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Recent content by ChickenHawk

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    Fighting CV19: Please send thoughts and well wishes to Greg B (Runum)

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    Oh gosh, I just saw this thread and read through all of the updates in one sitting. My heart really goes out to you! Hang in there, @Runum, we're all praying for you!
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    Using BookBub for Book Promotion...

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    Yup, I've done a lot of promoting with Amazon. As you say, it's quite pricey. It's soooooo easy to burn through a lot of money on those campaigns, that's for sure! I've had campaigns that were profitable and some that weren't. But it's been at least a year since I've spent serious money on it...
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    Using BookBub for Book Promotion...

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    IMO, BookBub has gone seriously downhill in terms of promoting indie books. All in all, I've had really good luck with getting daily deals, but it's been a few years since I tried to get one. (Thinking back, I don't think that my romance pen name was ever turned down for a Daily Deal, but this...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    IMO, one reason Amazon doesn't clean up its categories is because those trashy erotica novels spend a ton of money on Amazon advertising. Within the last few years, Amazon has gone from making money off books to making money off the PROMOTION of books. It's a terrible conflict of interest. If...
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    Pre-Order: The 10th Anniversary Hardback Edition of The Millionaire Fastlane

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    Oh wow, I'm obnoxiously happy to see this because I've been wanting a signed copy forever and wasn't quite sure how to go about it. In this case, procrastination pays off because now I get an updated hardcopy. Whoooo! Funny, I've never technically "read" The Millionaire Fastlane, but only...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    These are excellent questions. I've considered what genres I might be able to ease into under the same pen name but haven't come up with anything, partly because I've been so out of touch for months now. Who knows? Maybe poking around on Amazon will leader me to a romance-related category I...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    Man that's sobering. And even though scenarios like this are probably becoming more common, it's still tough when it happens. And it's sooooo hard to want to get back on the horse again afterward. Ugh. I wish I could disagree. On a similar note, it's become very hard to profit from a new...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    I suspect you may be right. But on the flipside, interest in self-publishing seems to have gone down quite a bit. Even on this forum, self-publishing isn't attracting many new players. Of course, this might simply be because it's gotten so much harder to make money and smarter people have moved...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    Well this is embarrassing. I saw your question when you posed it and didn't have a good answer, so I kept putting off a reply for "a day or two." Now nearly a month has passed. I still don't have a great answer, but a reply is long overdue, so here it goes... The Downsides: I'm still waffling...
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    Hyperinflation starting? What's happening in your area? Post your ground reports.

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    This would make sense, except for the fact that at 15%, the goobs in Washington will be struggling to pay interest on the bloated national debt. And since struggle is for the little people, I doubt they'll be pulling that tool out of their toolbox any time soon. Instead, the elites are...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    I get what you're saying, and thanks for the idea! But alas, distribution would be a huge problem. Book stores, in general, don't carry self-published books, which means I'd have to set up some sort of fulfillment system. Or, if you're referring to putting a higher emphasis on physical books on...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    You'd think so, wouldn't you? Looking at it from the outside, it seems pretty incredible that I've come to this decision, but here are are some details that might shed light on it. My mailing list has gotten smaller because I did some significant culling of non-responders/non-openers. About...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    My books generally star women in their early twenties, but oddly enough, my readership tends to swing a little older. From what I can tell, there's a lot of Gen-x, along with some Boomers and Millennials. If you enjoy writing, you're so smart to keep on doing it. There's almost no downside --...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    For starters, I'm going to work on the many household related things I've been neglecting for the past few years -- clearing clutter, getting back in shape, etc. I also may work on a couple of minor inventions that I've been considering for a while now -- nothing earth-shattering, just...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    Well, as usual, I've gone way too long between updates. But here's a biggie. After giving it much thought, I've decided to take a serious break from self-publishing -- a break that may become permanent. There are lots of reasons for this, including massive burnout, but the primary thing fueling...
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