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  1. Selfy

    Made barely anything from erotica, any advice?

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    I'm writing my third erotica book. Chose one at random. Milking fetish anyone? I don't expect erotica to be as strong as romance to be honest. There are some trends that you can catch, and that's what I hope to accomplish with mine -- but all in all -- I think the money might not be in erotica...
  2. Selfy

    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    500 in books in four days *drool*
  3. Selfy

    I need book reviews. Please PM.

    I need book reviews. Please PM.
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    I even get borrows from tomorrow's date. Then it reflects to the correct day, a day after. Maybe that was what you were referring to? ie. Just checked. And I have five borrows already on tomorrow's date. lol this is so fun.. mayn.
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    If that was the case, then there wouldn't be any effect on sales ranking. My books takes approx six minutes for an average reader to blast through 10% btw. (I can do it easy 3min) This could be bad for indie. Could be good. Who knows? As long as sales are not drying up, I continue to write.
  6. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    Selfy Training: Another refinement for the writing process. Lesson on using emotional thesaurus After writing book as quickly as possible and fixing as much structural components, there should be a pass of marking where a particular emotion needs to be amplified, then reiterate through using...
  7. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    The Borrow Parameter There's now this component called the borrow. Which is a function of the new Kindle Unlimited offering, which started in the middle of month. I could have cared less about borrow before I started this venture, but now those blue-borrow spikes have surpassed my sales...
  8. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    Selfy Training: When a book is uploaded without hitting the publish button, letting it marinate for several days, the faster "the review" time turns when published. Thus, the faster the book becomes live, with a window of approx <2 hours. If you do a dirty-quick upload, it might take up to <12...
  9. Selfy

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    Released book, got 7 borrows in less than one hour. No sales. It's going to be real interesting how Kindle unlimited affects things.
  10. Selfy

    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

    GOLD! 
    Another giganormous income spike for chickenhawk is coming.
  11. Selfy

    Creating my Fastlane with fiction books

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    That's a cute avatar you got. An owl bird. lol. Welcome.
  12. Selfy

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    I tried searching for this information, but got more confused. When does borrows update as dollar-sales in kdp? Revenue from borrows, unlike purchases, does not show on KDP as sales in "real-time" correct? A lot of this is just speculation until the numbers are settled. This is the closest I...
  13. Selfy

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    According to a podcast that @ChickenHawk listened to, it increases by 10% of a buy. So you'll need 10 borrows to get the same effect as 1 buy.
  14. Selfy

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    No free promos at my end. Would a borrow even affect sales-ranking? I'm guessing not, but that would be exploitable. Such a dramatic rise in borrows, it's getting exciting how this would pan out. Must write faster! GET THE BALL!!
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    So my borrows is spiking. Previous record was 1borrow/day now hovering at 11borrow/day. Is this a good thing? Do I get paid for this? Or will I only get paid if they read more than 10% -- something -- ?
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    double post. mayn.
  17. Selfy

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    Is this good or is this bad? Please enlighten me. Especially for someone who wants to churn up the books. Already I have seen a spike in borrowed books. I still get paid the same though for the 2.99 price point -- I get $2 on it. What does this change exactly?
  18. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    Why do I keep doing that to myself? Writing books that have abysmal sales when clearly the market wants me to write a particular genre. Shot myself in the foot. I'm done with being creative. DAMN IT. If it aint gon be selling, i aint gon be writing it. //end rant
  19. Selfy

    Amazon visibility for new books.

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    Yeah tried it. For someone who has 10 books out, it gets rather tedious to check which book produced which sale. Ugh. I think we all need an ebook on kdp addiction recovery. It's like the slots-machine, seriously -- I need the high of the sale! Hold on.. gotta refresh kdp again..
  20. Selfy

    Amazon visibility for new books.

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    Speaking of stats -- are you using KDP or is there a better 3rd party way of checking the sales on each title? It seems like pain to check which books are selling. It would be nice if there was a graph with each of the titles in different colors and an aggregate.

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