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If you have a book that isn't selling, check out my blog, Why Is This Book Not Selling? Submit your book and we'll try to help you. I would love help with the books that are on my blog, if you want to go check it out and leave a comment! One new book up today: http://bit.ly/KTtJRAThanks in advance for all who hops on over and leaves a comment! Vicki |
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2011, 01:15:56 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2011, 01:27:42 PM » |
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Victorine you're a genius. That's an awesome idea. I'm excited to see the results.
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2011, 01:29:19 PM » |
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Can I join?  And now it's a new month, I have BBoS all over *sob* |
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2011, 01:30:16 PM » |
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Great idea!
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Victorine
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2011, 01:35:38 PM » |
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Can I join? And now it's a new month, I have BBoS all over *sob* Sure, I'm taking submissions for every genre except for erotica. So unless you write erotica, go ahead and submit! If you get it in quick, you'll be featured first!  Vicki |
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2011, 01:39:35 PM » |
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Good idea. I've been surprised on my Kindle mystery - since my true-crime paperback books do pretty well. Of course, they are mainly in brick and mortar stores.
So here's a little blurb about my e-book mystery. In 1875 Yosemite, twenty-year-old college student Jeffrey Talbot interacts with historical characters such as John Muir and Florence Hutchings, in tracking down a killer. Before this team of amateur sleuths have cornered their quarry, many individuals in Yosemite Valley have been murdered. The answers to who and why, puts Jeffrey, John and Florence in risk of their own lives.
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2011, 01:42:52 PM » |
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Victorine, what a clever idea! It should help people, too. Sometimes we can't see the wood for the trees (excuse cliché).
Lexi
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2011, 01:45:26 PM » |
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What wonderful idea! I think many indie authors will benefit from this. Kudos. Way to give back to the community!
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2011, 01:47:11 PM » |
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I'm taking submissions via email. To submit, email me at vicki at victorinelieske dot com. In the subject line put: Book Submission: Your Title.
In the body of the email be sure to include:
1. Title:
2. Author Name:
3. How long it's been for sale:
4. Total sold so far:
5. Link to your book on Amazon:
6. First 300 words in the body of the email. (No attachments, please!)
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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2011, 01:50:27 PM » |
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It kind of seems like a case of preaching to the choir but in a different sense. Only other authors will be visiting this site and other authors are necessarily your target audience. It would be more beneficial to target it toward readers. How do you plan on get readers to check out the site and not just other authors?
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« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2011, 02:02:58 PM » |
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I actually logged in today to ask this very question. I just published my book on Kindle this Monday and I've only sold four copies.  The book is for middle-graders, and I understand that most people who read middle-grade do not have Kindles, but I didn't expect the first week to be so depressing. I've been hitting the social media circuit like crazy (4-6 hours per day, at least). Any feedback would be welcome. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2011, 02:08:25 PM » |
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Email sent! I don't mind being your guinea pig...heck, I only sold 6 last month (my first month), 7 if you count the one that got returned  |
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« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2011, 02:14:17 PM » |
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Email sent, Vicki. Thanks!
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« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2011, 02:45:18 PM » |
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Sounds like a cool idea, but people are going to need to have some thick skins so no feelings are hurt.
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« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2011, 02:47:49 PM » |
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It kind of seems like a case of preaching to the choir but in a different sense. Only other authors will be visiting this site and other authors are necessarily your target audience. It would be more beneficial to target it toward readers. How do you plan on get readers to check out the site and not just other authors?
I've emailed, of course (because it's a good idea), but I agree with Sybil - it would be great if we could get readers to look at this as well. A mention on the Amazon Meet The Readers forum would be one idea - there aren't vast numbers of readers there, but the ones that do frequent the place are pretty hard core about their reading, and they know what they like. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2011, 02:53:45 PM » |
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Thanks everyone for submitting! The first one is up! http://booknotselling.blogspot.com/I am going to try to get some readers inputs on these. I'll be posting in places where there are readers, and I might offer up some incentives for readers to comment. If anyone here would like to take a stab at the first submission, that would be awesome! Vicki |
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« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2011, 02:54:58 PM » |
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Hmm... Not a bad idea... but kind like pointing to one's own struggles and drawing attention to 'em.
We can't know what to change if we don't know what's not working though.  Vicki |
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« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2011, 02:57:59 PM » |
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I sent my information. Thanks, Vicki.
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« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2011, 03:00:03 PM » |
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I thought this was a joke post at first, when I saw who had posted it. I was like, "Oh, hahaha. Like you never sell books." Reading the idea, though, it sounds like a good one. We get a lot of forum posts asking for feedback on covers, titles, blurbs, etc. This could be the place where those head to.
Also, I think you should add genre to the list of things that people need to tell you. I wouldn't feel comfortable giving feedback on horror, since I don't read a ton of it, but something like YA, I read a lot of and I have a definite opinion on. I think people coming to look at your blog will want to know who the intended audience is.
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« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2011, 03:07:44 PM » |
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I actually logged in today to ask this very question. I just published my book on Kindle this Monday and I've only sold four copies. The book is for middle-graders, and I understand that most people who read middle-grade do not have Kindles, but I didn't expect the first week to be so depressing. I've been hitting the social media circuit like crazy (4-6 hours per day, at least). Any feedback would be welcome. I've only sold four in three to four months. I'm about to throw in the towel and just write, write and write! |
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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2011, 03:10:37 PM » |
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Sounds like a cool idea, but people are going to need to have some thick skins so no feelings are hurt.
I agree Adam, but it's a good way to learn. All those no sales could mean much more other than genre, covers and so forth. Better to learn here than keep on writing or doing the same thing over and over. |
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« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2011, 03:23:39 PM » |
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Thanks everyone for submitting! The first one is up! http://booknotselling.blogspot.com/I am going to try to get some readers inputs on these. I'll be posting in places where there are readers, and I might offer up some incentives for readers to comment. If anyone here would like to take a stab at the first submission, that would be awesome! Vicki Woohoo! I was the first post! Thanks for doing this. I'm going to reply here because I'm having a problem with Blogger today. For some reason my cursor is not showing up in the comment box. Grrr! My reply to your critique: Thanks so much for taking the time to critique me. I totally agree with everything you said. The only qualification I will add is that I sent you two-hundred and some words, instead of the 300 you asked for, because including the next paragraph would have made my sample 361 words. I realize there's a lot of telling in the first 200 words, but the action/showing starts in the next paragraph. I hope I get some more quality feedback! I will definitely be shortening my synopsis. Thanks again for following through on this idea! |
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