Discovering (hopefully) how to make a killing on Kindle: part one - Lynne Garner
As a small indie publisher trying to sell eBooks via Amazon
I'm always open to new ideas on how to increase sales. So when a writing friend
suggested I read 'Make A Killing on Kindle' by Michael Alvear I decided to
download it.
This is the first book I've read that does not advocate using
social media to sell books. Instead the author suggests using the tools
available to the writer on Amazon. Realising the only thing I would lose would
be the 18 hours he states it takes to implement his steps I decided
to give it a go.
So I picked one of my books I felt was under achieving and
started to follow his suggested steps. I updated my author profile, tweaked my
book, changed the title slightly and redesigned the front cover. I also spent
time researching terms I could use in my book's search engine profile. I know SEO
is important in ensuring your book shows up in searches but I hadn't realised that
such small changes could make such huge differences. To demonstrate what I
mean below I've included a little of my research:
Note:
Numbers quoted are how many times a search term has been
used globally over a period of a month on Goggle.
Terms I had used in my book's search engine profile:
- childrens short stories = 90,000
- myths and legends = 2,400
- short stories for children = 201,000
- myths & legends = 823,000
My next step is to obtain some positive reviews. Unfortunately it doesn't matter how good your
book is without reviews people won't take the chance on it. To get reviews you have to encourage people to read your book. So today Anansi Spider - Trickier Than Ever is available for free download; follow this link if in the UK and this link if in the US. I'm hoping if you enjoy my book you'll leave a positive review. However if you don't rather than leave a negative review please contact me (lynne@madmomentmedia.com) and if it something I can tweak and improve I will.
Lastly you may have noticed the title to this post is 'part
one.' I am half way through the steps Michael Alvear outlines in his book. So
between this post and the next I plan to complete further steps plus test and
measure. The results I'll share with you in my next post.
Lynne Garner
P.S.
Also available FREE today are Anansi - The Trickster Spider (a collection of 8 short stories) and one of my picture eBooks The Best Rabbit.
For UK download of Anansi - The Trickster Spider click here.
For US download of Anansi - The Trickster Spider click here.
For UK download of The Best Rabbit click here.
For US download of The Best Rabbit click here.
P.S.
Also available FREE today are Anansi - The Trickster Spider (a collection of 8 short stories) and one of my picture eBooks The Best Rabbit.
For UK download of Anansi - The Trickster Spider click here.
For US download of Anansi - The Trickster Spider click here.
For UK download of The Best Rabbit click here.
For US download of The Best Rabbit click here.
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Other group blogs I contribute to: Awfully Big Blogging Adventure and The Picture Book Den
Comments
I bought it months ago, gave it a cursory reading, and stored it for when I'm ready to publish - which won't be for two years (at least not formally).
Your numbers on the two examples you posted, especially the one on myths showing over 340 TIMES the number of search term uses by the change of 'and' to '&', really drives home your use of his method. That's truly amazing - I hope what you learns gives you a LOT more exposure to the market, and many more sales.
I will look forward to Part 2, and to seeing which of his ideas you implemented successfully.
Thanks for sharing.