Tag Archives: Bookfunnel

#62 Trying to get reviews and messing with pricing

Posted on February 13, 2018 by M J Dees

One of the things that gets a the Amazon algorithm moving is plenty reviews. Unfortunately with the launch of #jimanddave I didn’t have many reviews and one of those was a one star which destroyed my average. This week I’ve … Continue reading →

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#60 Getting the first print copies through the post

Posted on January 30, 2018 by M J Dees

It’s about a week and a half since the launch and my print copies have already arrived so I take everything back that I said about the Brazilian postal service. It also means that I have five copies to sign … Continue reading →

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#58 Clicking the refresh button

Posted on January 22, 2018 by M J Dees

Since the book launched, I’ve been clicking refresh icons every five minutes to see whether I’ve sold another copy. Because my book is sold in many outlets across five or six platforms that means clicking on a lot of refresh icons. … Continue reading →

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#54 Sending advance copies out to my review team

Posted on January 7, 2018 by M J Dees

I spent the last week making last amendments to my manuscript before sending it to draft2digital together with the final e-book cover to be formatted and converted into epub, mobi and pdf formats. I then used Draft2digital to publish them … Continue reading →

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#53 Preparing for a book launch

Posted on January 1, 2018 by M J Dees

Having given people the opportunity to choose the name of my next novel I have given them the opportunity to choose the cover and the blurb as well. I’m now building up a list of people who would like to … Continue reading →

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#52 Choosing the name of the next novel

Posted on November 18, 2017 by M J Dees

What better way to avoid writing than to choose the title for the next book. I have already commissioned the cover design but had a little doubt about the exact title so decided to ask the members of my … Continue reading →