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  1. ChickenHawk

    LLEONE's Self-Publishing Fiction/Non-fiction Ebook Journey

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    Nice! I think you're off to a great start with the description, but I'd like to throw in a few suggestions. One thing I've heard is that readers are notoriously afraid to try an author's first book, because they assume it's probably not that great. Once it becomes a hit, however, the fact that...
  2. ChickenHawk

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    This is probably a stupid question, but by what method do you do this? Do you email them a PDF? Or maybe do the freebie on Smashwords thing? Or, should you try to mail them an actual print-version? (I know some giveaway programs require hard copies, so that's why I mention this.) It blows my...
  3. ChickenHawk

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

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    Thanks so much! I'm using MailCheat(Chimp). I haven't yet sent a mailing, but so far, I've been really happy. One of the things I like is you can create and post a signup link without actually having your own Web site. Since I didn't have a Web site at the time, this was perfect. And it's free until...
  4. ChickenHawk

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    Wow, you're taking some serious action, congratulations! 1. Bravo for avoiding Facebook, Twitter, etc., until now. I know a lot of people love them, and find ways to get use out of them. But I know many more people who spend a ton of time there without much to show for it. 2. About returns...
  5. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Ohhhhh, that's right! Sorry, I wasn't thinking. That's an excellent point, though, about Wrangled. I'm assuming that if you get it finished, you'd be able to add a little blurb at the end of Rustled to point people to Wrangled? I've heard that those free promos can really give a boost to the...
  6. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Oh man, it would be SO sweet if you had anything close to this kind of result. Aside from the exposure, this has to be some serious money. Crossing my fingers for you!
  7. ChickenHawk

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

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    So far I've done almost zero. This book is first in a two-part series, so I planned to save all my promotional time/effort/money for when I had multiple books. I did buy the domain name of my pen name, but that was mostly to keep someone else from grabbing it. But then, after the initial sales...
  8. ChickenHawk

    LLEONE's Self-Publishing Fiction/Non-fiction Ebook Journey

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    Those percentages are interesting, aren't they? My husband (who's not a writer and has no interest in becoming one) made an astute observation. A lot of people think, "Hey, I'll write a book. Anyone can do it, right?" Then, they get their computer set up, their coffee poured, and sit there...and...
  9. ChickenHawk

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

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    Thanks so much, and congrats on finishing your novella! That's AWESOME! And for what it's worth "only" 45K words. Hah! That's still a TON of words, IMO. If you haven't already (I apologize if I've just missed it), I hope you'll start a thread highlighting your background, your journey, your...
  10. ChickenHawk

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

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    I'm not worried that someone will copy me. If anyone here wants to copy a successful book, they could just go to Amazon and model a book ranked much higher than mine. Mostly, I'm just a naturally modest person and value my privacy. (EDIT: The more I thought about it, the more I found this...
  11. ChickenHawk

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

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    Thanks for the congrats, and for sharing details! It's really interesting to see the trajectory. $10K a month, WOW, even several months later. Man, that's seriously impressive! It reinforces the need to keep going and push out those titles, because you never know which one will break out. And...
  12. ChickenHawk

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

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    Wow, that's awesome! Aside from COSenior's most excellent advice, it might be worth getting on your public relations hat to see if you can drum up any publicity. Remember that gradeschooler who sold that book "how to talk to girls," it was a terrific seller because the story was picked up by...
  13. ChickenHawk

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

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    Well, it's official. I QUIT MY JOB!!!! Everyone was really excited and supportive of my decision, and oddly unsurprised -- probably because I'm always doing weird stuff like working on inventions, blogs, books, game shows, whatever. Alas, most of these things were spectacular failures...
  14. ChickenHawk

    Hello from Denver - self publishing success

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    I don't have nearly as much experience, but I'll second this ratio. Even so, I was glad to have the CreateSpace version for all the aforementioned reasons -- price anchoring, better page counts, a more professional look. I'm not sure I'd go through the trouble for a shorter work though. It took...
  15. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    I love it! You did a great job of capturing the flavor. My vote is for keeping the vast majority of it, as-is, with a few exceptions, in particular words that might cause the reader to stumble, visually. For example, I'd eliminate words like "ould'a been" and "hadn’t've". I think you've done...
  16. ChickenHawk

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

    GOLD! 
    That's the million-dollar question, isn't it? I wonder the same thing. Take the first four books I published under a different pen name. Three were in a series starring the same character. They were of a similar length, a similar plot, similar everything. Book one did, eh, not much. But that was...
  17. ChickenHawk

    Lurve stories for fun and profit [progress thread]

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    WOW, how long did it take to build up such a huge list? That's pretty darn impressive! Funny, I was shocked to see that you had a day job. With all the books you've been putting out, I guess I figured you did this full time, or sheesh, double-time. Again, impressive!
  18. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Wow, congratulations!!! I've heard that it's really hard to get accepted by Book Bub. Limited slots, lots of demand -- that really says something about your book. Please keep us posted on how it goes!
  19. ChickenHawk

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

    GOLD! 
    First of all, THANKS everyone for all the encouragement! And I'm beyond honored to have this gold threaded. I've been smiling about it for days! An update. In a little over three weeks, I've sold more than 8,000 books. Wow, just reading those numbers, I can hardly believe them myself. Somebody...
  20. ChickenHawk

    My self publishing story - with NO Romance/Erotica

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    I can't wait to her more about your journey! About the no romance/erotica, I started out with the same approach. Personally, I LOVE romance books. I've been an avid reader forever, and actually wrote two romance novels before the one I most recently published. (I'll be getting back to those...

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