This looks fun...
Monday 28 September 2015
Tuesday 11 August 2015
Monday 3 August 2015
Putting The Price Up
I'm in a funny place at the moment, contrary to most other authors, my book does not sell well on Kindle, but it does sell well on Amazon through CreateSpace.
This is the book here << Click on This is the book here
So I've put the Kindle version up in price from $2.99 to $4.99, making it a 50% discount on the paperback version. What may have happened is the lower price meant lower quality in most readers minds.
Another observation, it seems to come down to what kind of book you have to sell. Some do well on Kindle, while others lend themselves to the physical copy. There is no absolute in terms of what to do.
This is the book here << Click on This is the book here
So I've put the Kindle version up in price from $2.99 to $4.99, making it a 50% discount on the paperback version. What may have happened is the lower price meant lower quality in most readers minds.
Another observation, it seems to come down to what kind of book you have to sell. Some do well on Kindle, while others lend themselves to the physical copy. There is no absolute in terms of what to do.
Thursday 30 July 2015
Friday 17 July 2015
Saturday 27 June 2015
CreateSpace Expanded Distribution
Something I didn't see the importance of but just ticked the box and forgot about it, turns out to be very significant. I'm talking about making my book available to resellers. I don't get as much out of each sale as I'm no longer the retailer, but the book is made available across a much wider platform. Basketball Obsession is now being added to resellers inventory all the time, with prices as high as US$31.69 (must be a mistake, I think it's meant to be $13.69). One reseller has a secondhand copy and a new, with the secondhand copy higher priced than the new one.
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Kindle Library Rule Changes
Good news for writers of longer work with readers who see the book through to the end. Kindle have changed the rules relating to how writers get paid for loans from the Kindle library.
In the past writers got paid a share of the cash pot for every read past 10% of the book. The obvious response to that would be for writers to write short reads, or books that simply fell over past the 10% mark. It made no difference if the book was finished or not.
Now Kindle will pay based on the average number of pages read each month. Good writers, who have longer work that readers finish, will get more.
In the past writers got paid a share of the cash pot for every read past 10% of the book. The obvious response to that would be for writers to write short reads, or books that simply fell over past the 10% mark. It made no difference if the book was finished or not.
Now Kindle will pay based on the average number of pages read each month. Good writers, who have longer work that readers finish, will get more.
Sunday 31 May 2015
Wednesday 13 May 2015
Friday 8 May 2015
Treasure trove of NZ classics
From Creative NZ...
Auckland University Press has produced a treasure trove of more than 240 classic New Zealand books, some long out of print, as ebooks in multiple formats for readers in New Zealand and around the world.
With the support of Creative New Zealand, Copyright Licensing New Zealand and the Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund at the University of Auckland, the Press has mined fifty years of great publishing to bring back its classic books in these new formats.
Good to see...
Friday 1 May 2015
21 Dumb Mistakes To Avoid
That's right, we've all made mistakes, this blogger has some good tips:-
http://boostblogtraffic.com/ebook-mistakes/?hvi
I like this piece of advice
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I like this piece of advice
#9: Quitting Just Before it Gets Easy
After you’ve been working on your e-book for weeks, perhaps months, you may find that you’ve not made the progress you’d hoped for.
Whatever the exact cause (illness, workload, etc.), you’ve hit a wall. You aren’t even halfway through the draft, and there’s a long way to go.
Thursday 23 April 2015
Wednesday 22 April 2015
Monday 20 April 2015
New Novel, Nelson Author
The Cry of the Kuaka
NZ Author Roly Andrews, no idea what this is like but the premise sounds interesting.
Friday 17 April 2015
Wednesday 15 April 2015
What's Your Book Worth as a Movie ?
Thought about that ?
The following article outlines the rules and gives you an idea, but of course you should have an agent and lawyer too!!
http://wagstaffnet.blogspot.co.nz/2009/09/seeking-magic-number.html
Would a Producer or Studio want your book
and if they do how much should you settle for?The following article outlines the rules and gives you an idea, but of course you should have an agent and lawyer too!!
http://wagstaffnet.blogspot.co.nz/2009/09/seeking-magic-number.html
Monday 13 April 2015
Tuesday's Choice Selection - Great eBook Reads on Kindle
A selection of the best, just click on the picture and go through to purchase. The below are currently FREE
Sunday 12 April 2015
Basketball Obsession on Kindle, it's a local story
Basketball Obsession is having its last free day on Amazon, Monday New Zealand time, get it free and enjoy the read, set in New Zealand and basketball scene in Nelson...
Tips on self-editing
A brief blog entry with useful tips on picking up those mistakes in your manuscript...
http://www.jmd-reid.com/writing-tips/self-editing/#comment-7240
http://www.jmd-reid.com/writing-tips/self-editing/#comment-7240
Friday 10 April 2015
NZ Business and Sci-fi - look inside and buy on Amazon Kindle ebooks
Mixed reviews but an interesting premise, let down by poor editing...interesting nonetheless
Thursday 9 April 2015
This One Looks Interesting on Amazon Kindle
From the blurb...Dave's no superhero, even if he does have a very unusual talent. But when a major New Zealand crime lord comes looking for two million dollars that Dave's wife embezzled, he needs to learn to act like one.
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Unspeakable Secrets Of The Aro Valley cheap at the Kindle store
From meBooks,
Unspeakable Secrets Of The Aro Valley
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Sentence of Marriage available on Kindle
Sentence of Marriage: Promises to Keep (Volume 1) by Shayne Parkinson
Open Looks, My Life in Basketball Amazon kindle edition
John Saker tells it the way it is in this honest account of Basketball and life in New Zealand:-
Basketball Obsession Amazon ebook
Available Now, Fiction,
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Jim Baker's father is proud of him but there is a nagging feeling that it is pity not respect his father feels. Jim has fallen short of expectations and now his ailing father doesn't seem to show much interest. Obsessed with basketball and living in the shadow of his father, Jim coaches his team of misfits, hoping they can do what he failed to achieve. They have height and talent but all is not what it seems in their lives off the court. Drugs, drink, death. Can they put all that has happened behind them and come together as a team?
Pete isn't the most talented, but he's big, he's dedicated and his family with their dubious business connections are incredibly supportive. To get out of the slum, to get noticed, he has to lead from the front.
Basketball in small town New Zealand
...Basketball Obsession
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Ken Horlor
@KHorlorJim Baker's father is proud of him but there is a nagging feeling that it is pity not respect his father feels. Jim has fallen short of expectations and now his ailing father doesn't seem to show much interest. Obsessed with basketball and living in the shadow of his father, Jim coaches his team of misfits, hoping they can do what he failed to achieve. They have height and talent but all is not what it seems in their lives off the court. Drugs, drink, death. Can they put all that has happened behind them and come together as a team?
Pete isn't the most talented, but he's big, he's dedicated and his family with their dubious business connections are incredibly supportive. To get out of the slum, to get noticed, he has to lead from the front.
Showcase Your eBook
So you've written a book and uploaded it to Kindle and you've checked their previewer to find it presents acceptably, now what ? You click publish and your book is live. Now you have to get someone to read it, right ? Well there are over three million books on Amazon and the reader has to find yours and like it enough to download it. That's where this blog comes in, it's created to showcase your book set in or about New Zealand.