Tomorrow ABNA will be releasing the list of the books moving on to the next round. I feel like I've been waiting forever, but now that it's here, I'm not sure my heart can take it.
So, to get my mind off of things, I did the Free Promotion over the weekend. Let's tally up the results and see how we did...
These are the number of free downloads of the Guardian.
Amazon.com - 110
Amazon.co.uk - 8
Amazon.de - 4
Amazon.es - 1
Total - 123
Pretty good, all things considered. I was expecting about a hundred. What I did not expect was that the second day had a significant drop. Thinking logically about it, I suppose Sunday isn't a very good day for this sort of thing. I'll keep that in mind for the future.
Thank you all for participating. And a BIG thank you for the reviews on Amazon!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
It's Time...
It seems as though the Free Promotion days have been reset. That means we can do a few more Free Promotion days. I'm thinking that the 17th and 18th of March would be a good weekend for it.
So keep that date in mind.
Here, I'll bold it so it's more eye-catching and memorable. :P
The Guardian (Book 2 of the Coranite Chronicles) will be Free to download from Amazon on the 17th and 18th of March.
If you're wondering why I'm using these free promotion days (and why I'm announcing them ahead of time), it's because the Coranite Chronicles is still unknown. It sells terribly (we'll be lucky if we get 10 books sold in a month :) ). And when it sells terribly, it pretty much won't show up on Amazon. For example, at the moment, the Guardian is ranked like... 100,000 something. And that's because of 1 sale (by the way, thank you for that, whoever you are). At least with these free promotion days, if enough people download it, I can go up the ranking on the freebies. So that's the story behind that.
Of course, as always, I appreciate it even more if you guys buy the book instead.
But for those who really can't spare the cash (these are rough times), are too uncertain about the book, or can't/won't buy the book for whatever reason...then mark your calenders!
So keep that date in mind.
Here, I'll bold it so it's more eye-catching and memorable. :P
The Guardian (Book 2 of the Coranite Chronicles) will be Free to download from Amazon on the 17th and 18th of March.
If you're wondering why I'm using these free promotion days (and why I'm announcing them ahead of time), it's because the Coranite Chronicles is still unknown. It sells terribly (we'll be lucky if we get 10 books sold in a month :) ). And when it sells terribly, it pretty much won't show up on Amazon. For example, at the moment, the Guardian is ranked like... 100,000 something. And that's because of 1 sale (by the way, thank you for that, whoever you are). At least with these free promotion days, if enough people download it, I can go up the ranking on the freebies. So that's the story behind that.
Of course, as always, I appreciate it even more if you guys buy the book instead.
But for those who really can't spare the cash (these are rough times), are too uncertain about the book, or can't/won't buy the book for whatever reason...then mark your calenders!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Here we go again...and again...
ABNA News:
As I had stated last month, I entered S3 into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
Ah, but S3... is hardly what one would call a work of art. I don't know much about art to begin with, but I know S3 is definitely a troublesome book to enter. Didn't have much of a choice.
While I was editing, I ran into quite a few problems. I did what I could to salvage the situation.
All I can do now is hope for the best.
The good news is that it did manage to pass the pitch stage for the first time in MY LIFE(okay, so I've only entered 3 times, but still...this is a first). So, onto round 2! The results for those moving to the next round will be revealed on March 20. It's excruciating to know that there's absolutely nothing I can do anymore but wait for the results. It's not like a normal competition where you're actively engaged. Can't even edit the submission. Permanently locked.
So I will wait.
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As for other news, the ninety day period should be over soon, which means I'll be able to do another set of Free Promotion days on Amazon for the Guardian. I'll make a post in advance when that happens. This time I'll space out the days a bit better. So be sure to check back around the middle of March. I think it should be about March 10th or so, but I don't know exactly how it works.
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And finally...
Sales report for the month of February.
3 books sold total. Two from UK.
Better than nothing, right ;)
Thanks for the support and... hopefully I can spark a bit more interest on those free promotion days.
As I had stated last month, I entered S3 into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
Ah, but S3... is hardly what one would call a work of art. I don't know much about art to begin with, but I know S3 is definitely a troublesome book to enter. Didn't have much of a choice.
While I was editing, I ran into quite a few problems. I did what I could to salvage the situation.
All I can do now is hope for the best.
The good news is that it did manage to pass the pitch stage for the first time in MY LIFE(okay, so I've only entered 3 times, but still...this is a first). So, onto round 2! The results for those moving to the next round will be revealed on March 20. It's excruciating to know that there's absolutely nothing I can do anymore but wait for the results. It's not like a normal competition where you're actively engaged. Can't even edit the submission. Permanently locked.
So I will wait.
______________________________________________________
As for other news, the ninety day period should be over soon, which means I'll be able to do another set of Free Promotion days on Amazon for the Guardian. I'll make a post in advance when that happens. This time I'll space out the days a bit better. So be sure to check back around the middle of March. I think it should be about March 10th or so, but I don't know exactly how it works.
_______________________________________________________
And finally...
Sales report for the month of February.
3 books sold total. Two from UK.
Better than nothing, right ;)
Thanks for the support and... hopefully I can spark a bit more interest on those free promotion days.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
It's that time of the year again...
Once again, I am entering the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award...for the 3rd year in a row.
The last two years... didn't even make it past the pitch stage. This year will be different.
