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  1. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Edit: Actually, I just re-read your post, and you're right. Instead of adjusting the category selection interface in the publishing dashboard, all they've done is assign specific keywords to allow you to select those unlisted sub-categories - they don't appear to be for ranking for Amazon...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Yes. Emailing them and asking them to manually place you in a category or sub-category. Avoid this at all costs unless you're trying to get into a newer category that there simply isn't another way into (it's my understanding, and I may be wrong, that there are only a handful of these types of...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    "Also Bought" Observations and Thoughts There's no denying the power of appearing on other books' "Also Bought" lists. Without being ranked in categories, these pages allows you to grab more real estate on Amazon and make sales. One best-selling book holds 90 other books in it's "Also Bought"...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Complete Guide to Amazon Category Keywords After nearly two months of pulling my hair out, I've finally tested and solved the Amazon Category Keywords. After experiencing how much of a royal pain this was and being unable to find complete information online regarding this, I'm posting this here...
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    Self-Publishing Resources and Websites

    GOLD! 
    I have no problem with the advice he gives, in fact, I think it's very good advice for people who are trying to turn writing into a fastlane type business. I even prefaced my original reply by stating there was solid advice being given. The only thing I spoke up about was the fact that, as a...
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    Self-Publishing Resources and Websites

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    $1-2k per book is a lot more than probably 99% of self-publishers are able to invest. I think that's a safe assumption. I'm not "bemoaning" anything, or "wishing things were cheaper." (not entirely sure how my writing budget even came up in this). I only made the comment I did because I find...
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    Self-Publishing Resources and Websites

    GOLD! 
    I saw that thread. Sure, there's some good advice scattered around in there. But the most of it just seemed to be holier-than-thou drivel to piss on up-and-coming self-publishers who don't have a large budget. Typical, "you're not a real writer unless..." type stuff. No thanks.
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    How are your short stories doing?

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    I'm debating on adding a few short stories (<10K words) to my "to write" list, to either feed into my current work or begin leading into my next series. Just curious how you all are doing with shorts and are there any tips/advice/tactics you have found useful with them?
  9. Thriftypreneur

    Hello from Denver - self publishing success

    GOLD! 
    Anything special you did to get the ball rolling? When I publish, it seems my books disappear into the void before anyone can find them.
  10. Thriftypreneur

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    www.getcoldturkey.com There ya go. Additionally, this is "Book as Event" mentality. I'll see if I can find the article... one moment.... http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=10282 In summation, the only thing that matters is the process. Live the process, love the process (writing). The actual...
  11. Thriftypreneur

    Take new job, or stick with hustling in AM until I can get fastlane going?

    I think taking the job would be smart. Money gives you options you won't have otherwise. As for the time thing, if you can set aside 2 productive hours a night, and really work them, I think you'd be surprised at what you can get done. I was working on affiliate sites during my last job and I...
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    For me, personally, I would love to get to a point where I could start building a backlog of books waiting to be published. I think it would be awesome to get to a point where I'm working on a story while having 6-10+ waiting in the wings, and getting on a very consistent, sustainable release...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    I wish it was 6 straight hours of fingers-to-keys writing, but there's scene mapping in the beginning, short breaks during, and a little editing at the end; however, the majority of the time is writing and crafting words (I write slow :(). It's really just my "shift," so to speak. And thanks...
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    Kindle Refund Rates

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    I don't have any experience with ebook refund rates yet (I've had a handful of sales, but no returns - knock on wood), but from other e-selling and affiliate stuff I've done. 10%+ seems really, really high to me, especially when most merchant gateways throw a fit if you have more than 1-2%...
  15. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Milestone Update Book Two in my series is now published (yay!). I just have to pray that it doesn't take a month to get it in the proper categories, like the last book. On that same note, I've learned something interesting in regards to getting your book in categories using keywords... The...
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    Compiling with Scrivener on PC? Help.

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    I wasted an entire day on it, lol. I, eventually, just exported it to an OpenOffice document, and then, exported it through Writer to HTML for uploading (thanks for the idea COSenior). I guess that's how I'll do it for the remainder of this current series, since the look and feel of the books...
  17. Thriftypreneur

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    Great, great start. Well done. :)
  18. Thriftypreneur

    Compiling with Scrivener on PC? Help.

    PUBLISHING 
    I see all that, and I've been toying with the settings, figuring out what each one does and how it relates to a compile, but I'm still getting funky errors. Like, for starters, in the Kindle preview, despite having set text to 12pt, just like my last book (which displays perfectly, as far I can...
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    Compiling with Scrivener on PC? Help.

    PUBLISHING 
    As per this page: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A17W8UM0MMSQX6#sale I've only published via HTML before. I'm finding that compiling to epub or mobi produces tons and tons of formatting and spacing errors, regardless of the changes I set in the "compile formatting"...
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    Compiling with Scrivener on PC? Help.

    PUBLISHING 
    I've almost got it doing what I want. I have it set to add "###" between scene documents, but upon compile, they're not there. Anyone know how to get it to do something it says it's already doing?

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