It's been almost a
year since I published Broken Butterfly
and a lot has happened since then.
My publishing company
closed, leaving Broken Butterfly
homeless. Don't be sad.
A sister company was
willing to take on all Crossbooks clients. Westbow Press. Through the next few
months, I went through the stages of having them take on my book, they read it,
made sure it met their standards, and it was finally in the last stages after
taking four months.
Because I was a
finalist in a contest with Crossbooks, I had a really nice package. Now, I was
told in the beginning of this entire process, that everything would be similar
in my package. But, I found out days before my book was going to go live
these were the only
things I would receive ...
·
They
would publish Broken Butterfly on the
Westbow Press website.
·
10
ebook tabs (free ebooks I could give away to whoever I wanted to)
·
Their
branding. I guess that was a big deal. It just wasn't that important to me.
That was it.
Not the book sellers
return program (and I was so close to getting my book into the Lifeway store) And
my number one question to them was this.
Would I keep the book
sellers return program?
The reply I received
...
Yes, you will receive
a similar package to the one you had with Crossbooks.
They weren't even
going to list my book on Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. And it's only by chance I
found this out. I had asked an Amazon marketing question. I'm so glad I asked that
question. And you can just imagine my shock
when she said, "Why are you surprised?"
I wouldn't consider
myself a rude person, like ever. But this was one of those moments, I really
wanted to be rude. I laughed-out-loud and said, "Thank you." And hung
up.
My daughter looked at
me and laughed. I guess I wasn't mean enough. Her attitude is a little worse
than mine. Where did she get that from? We really need to work on that!
Now I'm not faulting
them in any way other than they should've been straightforward with me in the
beginning. I wouldn't have wasted four months of my time or theirs.
So, I decided to
publish it myself. It was ready. It had already been published. I sold over 200
personal copies already. Not including my previous online sales. I just needed
to get it back up on Amazon.
So I did.
Ya'll. I received my first
check from Amazon.
I was shocked!!!
The check was for only
16 days and included ebook sales only. My check from Amazon was 27% more than
my only check I received with Crossbooks that included ebook, paperback, and
hardcopy sales for 4 months combined. This is because they received most of the
profit. The checks were from online sales only. This does not include my
personal paperback sales!!
I wonder, did I make
the right decision?
I think so.
When I published on
Amazon, I chose the KDP select program. I wanted to run a promotion to give my
ebook away for free for a certain amount of time.
IN celebration of my
one year anniversary ... I'm running a promotion the next 2 weekends. It starts
today, Thursday, December 4th and will run
through Sunday, December 6th. And then another one will run, Friday, December 11th-12th. You can
download the kindle version for FREE on any of these days.
I also chose to allow
those who purchase a copy of Broken
Butterfly to loan it out. Why would I do that? I want people to read my
book. I hope they will love it and want to read more of my books when I get
them published.
I didn't know it at
the time, but I get paid when people read my books. I found this out when I
received my check. So, I am giving a blessing, and receiving one in return. :)
If you enjoyed Broken Butterfly you can really help me
by doing a few very simple things.
b) Tell ALL of your reader friends about this promotion, so they can
download a copy too. :)
c) Read the pages of the free copy.
d) Leave a review for me on Amazon!! EVERY
SINGLE REVIEW IS IMPORTANT!!! THANK YOU SOOOO VERY MUCH IF YOU ALREADY
HAVE!!!!!
You may think your
review isn't important ... but it is. It's so very important. Every review
bumps me closer to the bestseller list. ... Plus, the more good reviews a book
has, the more likely a new reader is to give it a chance. It is always a factor
for me when I choose a book.
It doesn't have to be
anything fancy. It doesn't have to be long. Short and sweet is fine with me.
Just please, if you've read Broken Butterfly and you loved it, do this to help
me get more copies into the hands of new readers. And thank you so much in
advance. And let me know if you leave one, so I can thank you personally!!
I'm so blessed to have
thirty-two 5 star***** reviews today and one 4 star**** review. That is a huge blessing.
You can find me on
Goodreads and Barnes & Nobles too!
I'm working hard with
my editor on Chasing Paradise. I will
be looking for reviews ahead of time before this one is published!!
Thanks so much for
stopping by!
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