I've been hard at work, perfecting the manuscript. Still have a few days before it closes and still a lot of editing needs to be done. It just never ends.
Anyway, usual monthly report time.
Let's see.
Amazon.com - 9 sales! 3 were for the Guardian. An unusual sales spike for the Judge.
Amazon.co.uk - 8 sales! WOOOOOOOOOW. What just happened there? UK sales have never been that... high. (O_O) And 5 of those were for the Guardian. Nice. :D
Er... Amazon.it - 1 sale of the Guardian! THAT'S EVEN MORE AMAZING! First sale of that country!
All in all, what an amazing month!
18...books...sold...in one month. *GASP* unbelievable!
Thank you all so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is... unbelievable.
Brings our grand total up to... 122!
Reaching 1000 might only take 10 years now.
The last two years... didn't even make it past the pitch stage. This year will be different.
I've been hard at work, perfecting the manuscript. Still have a few days before it closes and still a lot of editing needs to be done. It just never ends.
Anyway, usual monthly report time.
Let's see.
Amazon.com - 9 sales! 3 were for the Guardian. An unusual sales spike for the Judge.
Amazon.co.uk - 8 sales! WOOOOOOOOOW. What just happened there? UK sales have never been that... high. (O_O) And 5 of those were for the Guardian. Nice. :D
Er... Amazon.it - 1 sale of the Guardian! THAT'S EVEN MORE AMAZING! First sale of that country!
All in all, what an amazing month!
18...books...sold...in one month. *GASP* unbelievable!
Thank you all so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is... unbelievable.
Brings our grand total up to... 122!
Reaching 1000 might only take 10 years now.
Monday, January 2, 2012
2012! 2012!
2012 is upon us. And I'm late for the monthly report. I thought it'd be done with by the last post, so I wouldn't have to do it again on the 31st, but there were some surprising (totally unexpected) end-of-the-month sales!
7 sales on the Amazon.com front, and 5 were for the Guardian.
2 sales on Amazon.co.uk, and 1 was for the Guardian.
I don't really understand the sudden sales, but thank you so much!
That's nine total!
(Almost 10% of our current all time sales (aka. over a year's worth) :P )
7 sales on the Amazon.com front, and 5 were for the Guardian.
2 sales on Amazon.co.uk, and 1 was for the Guardian.
I don't really understand the sudden sales, but thank you so much!
That's nine total!
(Almost 10% of our current all time sales (aka. over a year's worth) :P )
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Merry Christmas...
All right. Looks like we're just about finished with the second round of free days for the Guardian on Amazon.
So what are the final results?
Amazon.com - 178
Amazon.co.uk - 47
Amazon.de - 5
Amazon.fr - 1
Hmm, overall it's better than the first time--not by much, but better. But it's not a fair comparison, as the first time was only 2 days and this time was 3. Then again, these should be unique downloads, so seeing a drop is expected.
Thank you all for participating, and if you missed it again, I think the next set of free days will be in a couple of months. (Sometime in March?)
And finally, for some personal records:
6 books have been sold for the month of December. 2 of those were for Guardian.
Kind of a depressing, but since there really doesn't seem to be much interest in the series, the final book of the trilogy for the Coranite Chronicles will be on an indefinite hiatus.
So what are the final results?
Amazon.com - 178
Amazon.co.uk - 47
Amazon.de - 5
Amazon.fr - 1
Hmm, overall it's better than the first time--not by much, but better. But it's not a fair comparison, as the first time was only 2 days and this time was 3. Then again, these should be unique downloads, so seeing a drop is expected.
Thank you all for participating, and if you missed it again, I think the next set of free days will be in a couple of months. (Sometime in March?)
And finally, for some personal records:
6 books have been sold for the month of December. 2 of those were for Guardian.
Kind of a depressing, but since there really doesn't seem to be much interest in the series, the final book of the trilogy for the Coranite Chronicles will be on an indefinite hiatus.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Get ready for the next Free promotion...
On Dec 10th and 11th, the Guardian (Coranite Chronicles) was free on Amazon. It wasn't really planned in advance. Amazon just gave this free promotions tool recently. And so I thought I'd give it a test run to see if it works. And it seems to work fine.
This time I will announce the dates for the next free promotion in case you missed the last one.
The next free promotion will be from Dec. 25th (Yay, Christmas!) to the 27th. That's three whole days.
By this time the current promotion will be coming to a close, so for my own records, I'm going to list the current (and most likely final) results of putting the Guardian as free on Amazon.
Amazon.com - 148 downloads.
Amazon.co.uk - 25 downloads.
Amazon.de - 2 downloads.
And for some final thoughts...
If you've downloaded it/bought it, I really, really hope you enjoy it. I really do.
I know that there is at least one person who is disappointed in the book, and so I must apologize if it doesn't/didn't meet your expectations.
This time I will announce the dates for the next free promotion in case you missed the last one.
The next free promotion will be from Dec. 25th (Yay, Christmas!) to the 27th. That's three whole days.
By this time the current promotion will be coming to a close, so for my own records, I'm going to list the current (and most likely final) results of putting the Guardian as free on Amazon.
Amazon.com - 148 downloads.
Amazon.co.uk - 25 downloads.
Amazon.de - 2 downloads.
And for some final thoughts...
If you've downloaded it/bought it, I really, really hope you enjoy it. I really do.
I know that there is at least one person who is disappointed in the book, and so I must apologize if it doesn't/didn't meet your expectations.
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