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  1. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Hey Omni, Thanks so much for your encouragement and solid advice. I definitely gotta create a stronger blurb. Will do that now. BTW, the book was purchased from someone I helped out a lot with advice on Reddit. He actually bought another title of mine, UNSNAPSHOTS and wrote a nice review for...
  2. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Hey @Omni I just want to thank you! Somebody bought one of my eBooks in the Kindle store today! First sale. I accomplished this with a simple process. I enrolled my 1st book in KDP select. Inside the front matter I had a sign-up link for a 2nd free eBook, and the buyer provided their email...
  3. Jeffrey Luke

    MJ DeMarco's favorite quote

    EXECUTION 
    Here's a quote from a podcast I heard last year. I don't recall the podcast, but maybe someone else on the forum does. The interviewer asked MJ for his favorite quote. MJ said his favorite quote was his own: "Many people want to change their lives, but they're not willing to change their...
  4. Jeffrey Luke

    Good Advice from Forum & Inspiration from Gary V

    EXECUTION 
    Hi All, Just wanted to thank the forum for good advice. Specifically, @jasoncuellar123 suggested: "Maybe use Reddit as a way to market your book? Just be yourself, and offer help based on the content of your book. Maybe make your username something relevant to the book title.... So many...
  5. Jeffrey Luke

    Hitting the right channels

    EXECUTION 
    Today I'm reflecting on the advice MJ DeMarco gave in his video. I posted about it with the title "Business is like a piñata" last month. Finally I have finished the editing / product creation of my book, and it's on Amazon. I've been spreading the word via photo discussion forums and...
  6. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    MTF, Thanks for your advice. I've read it a few times. It helped me to make a few decisions, mainly to not underprice my book (it's non-fiction, a photo instruction book), and not to rely too heavily on Kindle Select to promote my book. This morning I listed this book for sale on KDP for $4.99...
  7. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    I posted this in the wrong spot. Please delete. Thanks.
  8. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your advice yesterday. I had not realized that your advice was primarily for fiction. My book is photo instruction, so it's a bit different, but I still learned a lot from what you shared. 1. I added a link on the inside front & back covers so people could get...
  9. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Looks like KDP will not allow a $.99 price if you're in the 70% royalty program. The only way to get that is to change to the 35% royalty program. It's easy enough to change...just want to see if you recommend the $.99 to start off. I have no sales yet, and was going to start at $4.99 for this...
  10. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Now I'm reminded of that advice from the "Reader Magnets" book. Give away the first book for free (or for $.99 as you suggest) and use that to direct people to another book - and in that process get their email address. That is such a smart idea, because you get goodwill be giving away a free...
  11. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Hi Omni, Can you clarify two things you mentioned in your post? 1. You wrote "Then ensure you have a proper lead capture in place to build your email list." How do you capture leads when people are downloading the Kindle book from Amazon...or is there another way you suggest lead capture to...
  12. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    I just want to congratulate you on your first sale!!! That's awesome :) Your post was a couple of weeks ago, so I wanted to check in and ask if your success has continued. Please share your book's title if that's permitted. No link necessary, but I'd like to encourage your efforts.
  13. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    I'd also like to thank you, @MTF. I am a new author and would probably have followed some of the earlier advice. I appreciate the points you made, and I can see they come from a place of experience. I will definitely put them to work today.
  14. Jeffrey Luke

    Finally, I found a need in the market. Your ideas?

    IDEA 
    Hi Envision, I only found one person who expressed a need for what I have created. I haven't formally tested it out, and I'm hoping that though only one person posted the question, others may have the same question, and all of them will find my book valuable to their photo learning. Maybe this...
  15. Jeffrey Luke

    Finally, I found a need in the market. Your ideas?

    IDEA 
    Ika - thank you for your encouragement. I really appreciate your idea to show the steps in pictures and and videos. That makes a lot of sense to use imagery to teach something as visual as photography. I will search out ways to provide pictures to show key concepts. Again, thanks for taking the...
  16. Jeffrey Luke

    Finally, I found a need in the market. Your ideas?

    IDEA 
    Hi Alexander, Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me about your friend and his websites. It is very generous of you. I'm glad to know that he's having success, and I really like your idea that I take my book content and turn it into a web course. I'm going to start this soon, and...
  17. Jeffrey Luke

    "Business is like a piñata"

    MINDSET 
    Thanks Fox. Glad you liked my post. Here's the link:
  18. Jeffrey Luke

    Feedback loop kicked on

    MINDSET 
    Hi Jason, I appreciate your advice. I'm going to do exactly what you suggest. You're right, there are so many possibilities. Thanks so much for the encouragement, it means a lot. Jeff
  19. Jeffrey Luke

    Feedback loop kicked on

    MINDSET 
    Hi Everybody, How many of you have experienced a market feedback loop? MJ has talked about the high you get when offering something of value to your market - and feeling that feedback loop kicked on. He calls it "entrepreneurial heroin." I just read a question posted on Reddit. Someone asked...
  20. Jeffrey Luke

    Kindle publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    hth, Thank you so much for telling us about Nick Stephenson's book, "Reader Magnets." I've just started reading it and it's super helpful. I appreciate you telling us about it! :)
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