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My First Month on Kindle: 25 Sales...Thoughts?

by tehering
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Okay...I took action in early June...created 3 ebooks I uploaded to Kindle...so far, 25 sales and included transactions for all 3 books...One is clearly ahead of the other two...all deal with relationships...

I'm writing three more this week in a different niche...albeit evergreen...

Thoughts?
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I think that's great for the first month. Mine never did that good! Keep writing.

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    • Profile picture of the author Hamida Harland
      That does sound quite good for your first attempt.

      I'm tempted to try writing a book for Kindle now that they're cleaning up the marketplace a bit (cracking down on the PLR etc).

      I think I'd be happy to get any sales at all as I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to Kindle!
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      • Profile picture of the author Jaymark
        Congratulations. I've heard that writing for Kindle does have some unique opportunities. If you have knowledge or ability in certain niches, this can be a great way to improve your writing career. Glad to hear of your initiall success. Please keep us informed on this Forum.
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        • Profile picture of the author tehering
          Listen folks...it is not rocket science IMO...you need to find a niche that is hungry, a topic you're interested in and then do some research, and then write your ebook...my three ebooks are in the "relationship" arena...divorce, getting ex back, marriage...there will always be a demand for good quality information on those topics because, let's face it, none of them are going away anytime soon.
          I'm writing a new one today and tomorrow focusing on "women's health"...another area that's not going away too soon...
          My advice to you all aspiring writers is to take your time, put out a good effort and then get it launched...my gut is telling me this is something that I can continue to build as a business, with a website of my own...blog posts on the topics I write about, etc...don't know if it will make me rich, but I do know that it is making me a few dollars right now...which is more than I can say for some of my other IM efforts...
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          • Profile picture of the author cage73
            Originally Posted by tehering View Post

            Listen folks...it is not rocket science IMO...you need to find a niche that is hungry, a topic you're interested in and then do some research, and then write your ebook...my three ebooks are in the "relationship" arena...divorce, getting ex back, marriage...there will always be a demand for good quality information on those topics because, let's face it, none of them are going away anytime soon.
            I'm writing a new one today and tomorrow focusing on "women's health"...another area that's not going away too soon...
            My advice to you all aspiring writers is to take your time, put out a good effort and then get it launched...my gut is telling me this is something that I can continue to build as a business, with a website of my own...blog posts on the topics I write about, etc...don't know if it will make me rich, but I do know that it is making me a few dollars right now...which is more than I can say for some of my other IM efforts...
            I totally agree with everything you said here. The advice you laid out is better than 99% of the WSO's being offered on this subject. There really is no "secret trick" to making money by publishing to Kindle.
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      Thanks Lee for the inspiration...it's funny that the most original of the three has sold the least amount of copies...
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      • Profile picture of the author cashcow
        Originally Posted by tehering View Post

        Thanks Lee for the inspiration...it's funny that the most original of the three has sold the least amount of copies...
        Most of mine are repurposed PLR exceprt for 1 and that is the only one that ever gets refunds. LOL.

        I'm not sure what your are pricing yours at, but one thing I do is start them off at 2.99 then if they sell good, raise it to 4.99 the next month. Let that ride for a month and if you made more profit than the month before, raise it up again. That way you can figure out the best price for the most profit.

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        • Profile picture of the author tehering
          Great idea Lee...thanks on the pricing bit...
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          • Profile picture of the author georgebush
            Originally Posted by tehering View Post

            Great idea Lee...thanks on the pricing bit...
            well done on your 12 sales -- just a small question -- how many pages do you tend to write for each one?
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      • Profile picture of the author Jaymark
        I've heard that there can be some great opportunities writing for Kindle. I'm a little concerned about the competition and how to shine through the crowd. But it's worth checking into further. Was encouraged to hear of your success. Thanks for sharing.
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        • Profile picture of the author tehering
          You just have to blow past that "fear"...I thought the same thing, but then put blinders on and did as I referenced here in the thread...I tell my sons the classic "nothing ventured, nothing gained" pretty regularly...gotta practice what I preach...good luck!
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          • Profile picture of the author tehering
            Just checked my Kindle stats for the Holiday weekend and noticed I sold 4 more ebooks of all three this weekend...now I've just got to figure out how to scale this sucker...
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            • Profile picture of the author Gary J Martin
              Originally Posted by tehering View Post

