Feedback

It seems that I finally have some reviews. Two of them in fact. Both very positive. I don't want to read too too much into this but I must say that I have been greatly buoyed since discovering them. I don't don't that in due course some negative ones may bring me back down to earth, but for now I'll just look on the bright side and ponder on the fact that good reviews may not sell me any more books, but they can't do any harm, can they?

I am a whore (or should that be 'pimp'?)

I have been spending quite a lot of time recently trying different ways to advertise my book. I have emailed various people and organisations, I have badgered various web forums, I have posted on Google+ and so on.

By far an away the most effective though, is asking for retweets. I have tweeted various people with the address to my website or with links to my amazon page and asked them to retweet me. Not all of them have obliged of course (but then why should they?), but some of them have and as a result my web traffic has increased by several orders of magnitude. It has even resulted in a few sales.

I had put this kind of overt advertising for some time because it felt too whorish and I also was afraid of annoying people. However, I only recently realised that people will just ignore me if they are not interested and you don't get anywhere in this life without being a little bit pushy.

Anyway, I'm not saying that sales are stellar or anything like that, but this does seem to be the most effective way of pimping my wares that I found so far. I'm open to suggestions, so any and all comments are welcome.

By the way, I could use some more twitter followers, so if there any fellow twitterers, tweeters or twats (that can't be right) out there, follow me and retweet me and help me to become the biggest pimp whore bitch on the net!

Am I a whore?

It's at about this time of the month that a young man's thoughts turn to shamelessly whoring his book once again...

...it is available in print format here, here and here; kindle format here and here; and ibook format here, all at very reasonable prices, and I truly think it deserves to go viral!

So if any of you want to find out just why Christianity is 'Unbelievable', follow this link and get in on a phenomenon before it starts. Don't wait for it to be a bandwagon to jump on - discover it now before all the hype starts.

Well, maybe that's over egging things a tad, you be the judge. I'd welcome the feedback. Buy two and give one to a friend for christmas. You'd be making a chubby nobody very happy.

Advertising and Reviews

So far, as predicted, sales have been disappointingly low.

As I said in an earlier post, I fluctuated between thinking that my book is incisive and elegant, and worrying that it disastrous drivel, and to some extent I still feel that way. I must, and indeed do, face the possibility that the book is just no good, that my writing is amateur and/or boring, and that as a self produced work it is likely that it appears less professional than it otherwise could. I know all of this.

Having said all that, it seems to me that the quality (or lack thereof) of my work, cannot in itself be the reason for poor sales. After all, there have been no reviews of my book (negative or otherwise) that might discourage people from buying it. It must be the lack of proper advertising that is to blame, at least at this stage.

If there is anyone out there reading this blog, and the lack of comments would suggest that there is not, but if there is, I would be grateful for any advertising suggestions. Is there anything that I could reasonably and cheaply do that I am not already doing?

In the meantime, if you have bought and read the book, a short review, positive or negative, would be welcome. I have had literally no feedback as yet.


PS

Sorry if this post seems a bit whiny. I have no excuse.

Now available on Kindle

After a frantic afternoon of head scratching (not to mention headache) I managed to reformat my typescript for the Amazon Kindle. You can see the result here and here.

I think I'm done now. If no one buys the damn thing, it won't be for the lack of availability.

Now available as an eBook

Finally, the Apple has accepted my epub and 'Unbelievable' is now listed in the iBookstore. Apparently it is listed in the Barnes & Noble Nook store, but I can't find it. I'll update my links when I do.

Kindle next I think. Wish me luck!

EDIT 6 Sep 12
'Unbelievable' is now a listed NOOK Book.

Extended Reach

When I self published with Lulu, many moons ago, I signed up for the free Extended Reach service. This means that, provided that my book meets certain requirements and standards, it will eventually be made available through Amazon. For an extra $75 I can sign up for Global Reach which will make my work available through other outlets such as Barnes & Noble.
Anyway, it has been an absolute cock's age since I signed up and I have checked several times to see if I am listed on Amazon and nothing....
...until today! Finally, my Extended Reach has granted me 'Retail Distribution' and so 'unbelievable' is now available to buy through both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Maybe now I sell some copies, who knows?