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  • Publishing with Kindle Scout: What story do the sales figures tell?

    • September 3, 2015
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    Why submitting to Kindle Scout is a great option if you plan on self-publishing your book.
  • 10 Places to Promote Your Book for Free

    • August 27, 2015
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    10 Free Places to Promote Your Book
  • How to Format an Email Query Letter

    • December 17, 2014
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    How to format an email query letter to an agent or publisher.
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  • July 22, 2017 3:13 PM PDT
    in the topic Epic SciFi Horror Flare - Free on KindleUnlimited in the forum Kindle Unlimited Promotion Forum

    Just downloaded on KU. Looking forward to the read.

  • March 30, 2016 9:58 AM PDT
    in the topic Kindle Normalized Pages and Line Spacing, etc in the forum Tips & Advice

    Yeah, I guess that was all pretty jargonish.

    Here's the background - the KENP is what Amazon calls the "Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count" - it's the number they use when the calculate earnings based on pages read in your book if it is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.

    I was initially trying to figure out the difference between the page count that appears on a product page like this one - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016AX0TR4 - and that KENP number Amazon uses for payment.

    The problem I was seeing was that the page count that was reported on the product page was running about half of the KENP total that is reported in the author's Kindle Direct Publishing reports when logged in to Amazon.

    On the one hand, the higher KENP number is great because that's what Kindle Unlimited payments are based on. But the low number on the product page could be a big negative, because someone sees that a story for sale at .99 only has 11 pages according to Amazon and it doesn't seem like a great value. Unless it has a lot of excellent reviews.

    So I was trying to determine if the discrepancy was due to page formatting prior to uploading to Amazon or some other unknown issue. 

    Word count seems to be the best way to determine total KENP count as calculated by Amazon. On average, my work has all been running between 200 and 220 words per KENP page.

    I've found some formatting situations within the uploaded file may have an impact on the page count on the *product* page, but don't seem to have any impact on the KENP count.I'm uploading some slightly modified files today to see if the product page count changes, and will report any difference in a slightly less jargon and acronym filled post.

     

     

     

     

  • December 7, 2015 8:48 AM PST
    in the topic 'How to' books in the forum Marketing for Writers

    In college I enrolled in several creative writing classes. Every one of them was taught by an instructor who required the purchase of his or her course manuscript about how to become a published author. This was when vanity presses where prohibitively expensive, so when someone said they wanted to become an author, they meant selling their manuscript to a traditional publisher or magazine.

    By the third class like this, I realized the only thing these instructors had ever published were these how-to books on the basics of writing and the theory of how to get published.

    That's not to say that there wasn't some solid advice in there, but I later found that the best advice came from genre authors themselves, from editors, or from agents working in well estabilished agencies writing about the dos and don'ts of getting great writing noticed.

    One of my teachers primary claims to fame was that she had once had Clive Cussler as a student. She brought him up several times during the semester, told the story about how the clever way he got his agent, and became quite successful, I guess to give herself more credibility. But nothing about her story really had anything to do with her interaction with him as a teacher. Just that he attended her class.

    After I published a few short stories in genre magazines, I contacted her for advice on finding an agent for a novel I'd completed. She never replied. I guess she got my thirty bucks for her creative writing textbook and that was that.

    I imagine her now as one of the people writing those "Sell a Million Books" books on Amazon.

     

     

    This post was edited by Christopher Holliday at December 7, 2015 8:48 AM PST
  • November 19, 2015 7:26 AM PST
    in the topic How to promote an e-book?? in the forum Introduce Yourself

    I've tried GenrePulse with solid results.

    I promote a title during the free 5 day KDP Select period, and the app campaign ( $15 ) usually results in a few hundred downloads. From those downloads, I usually see a spike in sales and Kindle Unlimited reads in other titles. At the moment, I only have three up, so it's difficult to see how broad the results are, but as more go up I should have better intel.

    I also plan on testing the new GenrePulse genre specific mailings ( $17 ). That, and the free advertising here on Marketlist are generating a consistent stream of clicks and sales.

  • November 18, 2015 10:20 AM PST
    in the topic AWAI in the forum Writers Wanted

    Hi Fran,

    My inbox is constantly e-bombed with ads from AWAI. The premise looks like a model that is often used for marketing other home businesses, most notably MLM companies - you sign up, pay a monthly fee for access to their special content, then pay upcharges for additional courses or insider's guides.

    I have yet to meet a writer who has used AWAI's services and reported any success. Well, to be perfectly honest, I've yet to meet a writer who has signed up for AWAI, period.

    Google results show that they have been promoting their six-figure copywriting program since at least 2008. They are tied in with Writers Digest, at least it seems of you subscribe to any info for WD you start getting the AWAI emails.

    Threads on the program abound. Most are asking the same question you did, but nowhere do I see any solid answers from writers with any verifiable credentials.  To stay in business this long, someone must be buying the program.

    They do have an A+ rating with the BBB, which surprised me and would seem to indicate they are not generating many complaints. http://www.bbb.org/south-east-florida/business-reviews/desktop-publishing/american-writers-and-artists-in-delray-beach-fl-26000012

     

     

     

    This post was edited by Christopher Holliday at November 18, 2015 10:20 AM PST
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    Leah Ruth Hart is now friends with Christopher Holliday.
    • July 22, 2017
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    Christopher Holliday is now friends with Elisabeth Zguta.
    • July 22, 2017
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    • July 22, 2017
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    • July 22, 2017
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday replied to a topic in the forum Kindle Unlimited Promotion Forum:

    Just downloaded on KU. Looking forward to the read.