              Just checked my Kindle stats for the Holiday weekend and noticed I sold 4 more ebooks of all three this weekend...now I've just got to figure out how to scale this sucker...
              Congradulations. You have obviously completed several ebooks that are getting regular sales.
              There really is a brilliant opportunity with kindle right now.
              Its still relatively new, yet is gaining in usage.
              One writer I've heard of is making over a million dollars a year writing vampire books. Taking advantage of the vampire craze that's been going on the past few years and publishing only via kindle.
              Like anything else, some people will make almost zero, while others will make a killing with it.
              But if you don't put the content out there, you will never know.
              And the more content you put out there, the more chances you have of having a best seller on your hands.
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    I have to check out Kindle I think your off to a good start.
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    Do you think Amazon would accept a book if the PLR material was completely rewritten?
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      Yes, I do...write from a fresh angle and your own point-of-view...two of the three ebooks I wrote followed the same approach...Good luck!
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    I think you are doing great. I currently have 12 books on the Kindle and have only made 6 sales (most have been up a little over a month), so you are doing much better than me!
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    How much are you charging for your kindle books?
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      Two of them are priced at $3.99, one is priced at $4.99...one at the $3.99 is kicking it pretty good over the other two...
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  • Profile picture of the author popopdc
    That's a great start. Now set some goals for improvement month by month and strive yourself to meet your goals!
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    Wow there are some great ideas in here. I have only just got into kindle....but I am loving reading these success stories and there are some great tips if you go back and search this WF.

    I did see an interview on youtube with the lady killing it with novels on there, she did it for fun, and ended up making just over a million in profits lol. Good for her! but lots of potential on kindle, but i guess the spammers have been marching through recently. not good.
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  • Profile picture of the author Carol_A
    WOW! Been meaning to get more on Kindle, only have one up there right now, which hasn't sold. lol

    Too many irons in the fire for me. Need to finish up my projects and then in August hit the Kindle scene.

    Thanks for the encouragement you just gave me!

    Have a great Fourth of July weekend!
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  • Profile picture of the author Gregg
    I bought a WSO on here about Kindle formatting and it was great information…(wish I could think of it to give the author credit….sorry…). To that end, a lot of books on Kindle are formatted horribly or not at all.

    Making a good table of contents and making sure it is clickable it the key. I sold over 30 last month… my best month ever. I am building just like you… keep up the good work and congrats!
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    • Profile picture of the author cage73
      I think 25 sales in the first month is a good start. In my experience with Kindle it has taken my books at least two weeks to start seeing sales come in.

      My first book was published on February 19th, and each month since then my sales have continued to grow. I started out with only 4 sales my first month with this one particular book but since then I've topped 800 sales.

      This book ranks #1 in two out of three categories(#2 in the third category) and is now in the Top 100 rated books.

      Here is what I did (Which really wasn't much).......
      1. Had a professional cover designed. Paid $5 through Fiverr.
      2. Wrote a straight to the point description.
      3. Targeted my keywords.
      4. Created a facebook fanpage for the book.

      What has really helped my sales is the outside promotion I am getting, I have noticed that a very large number of Amazon affiliates have promoted this book in some way or another.

      I have over 20 books up on Amazon right now and although this is my best performing book I have about 5 others that are not very far behind and I've followed the same formula for all.
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      • Profile picture of the author tehering
        Very inspiring cage73...I'm thinking the same in that everything I've heard from people who succeed with Kindle has been based on sales continuing to build as time goes on...I haven't figured out the FB thing, yet, although I've certainly read about it...Thanks for your input...
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        Originally Posted by cage73 View Post

        I think 25 sales in the first month is a good start. In my experience with Kindle it has taken my books at least two weeks to start seeing sales come in.

        My first book was published on February 19th, and each month since then my sales have continued to grow. I started out with only 4 sales my first month with this one particular book but since then I've topped 800 sales.

        This book ranks #1 in two out of three categories(#2 in the third category) and is now in the Top 100 rated books.

