6 Weeks Into My Kindle Experience

Hey All..


Let me first say that Kindle publishing is a truly part-time venture for me. I have plenty of online and offline activities keeping me quite busy. When I get a chance for myself, I write. I always have. Now I just get to monetize that writing.

I studied Kindle publishing for about several months before I published my first title. It wasn't the writing that was giving me trouble. Coming up with the content was easy. Like I said, I have been writing (for recreation) for a long time.

The thing that was my stumbling block was the submission process. After having just published my 7th title (went live today), it seems so silly now to think that I let that delay me. But I did. And others have too.

Pros:

- low stress
- I have been averaging a new title for sale once a week
- first month commission is $145, second month should be around $300

Cons:

- I have not used my author page at all. I don't even know where to find it. I have used a pair of pen names, but I would like to create an author page. (If anyone can guide me with this I's SO appreciate it. Just send me a PM)
- I am not capturing buyers. I know I should be, but I haven't. I do have a blog set up that showcases all of my title, but that's about it
- I have only published on Amazon. I haven't published anything, anywhere else. Partly to use the Kindle Select Program (although with recent changes, I'm not sure how beneficial keeping my titles exclusive to Amazon will be to me)

Going Forward:

I don't like that most of my titles are in a single niche. I'd like to diversify my writing so as to diversify my risk.

Finding good niches to write about is a fun game.

Much Success,

JoeMack

P.S. if anyone can give me additional pointers or tips, it would be much appreciated.