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  1. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    4/1 Update It's been a while! As much as I wish I could sit here and tell you a story how the wife and I took a nice trip to somewhere warm while we continued to reap the benefits of selling books, I can't. Second full month in the books, and there was some good and some bad for it. The...
  2. Erock87

    Lurve stories for fun and profit [progress thread]

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    Amazing Aubrey, I don't know how you push out that many words while keeping your job, but I envy you. And by the looks of it, you're experiencing some great success right now. Congrats!
  3. Erock87

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Do you have any plans to stop ghost writing and dedicate your time to yourself, 100%? As you know my position, I'm interested on your stance as a successful author to continue to write for other people. Funny - I remember before you had tennis elbow...and now it's the throat! This is the...
  4. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    COS, No problem at all - glad you brought it up. My end game is to be a publisher working with authors, this is my beginning / intermediate step to it though. I completely agree with your concerns being a feasible consequence, which is why I want to try to establish myself as a publishing...
  5. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    VG, no problem, I'm always glad to help. I really am just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to help. If my advice is valuable, imagine how valuable HfRs, COS, and CH's advice is! If you haven't already, I highly recommend reading through their threads, start to finish. It's what got me...
  6. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    I will echo CH's sentiments, as well as point out how grateful I am that she and COS continue to provide guidance around the forum - very useful! VG, it's not simple - I can tell you that. My wife and I generally ask for works around 18k words, and our goal honestly is to have someone put the...
  7. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    Sort of. but not exactly. I'll research what the titles are of the best selling books in a genre, but that's about it. Ultimately if I feel like a title fits my story - I'm going to use it. I don't copy titles, but just because it's your title won't stop me from using it. For example, "Forbidden...
  8. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    Not a problem at all! I do not have any reservations about details - I have learned much from people's threads, so I will attempt to be as transparent as possible! A short disclaimer about my wife's story - I haven't read it yet. She went ahead and published it after having her and a friend read...
  9. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    Thanks CH! It's my wife's story, and I just asked her how she came up with the title and she told me she just felt like it fit. Neither of us have ever heard or read the other (more successful) story. I told her about the situation, and she said she would either re-title it, or make it...
  10. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    3/8 Update What a week! I want to start off by mentioning that we have eclipsed our total February sales in the first week of March! That is awesome for us, even if we are working on such a small scale. In no particular order - our weekly progress: My wife sold her first book (my avatar!)...
  11. Erock87

    Calling All Authors and Self-Pub'rs

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    I agree with Dave. While I'm sure you will have success with it and others will find it useful, I wouldn't visit it. I frequent this forum because it's full of like-minded individuals, but even now I only check this once every few days (I try to limit the amount of time I spend on websites)...
  12. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    3/3 Update Where does time go?! Been out of the loop a bit, I had training this past weekend, so I was in the field from Friday evening through Sunday evening. Got back late last night, spent some time with the wife and son, and was passed out soon thereafter. Even if I ever get to a...
  13. Erock87

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Sorry to hear about the elbow, COS, but we are very interested in tracking how effective you find this. I imagine you would almost have to outline everything first, and then dictate it as to make coherent sequences. Keep us posted!
  14. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    Thanks! I actually did research to see what words were commonly affiliated or associated with "paranormal", and then from there narrowed down a list of words that I could string together to make a name. I landed here. Glad you took note of it, because I didn't just randomly pick it from thin...
  15. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    I guess I was concerned about using one pen name to cross genres (go from erotica to paranormal erotica) that I wanted to separate them, and then I decided to make it a male pen name for variety. If I find from now that the female pen name has much more traction, then I will channel more books...
  16. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    Thanks, CH! The funny thing is I had another cover designed for this story which had a guy and a girl in a romantic pose, but decided to use this one. Since I'm only using 3 days for this free promo, in a couple weeks I may use the other cover and see how that compares for the other two days...
  17. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    Thanks for the support COS. For my most recent free promo, Forbidden Lusts, I had I think 150 downloads the first day with a mediocre cover. I may be biased, but I'd like to think my Spirit of Love cover is decent, and its a longer story (so if anyone bases their downloads based on length). I...
  18. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

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    2/26 Update Spirit of Love is now live in the kindle store for free. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMQ2FI4/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 My first story under this pen name, comes in at just over 30k words. Hoping to eclipse 200 downloads today (baby steps, COS!). Started editing my next book...
  19. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    2/23 Update What a weekend! We hate the notion of trading 5 for 2 right now, but that is the reality we live in right now. So you may recall that I re-covered one of my books that was hit with the Adult flag last week. I'm glad to say that it's been re-uploaded under a new cover, flag has...
  20. Erock87

    Starting off as a Publisher

    PUBLISHING 
    2/20 Update Ahhh! Speed is a bonus, but only if you're ready for it. Wife and I were accelerating too much, so we had to pump the breaks a bit. Right now we have resubmitted our initial book (Deviant Sister) that was flagged as adult for re-submittal. It has a new title (Deviant Desires), a...

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