        Here is what I did (Which really wasn't much).......
        1. Had a professional cover designed. Paid $5 through Fiverr.
        2. Wrote a straight to the point description.
        3. Targeted my keywords.
        4. Created a facebook fanpage for the book.

        What has really helped my sales is the outside promotion I am getting, I have noticed that a very large number of Amazon affiliates have promoted this book in some way or another.

        I have over 20 books up on Amazon right now and although this is my best performing book I have about 5 others that are not very far behind and I've followed the same formula for all.
        Friends

        thanks for the tips
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      • Profile picture of the author Peeps66
        Originally Posted by cage73 View Post


        Here is what I did (Which really wasn't much).......
        1. Had a professional cover designed. Paid $5 through Fiverr.
        2. Wrote a straight to the point description.
        3. Targeted my keywords.
        4. Created a facebook fanpage for the book.

        What has really helped my sales is the outside promotion I am getting, I have noticed that a very large number of Amazon affiliates have promoted this book in some way or another.
        I have never used facebook, so I really don't know about it. I have heard that one person can only have one account even if it is just a business. Is this not the case or is there ways round it?

        Why do you think you had so many affiliates promoting your book? Do you think it was facebook? What did you put on your facebook page?

        I do apologize for all the questions. it is just eagerness to know how to go about things.
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        • Profile picture of the author cage73
          Originally Posted by Peeps66 View Post

          I have never used facebook, so I really don't know about it. I have heard that one person can only have one account even if it is just a business. Is this not the case or is there ways round it?

          Why do you think you had so many affiliates promoting your book? Do you think it was facebook? What did you put on your facebook page?

          I do apologize for all the questions. it is just eagerness to know how to go about things.
          I'm no expert on Facebook but I believe you can have one account with as many fanpages tied to your main account as you'd like.

          Creating a Facebook fanpage is something I only recently did, maybe a month or two ago. It wasn't immediate. Of course, now when I publish a book I have a fanpage created within a couple of days. My page consist of nothing more than my books cover, with links to my Kindle page and Createspace page.

          As far as affiliates, I can't really say why affiliates are promoting it, other than I've targeted a pretty tight niche that is hungry for fresh, new information.
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidTT
    fot eh first month wow that is pretty impressive!

    I wished I had that amount of success when I first started. Just keep going at it!!
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  • Profile picture of the author H.Miller
    That's really great. I need to try selling on kindle. How exactly do you get started?
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      HM/KAUSTIN...I got started by purchasing a WSO here from Cory Friedman...gave me all there is to know about formatting, et al...just pick a topic you're interesed in and do the research...power through a rough draft, go back and edit and then format...best of luck!
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    Yeah, sounds really good. Scale it up now!
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    • Profile picture of the author Famook
      25 sales is great. I haven't tried the Kindle thing yet but after reading through this thread may have to jump on that boat.
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    Wow 25 sales in first month.Thats really amazing and the result of some hard work of course.Congrats!
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  • Profile picture of the author KamauAustin
    Great 1st month. This inspires me to try Kindle. I use SEO and Social media to sell ebooks. I sell eBooks through automated posts to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. But you've inspired me to give Kindle a try. Is formatting for it hard?
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I bought this WSO for formatting and it's perfect - straight and to the point and comes with a template. Before that I had to struggle to get my books in the right format:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...sy-videos.html

    It looks like she has it closed for the time being but plans to reopen it so anyone who needs it might want to keep it bookmarked.

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  • Profile picture of the author Lauryn
    Great first start. I wrote a few Kindle books. One has sold over 130 copies in its best month, averaging about $500 on that one alone. I'm definitely going to format it and begin working on better advertising and promotion ---- to this date I never bothered to promote it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Giani
    Congrats to tehering and cage73 and others

    I submitted my first last week and no sale till now. I think it has lot to do with your topic. I wrote one just to test how easy it is.

    Best is to do some research before you write.
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      That is impressive.. care to share with us the niches of your written ebooks?
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    Not bad at all. You definitely want your sales to continue growing, but not at all bad for a first start. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Charles
    Looks like a fairly scalable business. Very interesting to see the different approaches to selling ebooks.
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    • Profile picture of the author DaveBeattie
      Well done! 25 sales in a month is really good.

