Kindle doubts

You could incorporate as a publishing company and promote the different kinds of books and the different pen names all on the same site. That would reduce a whole lot of redundant work and costs. Consider working on one website and spend the rest of your time writing.

Well, I personally wouldn't create a website centered around one book. It might have some effect, but I don't think it would be worth the time invested. You'd have to spend so much time getting traffic to the site, etc.

But it could perhaps be well worth it in the long run if you plan on releasing several books in that niche. That way you could use the site to opt people in and sell them more books after they've bought the first one.

As a side note, publishing through Smashwords to places like B&N, iTunes, Kobo, etc, can earn you a decent percentage more sales than if you just went with Amazon.

I hope you do well.

When I first started out, I created web sites for my kindle book, but it did not help any. Also, it takes time to create good web pages. Yeah, those web sites cost money. Hey, it is not just the domain name. Like we got to pay for hosting and bandwidth use. Yeah, we spent a lot on promos. Sadly, there were a lot of bills to pay. That said, those actions did not help my sales to increase.

What did help was getting big name reviewers. Also, getting bloggers to feature my new book boosted sales some. Social media was not a waste of time, but the effect was at a minimum. Free days did increase my exposure. However, that did little to help sales go up. Being in the "HOT NEW RELEASES" is a big plus, and negative reviews a major minus.

If you still do want to promote your book with a website - get a free blog on blogger and also an account on you tube as those are free, and they do not charge for bandwidth use. Trust me, add up your pennies.

The whole point was not to increase the sales by getting new traffic. The point is to make a good impression on the traffic that has already found my book on Amazon, but I suppose a few good reviews may do the trick as well, without all the work and money spent on a website and domain.

Nathan, I suppose I can't publish my book on both Amazon and Smashwords, right? I'd have to choose between one of them and, frankly, Smashwords sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip.

A website for each product is a bit too much... but a hub for the author and/or the publishing company is part of the package.

Many authors have weebly sites, the free version.

Hello. I have done quite well on Kindle without using any form of external promotion. Amazon reviews count a lot! Also, the amount of traffic Amazon receives is unbelievable. My advice is to get a book or two released then develop a dedicated author's website (or blog) to use as a way to connect with your readers.

What I do is create a free Blogger blog for the pen name I am using, not for each individual book.

And I have found that it DOES help my sales. At the back of all of my books (for that particular pen name), I direct readers to the free Blogger blog.

On the blog itself, I have images and descriptions to all of the other books that the pen name has published.

I do get repeat buyers doing this, and I will continue to do this.

Best wishes,

KateD

Make a website for each author not each book. Offer a free report at the back of your books to help collect email addresses. Then you can email customers about your new books etc.

You can create one Squidoo lens or a Zujava Leaf to promote every ebook, besides promoting other ebooks in the same page. Don't create too many though, because you won't be able to drive traffic to all these pages. It’s better to concentrate your attention on the types of ebooks that attract the same readers and create a page for every group of readers that like the same things.

I have a website for a 'series' of books that I launched on Amazon. There are constant references to this website throughout the book. The idea is to drive people towards that particular website where they can invest in my consulting.

Worked pretty well so far.

Oh well, I think it's worth using a free platform then, just to build an e-mail list. It will be my first book on Kindle, and it is in a subject I understand quite well.

The plan, for now, is to write just one book, but if it works out well I can always write more and let my readers know via e-mail. Or, as I'll have a high filtered e-mail list, I can promote an offer.

Thanks for all your tips.

You definitely need a website for your BRAND. Depending on the circumstance, you can either have individual sites for each book or have pages for each book on your main site.

It's usually best to have a main branding hub and then have a page for each book along with an optin list form, free chapters, video, blog, etc.