As you already have a thread about the pricing of this book, Rik (Wow...tried a giveaway for a week), I wonder if it might be better to merge the two threads together, to provide better continuity.
I've got 5 new reviews so far from the promotion.
How many reviews do you think a book needs for it to start making an impact?
Wow, that's a lot more than I would have thought.
Thanks!
So based on what I am reading on here should I go ahead and do a giveaway now or wait until I get book two in the series done?
Rik-
Any update on continued sales from the next week after the giveaway? I'm curious.
That's really interesting, because many people are claiming that if you lower prices you get more sales, and more money overall. It's a particularly popular claim in the discussion re Amazon and Hachette.
I used their pricing tool and they recommended a price of $7.99 for my books, but I wasn't quite ready to go that high. I am experimenting with raising the prices of the two books I had at 99 cents to 2.99 so I can get the 70% royalty, while I raised the second book in the trilogy to 2.99 as well and the third to 3.99.
As I said, it's been more lucrative so far. I will give it the month to see how it works out. If sales fall off, I may lower the prices again, or perhaps just wait a couple months and then do another free promotion with the first book in the trilogy to drum up more sales.
That's really interesting, because many people are claiming that if you lower prices you get more sales, and more money overall. It's a particularly popular claim in the discussion re Amazon and Hachette.
I used their pricing tool and they recommended a price of $7.99 for my books, but I wasn't quite ready to go that high. I am experimenting with raising the prices of the two books I had at 99 cents to 2.99 so I can get the 70% royalty, while I raised the second book in the trilogy to 2.99 as well and the third to 3.99.
As I said, it's been more lucrative so far. I will give it the month to see how it works out. If sales fall off, I may lower the prices again, or perhaps just wait a couple months and then do another free promotion with the first book in the trilogy to drum up more sales.