      Cahe63 (or anybody else!) - can you tell me how you find out if affiliates are promoting your Kindle ebooks please?

      I have a Kindle account, but can't see any way of working out if the sales are direct or from an affiliate.
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      • Profile picture of the author cage73
        Originally Posted by DaveBeattie View Post

        Well done! 25 sales in a month is really good.

        Cahe63 (or anybody else!) - can you tell me how you find out if affiliates are promoting your Kindle ebooks please?

        I have a Kindle account, but can't see any way of working out if the sales are direct or from an affiliate.
        Just do a google search for your books and you should be able to determine from there if your book is being promoted by others based on the search results.
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    Thanks Lee for the inspiration. My mind is spinning now! Hum...I think I got somehting! Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    Wow that is really good talk about taking action 3 ebooks in one month that is wassup right there
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      You can do it Isaiah..."massive action" is the phrase of the summer for me...
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      • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
        Originally Posted by tehering View Post

        You can do it Isaiah..."massive action" is the phrase of the summer for me...
        Sounds like the phrase of the year, now I'm a walk around saying that "massive action"
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    Sounds like a good start, how many books did you publish?
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    Good for you, you can write your own Ebooks,do you know of a not too expensive way to outsource the writing part?
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    It doesn't take much to write an ebook and no one said it had to be 100 pages either but you can either look here on the forum or go to scriptlance or other free lance websites to see if someone would do it but you would be better off doing it yourself
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      Nagidr...yes, Isaiah is right here...take a look at the "Warriors for Hire" section or go to Scriptlance...you can do it...best of luck to you...
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    wow, that's great sales, congrats.
    I have books more than you, but I can sell as good as you
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    Just pressed the Publish button on my first Kindle. I'd be pleased if I got those numbers the first month, I think! Especially if a good proportion of buyers signed up to my list too, which is the main point
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    Good job I think you can do it but don't get discouraged if you don't do as well it might happen a day later you never know
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  • Profile picture of the author StoneWilson
    Congrats! For the first month 25 sales is a really good start. I've submitted an book on a similar website with Kindle for over a month and no sale so far. lol~
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    • Profile picture of the author Gary J Martin
      Originally Posted by StoneWilson View Post

      Congrats! For the first month 25 sales is a really good start. I've submitted an book on a similar website with Kindle for over a month and no sale so far. lol~
      Like anything else in life, its very much a hit and miss affair.
      One person will sell dozens there first month, another zero.
      The one selling dozens will have a lot of encouragement from their results,
      but the one who sells zero definitely shouldn't give up.
      Kindle and Amazon is a really good avenue to sell additional product if you
      have a book you already sell.
      Its one of the biggest traffic sites in the world after all.
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  • Profile picture of the author doriarn
    Good luck for all,

    Selling kindle e-books gives credibility on your website as a published author as well.

    I'll look into it more and post my results.
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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    Nice stats, Kindle is a fantastic way for a new author to get their books published albeit in eBook format, only beef I have with Kindle is the 70/30 ratio in favor of Amazon
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  • Profile picture of the author Emmanuel Sopitan
    Okay...I took action in early June...created 3 ebooks I uploaded to Kindle...so far, 25 sales and included transactions for all 3 books...One is clearly ahead of the other two...all deal with relationships...

    I'm writing three more this week in a different niche...albeit evergreen...

    Thoughts?



    Great.. keep it up... Would love to know about your marketing strategy tho.
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      Outside of press releases, I do not have a solid marketing strategy...have set up a FB page for two of the ebooks, but that hasn't done much...I'm also working to sell them via Barnes & Noble's Nook, and would like to hear from anyone who's had success with selling ebooks via eBay...is it worth it?
      The best advice I can give you is understand your target market (men? women? demos, etc) and then write excellent content...
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  • Profile picture of the author whoserman
    How long are you're eBooks? I've written two myself, but they're both over 250 pages long. Not sure if Kindle is where I should publish them or not.
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    • Profile picture of the author tehering
      One ebook is around 70 pages...another is about 50 pages...and the third is around 26 pages, more of a guide...I don't know if Kindle cares about length...I think it's more about the content...is it good...does it interest people?
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    Congrats mate! Keep doing it.