    • July 22, 2017
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday replied to a topic in the forum Tips & Advice:

    Yeah, I guess that was all pretty jargonish.


    Here's the background - the KENP is what Amazon calls the "Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count" - it's the number they use when the calculate earnings based on pages read in your book if it is enrolled in

    ...  more

    Yeah, I guess that was all pretty jargonish.


    Here's the background - the KENP is what Amazon calls the "Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count" - it's the number they use when the calculate earnings based on pages read in your book if it is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.


    I was initially trying to figure out the difference between the page count that appears on a product page like this one - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016AX0TR4 - and that KENP number Amazon uses for payment.


    The problem I was seeing was that the page count that was reported on the product page was running about half of the KENP total that is reported in the author's Kindle Direct Publishing reports when logged in to Amazon.


    On the one hand, the higher KENP number is great because that's what Kindle Unlimited payments are based on. But the low number on the product page could be a big negative, because someone sees that a story for sale at .99 only has 11 pages according to Amazon and it doesn't seem like a great value. Unless it has a lot...  

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    • March 30, 2016
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday Free Facebook App for Authors. This app allows you to create a Books tab on your Facebook Author page, and add all of your titles. It's free, setup takes about two minutes, adding each of your books may take a few minutes longer. Here's an example: ...  moreFree Facebook App for Authors. This app allows you to create a Books tab on your Facebook Author page, and add all of your titles. It's free, setup takes about two minutes, adding each of your books may take a few minutes longer. Here's an example: https://www.facebook.com/christopherlholliday/app/191387770912394/
    Here's the link to the app. If you are logged in to Facebook, it will prompt you to add the link. Then just go to the Authors App tab on your page, update your information, and modify the tab title under "settings". https://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/  less
    • February 22, 2016
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  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday GenreReader.com chose my new release for this weeks Awesome Indie Cover List. http://genrereader.com/2016/01/13/awesome-ind ie-book-covers-6/   That's twice, big thanks to my cover artist Andrei.
    • January 14, 2016
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday A big thanks to GenreReader.com for naming Venus Rising to their Awesome indie Book Covers list today. http://genrereader.com/2015/12/16/awesome-indie-book-covers-2/
    • December 16, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday Next up in my short fiction series. Originally published in Fortress Magazine, and free for five days starting 12/12/2015 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01947GD1E


    Jim gave up everything for a fake identity and a one way ticket to a new start:...  more
    Next up in my short fiction series. Originally published in Fortress Magazine, and free for five days starting 12/12/2015 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01947GD1E


    Jim gave up everything for a fake identity and a one way ticket to a new start: a colony light years from his criminal past, a harsh environment to be tamed for a better future.
    But elements of his past—a life of lab-spliced drugs and gene-spliced hoodlums—have the same idea. And they expect his help bringing the old ways to a new world.   less
    • December 11, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday replied to a topic in the forum Marketing for Writers:

    In college I enrolled in several creative writing classes. Every one of them was taught by an instructor who required the purchase of his or her course manuscript about how to become a published author. This was when vanity presses where prohibitively

    ...  more

    In college I enrolled in several creative writing classes. Every one of them was taught by an instructor who required the purchase of his or her course manuscript about how to become a published author. This was when vanity presses where prohibitively expensive, so when someone said they wanted to become an author, they meant selling their manuscript to a traditional publisher or magazine.


    By the third class like this, I realized the only thing these instructors had ever published were these how-to books on the basics of writing and the theory of how to get published.


    That's not to say...  

     less
    • December 7, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday replied to a topic in the forum Introduce Yourself:

    I've tried GenrePulse with solid results.


    I promote a title during the free 5 day KDP Select period, and the app campaign ( $15 ) usually results in a few hundred downloads. From those downloads, I usually see a spike in sales and Kindle Unlimited reads

    ...  more

    I've tried GenrePulse with solid results.


    I promote a title during the free 5 day KDP Select period, and the app campaign ( $15 ) usually results in a few hundred downloads. From those downloads, I usually see a spike in sales and Kindle Unlimited reads in other titles. At the moment, I only have three up, so it's difficult to see how broad the results are, but as more go up I should have better intel.


    I also plan on testing the new GenrePulse genre specific mailings ( $17 ). That, and the free advertising here on Marketlist are generating a consistent stream of clicks and sales.

     less
    • November 19, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday replied to a topic in the forum Writers Wanted:

    Hi Fran,


    My inbox is constantly e-bombed with ads from AWAI. The premise looks like a model that is often used for marketing other home businesses, most notably MLM companies - you sign up, pay a monthly fee for access to their special content, then pay

    ...  more

    Hi Fran,


    My inbox is constantly e-bombed with ads from AWAI. The premise looks like a model that is often used for marketing other home businesses, most notably MLM companies - you sign up, pay a monthly fee for access to their special content, then pay upcharges for additional courses or insider's guides.


    I have yet to meet a writer who has used AWAI's services and reported any success. Well, to be perfectly honest, I've yet to meet a writer who has signed up for AWAI, period.


    Google results show that they have been promoting their six-figure copywriting program since at least 2008. They...  

     less
    • November 18, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday posted a topic in the forum Kindle Unlimited Promotion Forum:
    Three SF Short Stories on KU
      
    Each of these titles originally appeared in genre print magazines. The Spoils of War was an award winning story. Thanks to Andrei Bat for cover art for the short story series.
    • November 17, 2015
  • Christopher Holliday
    Christopher Holliday This short story originally appeared in Aberrations magazine. Available free this week on Amazon, and always free with Kindle Unlimited.  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017Y9XI9O
    • November 17, 2015
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