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  1. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    That $40,000 in June was just from consulting. My income from Kindle (an extra $20,000 or so per month) is separate. Yes, all my books are outsourced. I have an assistant that helps me to get review swaps for my books. My Kindle income has grown a lot and continues to grow. I earned around...
  2. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    It has certainly been a while! I have been really focused on growing my publishing business and related activities the past few months I kind of abandoned this progress thread. I thought I'd return for an update that might encourage and inspire people here who are on their own journey to...
  3. Ziva

    Does anyone here keep a Journal?

    MINDSET 
    Yes. Using a journal is a very important part of my process. I use the concept of the "5-minute journal", which involves every morning writing out gratitudes and critical outcomes for the day and my specific goal (I work on 3 month timeframes for goals). Then every night, I write out 3 successes...
  4. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Hey All, I thought I'd post an update since it's been a while. February was my best month yet. Using the KU borrow rate from the month prior, I estimate that my income from Kindle publishing for February was $12,500 CAD. My process is getting stronger and more stream-lined and effective. I'm...
  5. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks! 2015 is looking great for you too! My books are all $2.99. I have about 100 books published. Most of my income comes from KU borrows. I'm considering increasing the prices of my books potentially increase borrows. What is your pricing strategy? How many books do you have now? I'm still...
  6. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Ahem.... Woman :) Thanks!
  7. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Happy belated New Year everyone! I've been keeping productive with my process and haven't checked in here for a while. Thought I'd post an update. I reached my goal for Dec.31, 2014! For the month of December I made approximately $10,620 CAD. My goal was to be making $10,000 per month by Dec...
  8. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Hey All! I've been MIA for a while from here so I thought I'd post about my progress. I've been super busy and focused, dedicating all of my open time to this business. I've substantially cutback on the time I put into my other business (slowlane) so I can maximize the potential of my Kindle...
  9. Ziva

    Trying Out Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Awesome!! Way to take massive action. I'll definitely be following your progress :)
  10. Ziva

    PROGRESS THREAD: How I quit my Job to pursue a Self-publishing Fastlane Journey

    PUBLISHING 
    Great results! Totally agree with you that action should be guided by what the market has said it needs and wants. I publish steamy romance stories, but I don't love that niche. I certainly am not passionate about the actual stories I publish, but i am passionate about the process I am...
  11. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Many of my books are in the first few results for some of their keywords. I take note of these keywords and regularly check to see if they have kept their position in those keyword searches. My last few weeks have not been very productive. That hit in sales that happened mid-October really...
  12. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    The past week has been frought with delays setbacks, and challenges for me. Something peculiar happened on Friday morning when I noticed that close to half of my books lost their excellent keyword rankings, and were either far into several pages of the keyword results or I couldn't find them at...
  13. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Most of the stories are under a single pen name, but I do have a couple under another one. I have two series, one with three books and the other with four. The rest of my books are stand alone.
  14. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Hi Mattie. No, I don't do any marketing or advertising at all. I just run a free promo on every book shortly after it's published and I have all of my books listed in a section in the back of every book.
  15. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    I had a productive week with 3 new publications ( 2 new books and one "bundle"). My sales have really escalated in the past week, which has been awesome and really motivating. My results are confirmation for me that my process is working and that I am providing something with these books that...
  16. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Hey Mattie, Thanks for the input. I also have read some TERRIBLE ebooks. I agree, you can tell when non-fiction books have been outsourced and they definitely lack heart and soul. I only publish fiction. I have outsourced writers who write stories for me and I edit them personally, putting my...
  17. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    The writers I have worked with have been mostly from the US, and a couple from Africa and Asia, but with outstanding English skills. The quality of the writing I receive from the writers is OK as a skeleton only. I do a lot of editing to all the books. In my experience, fiction writers work...
  18. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah, we are definitely opposites! I'm in a genre where Createspace is non-existent, as far as I know. The discreet nature of smartphones and e-readers makes them the perfect media for people to read cringeworthy steamy romance stories... haha.
  19. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Yes! I'm looking forward to it. As you can see from my sales dashboard, my KU borrows by far outnumber my paid units. I saw on the KDP site that the KDP Select Fund for October is 3 million, which is the same as September. Maybe the royalty per KU borrow will be around $1.54 again? I guess we'll...
  20. Ziva

    Giving everything I've got into ebook publishing

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah, I run the stories through copyscape. I also have a ghostwriter agreement I use with all of my writers. Are you into ebook publishing Bananas?
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