Hi.
I have published 4 books so far (basically it's only two but with semi-translated versions (they are EFL guides)).
Anyhow the first 3 I did nothing re: trying to make them attractive. The last one however I tried a few techniques. I don't know exactly what worked but it was probably a mixture of everything....and I definitely noticed a (big) pick up in pace of the sales.
1) give a lot away. This gets you on the also bought list and you will have a lot more potential reviewers.
2) tell a story in the description (there is a thread about this somewhere on this forum from zend***phin: Thanks). I basically just told the story of why I wrote it.
The next tips were from these books: (there is a ton more in these books regarding getting sales): Kindle Publishing Package: How to Discover Best-Selling eBook Ideas + How to Write a Nonfiction eBook in 21 Days + 61 Ways to Sell More Nonfiction Kindle Books eBook: Steve Scott: Amazon.co.uk: Books
3) Be exclusive. This book was 99.99% in English (unlike my other translated one) which is intimidating for the market I was going for, so I made sure I excluded anyone who wasn't up for the challenge. Apparently this discourages bad reviews.
4) Format the description box. This makes the description look like the rest of the Amazon page...so it looks a bit more 'official'. Here's what I used: A Little Kindle Secret That Has Boosted My Book Sales
5) Tell people to buy the book. Yup, I actually told people 'buy this book by pressing the button on the right'. I don't know if I would do this for a novel ..But maybe.
6) I asked for reviews. Within the book I asked people to review my book (another reason to give a load away). This worked and my sales went up after I got my first review. My other books have not been reviewed so I'm guessing that asking for reviews works.
Hope that helps.
I have published 4 books so far (basically it's only two but with semi-translated versions (they are EFL guides)).
Anyhow the first 3 I did nothing re: trying to make them attractive. The last one however I tried a few techniques. I don't know exactly what worked but it was probably a mixture of everything....and I definitely noticed a (big) pick up in pace of the sales.
1) give a lot away. This gets you on the also bought list and you will have a lot more potential reviewers.
2) tell a story in the description (there is a thread about this somewhere on this forum from zend***phin: Thanks). I basically just told the story of why I wrote it.
The next tips were from these books: (there is a ton more in these books regarding getting sales): Kindle Publishing Package: How to Discover Best-Selling eBook Ideas + How to Write a Nonfiction eBook in 21 Days + 61 Ways to Sell More Nonfiction Kindle Books eBook: Steve Scott: Amazon.co.uk: Books
3) Be exclusive. This book was 99.99% in English (unlike my other translated one) which is intimidating for the market I was going for, so I made sure I excluded anyone who wasn't up for the challenge. Apparently this discourages bad reviews.
4) Format the description box. This makes the description look like the rest of the Amazon page...so it looks a bit more 'official'. Here's what I used: A Little Kindle Secret That Has Boosted My Book Sales
5) Tell people to buy the book. Yup, I actually told people 'buy this book by pressing the button on the right'. I don't know if I would do this for a novel ..But maybe.
6) I asked for reviews. Within the book I asked people to review my book (another reason to give a load away). This worked and my sales went up after I got my first review. My other books have not been reviewed so I'm guessing that asking for reviews works.
Hope that helps.
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