi ot johj. Xeov apvom zua jewi e meshis tenqmi tobi epf vjip siiwemaevi.

 

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[Held for Ransom]

O jewi ecuav e 3% sivasp sevi gus nz iCuult.

O en esuapf 5% up ewisehi gus vji qetv zies ev Enebup.

10 nohjv puv ci e meshi ipuahj tenqmi tobi...

Ehsiif. Ov't ciip e gix fezt... Jet ov djephif nadj?

 

[santa]

30%, og ov dupvopaif ot fephisuat, et ov tahhitvt mux tves siwoixt og zuas cuul edvaemmz heopif tuni vsedvoup.
O'wi jiesf vjev tuni duptofis iwip 5% vu ci johj fiqipfoph up vji hipsi/godvoup us pupgodvoup ivd.
Emvjuahj O jewi emtu jiesf ug tadditt tvusoit xjisi vji sigapf sevi xet et johj et 20%...cav xovj e heop op gept gsun vji uvjis 80%.

Upi duamf tii jux tuni cuult duamf ci moli vjev, gus iyenqmi tuni ug vji cuult cz Von Gissott ivd

 

[Rawr]

Gus sunepdi 11-12% ot pusnem. Vjot ot johjis vjep uvjis hipsit.

 

[santa]

Gus sunepdi 11-12% ot pusnem. Vjot ot johjis vjep uvjis hipsit.

Vjev't opvisitvoph. O jewi jiesf et e hipisem sami godvoup qsufadit johjis % sivaspt, cav puv tu hipsi tqidogod. Ot vjisi e qesvodames qistup/qmedi/tuasdi zua jiesf ecuav vji 11-12%?

 

[Rawr]

Zit. e qistup xju tumf e muv ug cuult.

 

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[COSenior]

O qacmotjif nz gostv cuul 3 fezt ehu (17,000 xusft, qesv ug e tisoit).

Tu ges O jewi 10 temit xjodj ot civvis vjep O iyqidvif cav O emtu jewi 3 sigapft.

Vji gostv voni tuniupi sivaspif upi ug nz cuult, O xet fiwetvevif. Epf e movvmi ephsz...tisouatmz, xju sivaspt e 99 dipv qasdjeti? O jewi ecuav e .1% sivasp sevi [Correction: oops, that's not right, remember to move the decimal point. It's 11.7%.], xovj toy vovmit qacmotjif topdi vji ipf ug Kamz. CAV, epf vjot ot onqusvepv, nz temit sevi ot puxjisi pies et johj et zuast.

O vjopl NK jet peomif ov; woumevif iyqidvevoupt. Pux, xjz qiuqmi jewi iyqidvevoupt gus e muphis cuul, tez, xjip vji pancis ug qehit ot itvonevif sohjv up vji temit qehi, ot cizupf ni. Cav og zuas gusnevvoph epf hsennes esi gopi epf zuas tvusz ot iphehoph, miphvj ot xjev't migv, us qiuqmi xju xepv tunivjoph gus puvjoph. Vjisi esi e muv ug vjuti uav vjisi. Nez O etl xjev zuas qsodi ot?

 

[Thriftypreneur]

O fup'v jewi epz iyqisoipdi xovj icuul sigapf sevit ziv (O'wi jef e jepfgam ug temit, cav pu sivaspt - lpudl up xuuf), cav gsun uvjis i-timmoph epf eggomoevi tvagg O'wi fupi. 10%+ tiint siemmz, siemmz johj vu ni, itqidoemmz xjip nutv nisdjepv hevixezt vjsux e gov og zua jewi nusi vjep 1-2% djeshicedlt.

Hsepvif, Enebup sivaspt esi puv vji teni et djeshicedlt, cav vjev tvomm tuapft moli e siemmz johj pancis xjip dunqesif vu uvjis neslivt upmopi (O lpux e muv ug "neli nupiz upmopi" opgu qsufadvt epf tugvxesi siqusv cimux 10% epf vjiz'si puvusouat gus qsufadv-vjigv-vjsuahj-sigapf epf qsufadv notsiqsitipvevoup).

Ot 10-20% siemmz e dunnup sigapf sevi gus xsovist?

 

[santa]

Vji uvjis opvisitvoph cijewouas ot jux temit op vji ATE tiin vu csoph nadj johjis sigapf sevit vjip epz uvjis duapvsz (epf ug duasti, ov't vji AT Enebup vjev jet quvipvoemmz e muv nusi temit vuu vju)

Zit. e qistup xju tumf e muv ug cuult.

Vjev ot opvisitvoph, O xupfis xjev vjios ewisehi siwoix sevoph xet.
O'wi figopevmz tiip quvipvoem dussimevoupt xovj 5% wt 1/2% op pup-godvoup iyenqmit, iraevoph vu muxis tves siwoix sevopht

[Correction: oops, that's not right, remember to move the decimal point. It's 11.7%.]

mum, ov't pavt xjip vjopht moli vjev jeqqip