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11 years ago

Somone maybe found the title of your book good!

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angshuy2k

11 years ago

Congratulation! for your sale. No, I have surely haven't got that many sale on the 1st day , that means you are surely doing really well. Or might be the niche that you have targeted is rare to find and really untouched niche by some others.

pm me about the book.

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Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

So I published a new book to Amazon Kindle yesterday morning.

Logged in just now and surprised to see 10 new sales.

I haven't started ANY marketing or promotions at ALL yet - literally all I did was hit publish and then forgot about it.
Nobody knows the book is published (not even family or friends), so naturally no reviews either.

This is the first book I have ever had this experience with, so I found it quite strange.

I'm curious if something like this has ever happened to anyone else?

Edit: Also, this book is fiction, so does not have the keyword advantages of non-fiction.

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AigulErali

11 years ago

Congratulations, keep it going...test and scale up

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Adie

11 years ago

Congratulations. I also have one boo in Amazon. It's been 4 months in there and so far the book has made 370 sales. It's a moneymaking ebook. I am going to publish my first fiction this January.

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DWK

11 years ago

Congratulations on making those first sales. I'm interested in learning more about publishing Kindle books, but I will probably spend too much time kicking the wheels first.

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motley

11 years ago

Congratulations! You have definitely done something right. Try to analyze your success, what exactly have you done. Cover? Description? Listing Title? Or may be you have published in a high-demand niche? Every thing is important, especially if you want to duplicate your success with next books.

Keep going!

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

For all those who have PMd me, sorry - I don't feel comfortable sharing the link to my book at this stage when I have just released it. Would you if it was yours?

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aprilm

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

For all those who have PMd me, sorry - I don't feel comfortable sharing the link to my book at this stage when I have just released it. Would you if it was yours?

Alot of people welcome the competition, but I'd say you are spot on wanting to keep competition at bay at this stage of the game. Kindle publishing is just like internet marketing in my opinion, and you certainly don't see IM'ers throwing their well researched niches or goldmine keywords around.

Congratulations on your sales! That's awesome!

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LilBlackDress

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

For all those who have PMd me, sorry - I don't feel comfortable sharing the link to my book at this stage when I have just released it. Would you if it was yours?

I understand how you feel.

Not that long ago I saw two books side by side at Amazon. One was ranked #3 in PAID and other #3 in FREE. They both had almost the exact same cover and exact same title. It was such a blatant copy. I took a screenshot in case I ever want to show an unethical Kindle author.

However, when I searched for the copycat at a later date Amazon had removed it.

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donhx

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

For all those who have PMd me, sorry - I don't feel comfortable sharing the link to my book at this stage when I have just released it. Would you if it was yours?

Of course you should share it. That's how to sell books.

I can only guess you are ashamed of your book, otherwise you'd want the world to know about it. The whole point is to promote your work to the maximum.

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by donhx

Of course you should share it. That's how to sell books.

I can only guess you are ashamed of your book, otherwise you'd want the world to know about it. The whole point is to promote your work to the maximum.

Hmmm, not sure I quite follow your logic here...Last time I looked, the Warrior Forum was not a place where people flock to buy contemporary fiction? :s

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mywebwork 11 years ago

Originally Posted by donhx

I can only guess you are ashamed of your book, otherwise you'd want the world to know about it.

So let me get this right - Lou started this thread because he was ASHAMED of his book? This is your ONLY guess as to why he won't give a link to it?

:confused:

A number of good reasons for not divulging the books identity have already been mentioned on this thread - perhaps you should read them and take another guess.

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arranrice

11 years ago

Congrats on the first sale on amazon! 10 sales in a day is very very good, I suggest you do a 24 hour free promotion to get reviews then... you will get more sales after the promo is finished.

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Cheers Arran, yes. I will be doing a free promotion shortly. I definitely have cracked something with this book and done things differently than all the others.

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

In case anyone needs more evidence showing just HOW important a fantastic book cover is - go to the Kindle eBooks bestsellers section of Amazon, and at the top you'll see Amazon provides customers with 2 options to view:

1) Detail
2) Image

Option 2) Image shows ONLY the cover image - no text for the title, no text for the author - absolutely nothing but the cover image.

