Welcome to the fourth edition of my ‘Kindle Select Experience’. My blog is for all of you that are
considering the use of Kindle Select to promote your books. Let me be your guinea pig—albeit a reluctant
one.
The good news is that things are finally picking up! Over
the past few days my book “4 Weeks to
Live” seems to be catching on world-wide. I’m finding myself unable to
avoid peeking at my Sales Report each and every time I pass by my computer. That’s
not to say that sales are great—not close—but they’re steady and that fills me
with a great bit of hope.
On Sunday evening I completed Amazon’s five day free
promotion of my book. I managed to
muscle my way to #615 on the Top Free Book list---a far cry from the
elusive Top 100--- but not bad. More
impressively, I think, is that I made it to #3 in the Kindle Store. Unfortunately, I’m completely unaware of what
that means. If any of you know please
feel free to inform me. I followed the
link to the Kindle Store but my book was nowhere to be found among the top of
the list. Confusing.
Anyhow--as promised, here is the final result of my free
giveaway. Drum roll please…….1,339 free copies downloaded in five days. While I’ve heard success stories that are far
greater than that total, I’m quite pleased with it. I believe VERY strongly in my work, and am
certain that this type of jumpstart will generate some much-needed word of
mouth. So far that seems to be the case.
To sum it up—despite my early reservations, I’m finally warming
up to Kindle Select. I know of no other
means of getting my work into so many hands so quickly. Bravo to the Amazon
people. Now let’s see what kind of sales
come from it. Stay tuned.
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