As of yesterday, my first books are now live on Kobo:
Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur on Kobo
Never Ever After: Three Short Stories on Kobo
And, amazingly enough, I have already made my first sales on both Kobo and B&N. A whopping one book each, but hey — Never Ever After has only sold about a dozen copies total in the last few months on Amazon. Ever since I got the review stating that the writing was like that of a middle-schooler, the sales of that little collection have dried up completely. *shrug* So don’t let anyone tell you a single one star review won’t affect your sales — from this side of the bench, it sure looks like it does.
Also, both of my “Looking Through Lace” books are free today, the original novella that was published in Asimov’s many years ago, as well as the continuation of the story, Beyond the Waters of the World. BTWW is only free today, but Looking Through Lace will be free for a few more days. Pick them up if you don’t have them yet and are so inclined!
So some successes there, but I have to admit to an Epic Fail regarding Fast Draft. Until now, I haven’t even come close to the 20 pages a day, nor have I achieved the “magic” that is supposed to come with high productivity. I guess that’s a given, since I never got to the high productivity to start with. Perhaps it was a mistake to try something like that with both a hospital visit scheduled and the holidays (and the attendant stress) coming up. I think some time in the new year I will try a week of fast writing on my own, perhaps trying to implement Rachel Aaron’s method.
Anyway, back to wrapping presents for me. 🙂
I’ve had a 1 star review on Lovers’ Lies and now my hostest selling book has all but dried up. So yes I ca agree with you about that. Best of luck with Kobo. I’ve found them super easy to use and as a bookseller very user friendly. Just banked and Amazon cheque….30 working day clearance for that little number so Christmas comes late. Kobo on the other hand pay by direct credit in $NZ into my NZ bank account.
Yeah, that direct deposit is also a big advantage of Kobo! We’ll see if I ever make enough money there to get it. *g*
Good luck on trying the Fast Draft method again. I couldn’t ever figure it out. Then again, I’ve always been a slow writer. Don’t give up hope.
Thanks, Ryan! Maybe some of us are just doomed to sit with the editor on our backs at all times. 🙂
hehe. If only that meant we didn’t have to edit after writing the darn the thing, then I might be good with it 😉
No kidding, Ryan! *g*
Rachel sounds like she’s on to something there!
Yeah, I think so too. I’m going to try to add some of her suggestions to my toolbox!