    Wish you best of luck.
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    @tehering: how many pages are your ebooks generally?
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    • Profile picture of the author danr62
      Originally Posted by Osman_M View Post

      @tehering: how many pages are your ebooks generally?
      Tehering already answered this. Read the whole thread.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    That is really awesome. I recently got interested in Kindle books and read some stuff by Will Clark He has some WSO's on writing Kindle books. You might want to check out his methods of promoting your books. Very interesting.

    Keep up the good work.
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    • Profile picture of the author Your Brand Ebooks
      hmmm... I've purchased a few Kindle WSOs, this thread is motivating me to crack them open and actually read them.

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      • Profile picture of the author Robert Boduch
        Keep at it. There's no question that the Kindle platform presents an excellent opportunity for many people and the more titles you put out, the more you'll see what sells well and what doesn't.

        You can do all the right digging up front in search of a perfect niche and topic, but nothing is more valuable than the actual up-to-the-minute sales data Amazon provides for steering you in profitable directions.

        What's interesting is that sales tend to increase month after month, without any extra effort on your part. Very cool!

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        • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
          Forgive me for throwing in a random question:

          For those who publish Kindle books, do you make use of pictures in your work or do you publish without in a "novel" style?
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  • Profile picture of the author angela99
    Originally Posted by tehering View Post

    Okay...I took action in early June...created 3 ebooks I uploaded to Kindle...so far, 25 sales and included transactions for all 3 books...One is clearly ahead of the other two...all deal with relationships...

    I'm writing three more this week in a different niche...albeit evergreen...

    Thoughts?
    You're doing brilliantly. It will take time to get traction.

    Are you referencing the first book in your next books? (In the following books, as well as in the description.)

    Your aim should be to get a higher ranking for your first book, with the next ones you post.

    Eventually, because you keep referencing book #1, it will improve in the rankings, dragging your other books with it.

    You said "all deal with relationships" -- that's ideal. For your first ten books, stick with one topic area if possible.

    Then you can work on topic area #2.

    Re promotion, join Kindle Boards if you haven't already done so: Kindle Boards - Index

    You should also promote at least one book via KND: Free Kindle Books, Kindle Tips, News & Commentary | Kindle Nation Daily |

    I'd suggest also that you build a list.

    For each topic area you cover, create a blog, in order to get signups -- people who are interested in that topic.

    Yes, creating a list is a slow process. However, it will help you in the months and years to come.

    Good luck, 25 sales is great. From tiny acorns... :-)

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    It could be a good thing if you are getting a positive return on your investment. Are you getting some good positive feedback from your buyers?
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    cage73 Thanks for your ideas, I really like the professional cover and the Facebook fanpage ideas... Like Robert Kiyosaki said Best Selling does not necessarily Best Written...
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  • Profile picture of the author KenJ
    You've made a great start. Once you have a seller then it should keep going for years. That is real passive income.

    I promote some of my books with a dedicated website that points to my amazon listing. It depends on the subject of the book.

    I list some of my books on createspace and sell a paperback version as well.

    Good luck with your new titles

    Kenj
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  • Profile picture of the author Sean D Kelly
    Congrats on being a successful Kindle publisher. Certainly take advatnage of the Barnes & Noble platform.

    If you have eBooks that are selling well, turn them into a paperback and use a Print On Demand service like Lightning Source or CreateSpace.

    A good standout cover always ups those sales!

    Best,
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    • Profile picture of the author zamzung
      Originally Posted by Sean D Kelly View Post

      If you have eBooks that are selling well, turn them into a paperback and use a Print On Demand service like Lightning Source or CreateSpace.
      That's a great advice... especially because I found out that paperback books are selling better than Kindle books, at least for me... so if you have a "winner" on Kindle, don't think too much before releasing a paperback version too...
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Gram
    I think it's an excellent start!

    If you have not done this already, make sure you have a page in your book that links to your blog, website, or about the author along with an email sign up form.
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