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  1. ChickenHawk

    Amazon visibility for new books.

    PUBLISHING 
    Hah! I agree with this one. I hate to admit it, but I LOVE slot machines. But this is sooooo much better!
  2. ChickenHawk

    Amazon visibility for new books.

    PUBLISHING 
    Have you accessed your author dashboard? It doesn't have exactly what you mention, but it does have some nice features, like graphs of individual book ranks, author rankings, etc. If you haven't already, it might be worth playing around with.
  3. ChickenHawk

    Amazon visibility for new books.

    PUBLISHING 
    My vote? You should start on your next book and try to stop (at least for now) thinking about sales for this one. As someone who checks my stats waaaaay too often, I know firsthand that it's easier said than done. But overall, the very best thing you can do to market book #1 is to write book...
  4. ChickenHawk

    RICH KIDS

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    In front of our sixth-grader, we've started underplaying the amount of money we're making. A couple days ago, he decided he needed new inline skate wheels. They were $72, not an unreasonable sum. But his skates were less than a couple months old, so this seemed a bit extravagant. I told him he...
  5. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    I would, assuming the voice, storylines, and ages of the main characters are similar enough. My current project trends much closer toward romantic suspense compared to my first two books, and that's how I may classify it, if only to gain new readers. This may be risky, but I think there's...
  6. ChickenHawk

    Trying to get in the fastlane while my wife rides the slowlane

    HOT! SLOWLANE PEOPLE 
    Ah, a most-excellent question...Oh yeah. Definitely! He shows quite a bit of interest in my projects these days. In fact, the difference is pretty stark. It's not that he was technically unsupportive before, but his interest level was mildly polite at best. These days, he'll gladly help me solve...
  7. ChickenHawk

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Hah! You keep telling yourself that, mister! :)
  8. ChickenHawk

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Hah! Well, at least you know it, so that's a start... :) It won't help you with the editing decision, but it might help you understand where your sales are coming from or how your categories are working for you. How BAD does it need editing? Is it littered with spelling and grammar mistakes...
  9. ChickenHawk

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Oh wow, how exciting!!! You must've done something right, congrats! Did you see if your book is appearing on the hot new releases list? I'm betting it's at least appearing there for your genre. As far as whether or not you should edit it, that's hard to say. Does it need editing?
  10. ChickenHawk

    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    That's a really good idea, so I do appreciate it! One challenge I struggle with is that whatever I offer, I'd like it to be timeless, so I don't have to update my books due to a change in the incentive. For example, if I offered a short story, I could probably say, "For a free short story..."...
  11. ChickenHawk

    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    I have to agree with this. @Gymjunkie , you offer some valuable insight here, but when it's couched in such a way as to imply that the other person is a closed-minded boob, that insight is less likely to be heeded, or even taken seriously. See, this is a perfect example. You pose an awesome...
  12. ChickenHawk

    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    Oh, another note...(Now I'M blowing up your thread, hah!) I remember reading that a writer's influences from other genres will go a long way in keeping your story interesting. For example, if you're writing romance, but read mysteries, that a certain "mystery" flavor will creep in and add some...
  13. ChickenHawk

    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Amen to that! I wrote my last two books at a super-fast speed, for me anyway. We can spend a ton of time fine-tuning our books, hoping to make them 5% or 10% better, only to find that our time is better spent hitting "publish" and moving on to the next book. I think you're on a terrific path...
  14. ChickenHawk

    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    One thing to consider...To get a (traditional) publisher, you'll probably first need to get an agent. Getting an agent takes a great deal of time and energy. And sadly, the odds of getting a good agent to represent you at all are approximately 1 in 10,000. Plus, the whole process takes forever...
  15. ChickenHawk

    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    I really like this idea. A question...How do you stop people from just sharing the thing without signing up for the email? Or doesn't that matter in the long run? Thoughts? Because I've got to be honest, other than actually producing the incentive, the fulfillment is what makes me cringe.
  16. ChickenHawk

    Hunting Ecommerce Site to explode!

    EXECUTION 
    Welcome to the forum! I love the concept. My husband's a HUGE hunter, btw. I hate to say this, especially at this stage of your launch, but...Are you SURE you want to go with that URL? Lots of people shop from work. I'm not sure they'd hit any site with "shit" in the title. Plus, knowing my...
  17. ChickenHawk

    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    @COSenior may have been talking about me, but I'm not 100% sure. In any case, I have about 1,800 on my email list without doing any giveaways. This isn't a snotty question, but a genuine question. What do you consider incredbly big? When I started out, I'd have considered 500 big, and anything...
  18. ChickenHawk

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Yup. I can relate! I also get comments about "bad grammar." It honestly perplexed me until I concluded that it's my tendency to break a lot of English-composition rules for stylistic purposes. I begin sentences with "And." I have sentences that aren't sentences at all. Example: "It was a dog. A...
  19. ChickenHawk

    My Fiction Attempt

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    I think it's the time-factor combined with the fact that it's become super-easy to get free books, so it's not really viewed as a true benefit or "gift" anymore. I've got tons of books on my want-to-read list. But if they're not available in audiobooks, there's a slim chance they'll get read any...
  20. ChickenHawk

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    I agree with Thrifty. Overall, your reviews are good. Trust me, as someone who receives more than my share of crappy reviews, this isn't a deal breaker. Your book is still rated four stars. That's the same rating as mine. Between my two books, I have at least 50 reviews that are one or two...

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