Have a bad cover and you stand little chance.

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Anthony Fesalbon

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

In case anyone needs more evidence showing just HOW important a fantastic book cover is - go to the Kindle eBooks bestsellers section of Amazon, and at the top you'll see Amazon provides customers with 2 options to view:

1) Detail
2) Image

Option 2) Image shows ONLY the cover image - no text for the title, no text for the author - absolutely nothing but the cover image.

Have a bad cover and you stand little chance.

Congratulations Lou. Thanks for pointing out the importance of book cover.

Hey, I didn't know that you can browse with image only option. Good tip.
Now, my eyes are feasting with great looking book covers...really awesome.

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Dude-Dastic

11 years ago

Nice to hear that you're making sales with no promotion. With a book of my own in the works, I hope to be able to sell a few.

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

In case anyone needs more evidence showing just HOW important a fantastic book cover is - go to the Kindle eBooks bestsellers section of Amazon, and at the top you'll see Amazon provides customers with 2 options to view:

1) Detail
2) Image

Option 2) Image shows ONLY the cover image - no text for the title, no text for the author - absolutely nothing but the cover image.

Have a bad cover and you stand little chance.

Is this true of certain browsers? I can't find the image only option. :confused:

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dude-Dastic

Nice to hear that you're making sales with no promotion. With a book of my own in the works, I hope to be able to sell a few.

Is this true of certain browsers? I can't find the image only option. :confused:

I'm using Chrome right now - which browser are you using?

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Dude-Dastic 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

I'm using Chrome right now - which browser are you using?

I'm using FireFox.
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- Lou Murphy 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dude-Dastic
  
  I'm using FireFox.
  
  Interesting. I have Firefox installed as well as Chrome and just checked - I also can't see it in Firefox.
  
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  Anthony Fesalbon 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Lou Murphy
  
  Interesting. I have Firefox installed as well as Chrome and just checked - I also can't see it in Firefox.
  
  Image option works on my Internet Explorer and Chrome. Can't see it on my Firefox too....
  I'm looking at my iPhone via Safari right now, but nothing for Image option too.
  
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InternationalWidget

11 years ago

Sometimes, something seemingly ordinary or insignificant to you may be just the opposite the general public. It's like when I designed websites, or logos, I'd offer up 3 versions. There's one or two I really like, and one I dislike. Inevitably the one the client liked was the same one I hated.

Maybe you stumbled on to something good here! Maybe it was the cover, maybe it was the title. Or maybe someone noticed it and it got featured somewhere?

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LilBlackDress

11 years ago

Originally Posted by InternationalWidget

Sometimes, something seemingly ordinary or insignificant to you may be just the opposite the general public. It's like when I designed websites, or logos, I'd offer up 3 versions. There's one or two I really like, and one I dislike. Inevitably the one the client liked was the same one I hated.

Maybe you stumbled on to something good here! Maybe it was the cover, maybe it was the title. Or maybe someone noticed it and it got featured somewhere?

Definitely agree with you on covers. One book I wrote was just not doing so great. I liked the cover but decided to change it and BAM things took off for the book. So definitely tweaking the cover can be helpful.

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J Bold

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

Edit: Also, this book is fiction, so does not have the keyword advantages of non-fiction.

But it has the benefit of being something people want to buy on their Kindle reader. Yes, there are a few non-fiction best sellers every now and then (The Secret and also the book by that Seal who was on the kill Osama team for just two examples in recent years), but what Kindle readers love to read and buy 9 times out of 10 are fiction books, without a doubt.

So way to stumble into a hot reading Kindle niche!

Much congrats.

Keep it going. Write more books under the same pen name and build your audience. Rinse and repeat, man.

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by J Bold

Yes, there are a few non-fiction best sellers every now and then (The Secret and also the book by that Seal who was on the kill Osama team for just two examples in recent years), but what Kindle readers love to read and buy 9 times out of 10 are fiction books, without a doubt.

