Surprise Sales



Where to start?

There are so many aspects to indie publishing and honestly it's a bit overwhelming, but I just had to share some awesome facts.

Number one is a screen shot from Christmas day. I decided to take advantage of one of the five days in which Seduced by Blood could be offered as a free download as a part of the Kindle Direct Publishing promotion.

This is my first indie pubbed book and I've never offered a free book before, so I honestly had no idea what to expect, but to be honest I was shocked by the results.

Seduced by Blood  dropped down to  #38 in the top 100 Free downloads on Amazon.

That was enough to make me giddy as hell.

I also sold a whopping 586 books that week, which blew me away.

So, giving my book away for free for 24 hours and taking advantage of the promo certainly made a difference in sales.

I read Joe Konrath's blog this morning and saw that he'd done the same, only he'd sold 7000 books and made over $14,000 in 36 hours. He and Blake Crouch both participated in the promo opportunity, Joe giving away 23 titles. Can't wait to hear the results of that!

So, if you're on the fence about indie publishing, here's just a little data for you to toss around. It's both exciting and terrifying, but I think the decision to step out there can't be made lightly. I certainly appreciated all the data from author's who've waded into the pool ahead of me.

Have a great day,
Taylor