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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 27, 2012 12:56 PM
in response to: nardinisisters
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mm..well, no sales in the last 10 hours. Strange how it goes up and down!
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 27, 2012 2:07 PM
in response to: martitalbott
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My but it's been strange lately- the last few weeks before the Holiday it seemed my sales each day were mostly overnight. Now there's nothing much happening overnight, but sales late afternoon. Today has been slow for me though- only 2 sales so far. Perhaps tonight will pick up. No big Xmas sales explosion over here yet!
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 27, 2012 2:50 PM
in response to: Kara Haskins
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There's a big thing going on about Amazon shutting down Netflix on Christmas Day. I know it took 24 hours to straighten out our Amazon Associate reports, so maybe they're still having problems with all the reports. I think they tried to grow too fast.
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 27, 2012 2:57 PM
in response to: martitalbott
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I'm offering a series of free days to launch my new book, One Shoe Off, so haven't had any paid sales. But, the free downloads are running way behind last year when I launched my previous book, Great News Town.
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 27, 2012 6:29 PM
in response to: martitalbott
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I haven't been impressed with christmas day sales for my new book, Meltdown, either- a few, but nothing like I'd expected!
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 2:48 AM
in response to: martitalbott
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Last Christmas was and remains my best day ever, about 20 sales. This year not a single sale on Christmas Day. Or on the 26th. Or 27th. Or 28th. Very curious. On the other hand, some nice surprises over at B&N.
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 6:46 AM
in response to: martitalbott
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one us sale, one us borrow xmas day~ forget trying to be f scott fitzpoodle~
want to make some $$$ 2013 so....
will come up with pen name for
porn
blow up stuff
a vampire thing
children thing
si fi in the sky
holy jesus stuff
romance dance
tech stuff for home repairs while on acid
a cook book for gay cops and dry cleaners
cartoons
i'm gonna get rich quick in 2013
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 6:50 AM
in response to: martitalbott
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 9:48 AM
in response to: ignacioschwarts
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That's hilarious but true. I hope you write humor.
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 10:07 AM
in response to: acornwriter
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well, write more of a dark humor in my stories
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 1:04 PM
in response to: ignacioschwarts
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in fact just made 'hell's first whisper' free this week end
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 5:30 PM
in response to: martitalbott
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My sales almost doubled in the last few days, but I also put a few ads out there starting the Sunday before Christmas so it's not easy to tell which factor is the driver.
One other statistic is that my book rankings have been fairly stable except for book#1 of the series http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Plague-Sale-Price-ebook/dp/B008EMKJ6Q/ which has jumped a fair bit. To me this indicates that everyone is selling more books as I am not making "double sales" headway but rather just headway about right for maybe 50% increase. |
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 6:03 PM
in response to: 2davidvandyke
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I looked inside and here is what I saw. Your blurb couldn't be more on target for your product. I refuse to evaluate cover art. (Sorry, just can't bring myself to do it.)
The writing is brisk, but could be even more to the point without losing any necessary content. I only mention this because a plot that moves along without major interruption seems to be your style (at least in this instance). Meaning I think it's your specific intent to keep the action rolling without getting too pulpy about it.
Lol, while I'm on that subject. I tried to read Heinlein's "Number of the Beast" the other day. I realize it's a lampoon, but I just couldn't imagine finishing it. We're talking lethal pulp fiction.
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 6:13 PM
in response to: Mike Dority
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Oh, and Jeezus...save me from this plague of formatting issues! Oh the horror!  |
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Re: Christmas day sales
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Dec 28, 2012 6:45 PM
in response to: cmmcmullen
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So far this month, I've sold thirteen books. This is way down from last December, at which time I sold 125 books. I believe the problem is with the 'free book" promotions. I've posted before that I believe Kindle should have a "buy one, get one free" promotional strategy instead. Then, we, as independent authors would be making something and so would Amazon. I'm going to give Kindle a little more time to have something positive happen. But, I, like others who have posted believe that the golden days of Kindle are behind us. What a shame! The positive thing is that I sold about five hundred books over the last year. So, I have some good memories. I just hope that the future holds something positive also.:) Happy holidays to everyone!
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