You're definitely right about this, which is why I put my main focus on publishing fiction.

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Paul Gram

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

So I published a new book to Amazon Kindle yesterday morning.

Logged in just now and surprised to see 10 new sales.

I haven't started ANY marketing or promotions at ALL yet - literally all I did was hit publish and then forgot about it.
Nobody knows the book is published (not even family or friends), so naturally no reviews either.

This is the first book I have ever had this experience with, so I found it quite strange.

I'm curious if something like this has ever happened to anyone else?

Edit: Also, this book is fiction, so does not have the keyword advantages of non-fiction.

I have definitely heard of this happening with some of my author friends. Sometimes, books that are newly published show up on a "hot list" or "new" and that can definitely give you some sales like you described.

Good start...now it's time for the marketing!

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esuresh

11 years ago

Congrats Man. Inspiring one.

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curly sue

11 years ago

I have worked at Amazon during xmas season, trust me this is by far the best time to sell anthing at Amazon. People go crazy, they buy anything.

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madzstar

11 years ago

wat is the name of your ebook? I would really like to know

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mywebwork

11 years ago

That's a great start Lou, congratulations.

I am curious at what you priced your first book at?

Bill

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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by mywebwork

That's a great start Lou, congratulations.

I am curious at what you priced your first book at?

Bill

Hi Bill,

I started off at $2.99 so I could take advantage of Amazon's higher royalty level.

Also, this is not my very first book published to Kindle, but it's the first one that has got sales with zero effort.

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tpw

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Lou Murphy

Hi Bill,

I started off at $2.99 so I could take advantage of Amazon's higher royalty level.

Also, this is not my very first book published to Kindle, but it's the first one that has got sales with zero effort.

Was it a shorter book like a chapter book?

Or was it a longer title, more akin to a full novel?

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Lou Murphy 11 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

Was it a shorter book like a chapter book?

Or was it a longer title, more akin to a full novel?

Normally, I don't really publish anything less than about 20,000 words... in my experience with fiction, anything shorter than that has resulted in less sales.
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- joefizz 11 years ago
  
  Fiction is one of the best avenue's to pursue in Kindle, so well done!
  
  Keep going...
  
  Llwyddiant!
  
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  Lou Murphy 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by joefizz
  
  Fiction is one of the best avenue's to pursue in Kindle, so well done!
  
  Keep going...
  
  Llwyddiant!
  
  Joe
  
  I agree, I've always done better with fiction than non-fiction.
  
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  joefizz 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Lou Murphy
  
  I agree, I've always done better with fiction than non-fiction.
  
  ...maybe...I should too...thanks Lou!
  
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  Lou Murphy 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by joefizz
  
  ...maybe...I should too...thanks Lou!
  
  Llwyddiant!
  
  Joe
  
  Yes, Joe. Go for it.
  I started out with non-fiction too, and I do think it can be a good place to start if you've never published to Kindle before. But I soon realized fiction is what sells the most on Kindle.
  
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Lou Murphy

11 years ago

It's a longer title, longer than a chapter book.

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wyppah

11 years ago

Well done on sales. Any update, how many have you sold now?

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Lou Murphy 11 years ago

Originally Posted by wyppah

Well done on sales. Any update, how many have you sold now?

It's been a pretty steady 8-10 sales per day so far... touch wood.
Only just got a couple of reviews up today and will start some promoting soon.
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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

This is normal. Amazon gets a ton of buyer traffic everyday. Keep up the good work. Sounds like your product is high quality.

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FreeMeal

11 years ago

How much would you say your book's success was down to your cover?

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Lou Murphy 11 years ago

Originally Posted by FreeMeal

How much would you say your book's success was down to your cover?

Hmm... I'm actually still doing some experimenting at the moment to figure out exactly:

a) Everything I did differently with this book.
b) How do I develop a system to replicate its success with other books.

So I can't really give a proper answer to your question yet.

What I can say is, there are multiple factors that are key to a book's success.
And the cover is a BIG one - one that you can't afford to be sloppy about.
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