tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post4792210843103749454..comments2023-12-17T02:11:01.508-08:00Comments on Ready, Set, Sell!: Tip #35: KDP Select. Is it for you?Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-12889615820553355042012-02-07T16:32:12.392-08:002012-02-07T16:32:12.392-08:00Sybil, I'm thrilled for NEM! Yay, you! What si...Sybil, I'm thrilled for NEM! Yay, you! What sites picked you up? Or do you know? Sounds like maybe all three with those kind of downloads. So, so thrilled for you. Off to tweet your post.cidney swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753866529249766084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-60678144260447545892012-02-04T07:05:37.496-08:002012-02-04T07:05:37.496-08:00It's funny just this past Thursday in our Sist...It's funny just this past Thursday in our Sisters in Crime meeting we did a panel discussion about self-publishing and KDP select was a big topic for a good many of them. The one who put the only book she can in the program had her free days on a Friday and Saturday in January and she had almost 5000 downloads and then sold about 300 copies right afterwards. I'm doing about the same on Nook and Kindle (okay well when you have 0 and 0 - it really doesn't say much), but have decided that when my next short story goes up (which I had hoped to have it before now) it will be in the KDP select program and I may put it up around Valentine's day for free since it is a romance story (it's based on a haunted place in England - Lovell Hall, and I'm hoping it will reach the UK market since they love their haunted places). My hold back is my cover. I have an almost cover and if my illustrator doesn't get me a final cover by tonight (Saturday), I may go with the other cover and put up so that I can at least say it's up and then schedule 2 of my free days next week. That is the goal at least. <br /><br />I'm sure everyone's success stories are going to vary depending on the person's choice of free days to list their books and the genre of the books. I'm watching one lady on the Sisters in Crime yahoo forum and she's still doing pretty good as far as her rankings go and her sales/downloads. <br /><br />What did you change the title of the book to? and I know you were looking at a new cover for it and why a title change? Is this the one called Anything For You now? If so, I did pick that up when it was for free so I would be one of your 20,000 downloads - lol.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your experience with the program as it does help to see many authors who are in the program and what they getting out of it. I'm hoping when "Bride-and-Seek" goes up that it will draw more attention to my other books as well and I'll start seeing a turn around in some sales. Anyway - I'll post when I get my story up and what my stats are when I get it going. Chat soon - E :) <br /><br />PS - review of the PtG series books 1 through 3 went up yesterda on my blog - http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com - don't know if you have read it yet or not and Friday will be Ain't No Sunshine followed by Guardian of Eden and Queen (I think that is the order but not 100% sure - I'll let you know as I get them ready to post).<br /><br />Elysabeth Eldering<br />Author of Finally Home, a YA paranormal mystery<br />"The Proposal" (an April Fools Day), a humorous romance ebook<br />"The Tulip Kiss", a paranormal romance ebook<br />"Bride-and-Seek", a paranormal romance ebook<br />"Butterfly Halves", a YA fantasy ebook<br />http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com<br />http://eeldering.weebly.comelysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.com