I'm hoping you'll help me out on "Deadfall Ridge," so I can get some momentum.
See, the way it works--and there is no reason you should know how it works, but here it is--whatever your beginning sales determines your sales arc, because if you can get a chunk of sales in advance, you enter the charts higher, and the higher you enter the charts, the more people notice you, and so on.
At the beginning of my writing, I was pretty aggressive, asking people pointblank to buy my first book. I think you can get away with it the first time, because you are genuinely proud and people are intrigued enough to help.
So I started off with a relative bang and was able to keep that going for more than year, because putting out a book every 3 or 4 months is what you have to do to keep momentum. You can literally watch the charts and see books dropping after that time period.
So for the first year, that was good, but then my publisher went MIA. I had other books written, but didn't plug them into the four month slot because I didn't want to step on the publisher's toes because he said he was going to do it any day.
So the chart drop happened and kept going and publisher didn't put out the next book for a year.
So that was the first time it happened.
So I started all over with another publisher, was aggressive again for my first book, and again there was great momentum for two books, and then that publisher decided to go mainstream and a year went by while they set up, and again, I watched the momentum fizzle.
So then I started again with a third publisher, who was already set up to be mainstream, and he seemed excited and had done some great promotion on books very much like mine, and again I asked people to buy the book, and it started off good.
And then that publisher decided to step back. Pretty much without any warning.
Momentum lost.
So...now I have 3 new publishers. I don't know why, but I do seem to be lucky that way.
One of the publishers, Crossroad Press, is being very proactive, and they are behind "Deadfall Ridge," so once again I'm asking all of you to please buy this book, so we can try to get some momentum on it, which then will pull up all the other books.
If you were ever thinking of buying a book of mine, now is the time. This is a thriller, for those of you who don't read fantasy or horror or science fiction. It's based in Central Oregon, and I think its an enjoyable read.
So there you have it. I'm asking. Please.
Duncan
For the pre-sell on the ebook, here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Deadfall-Ridge-Duncan-McGeary-ebook/dp/B07KNLK2WL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543458501&sr=8-1&keywords=deadfall+ridge
If you'd rather read the paperback, here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Deadfall-Ridge-Duncan-McGeary/dp/1949914674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543458578&sr=8-1&keywords=deadfall+ridge+paperback
See, the way it works--and there is no reason you should know how it works, but here it is--whatever your beginning sales determines your sales arc, because if you can get a chunk of sales in advance, you enter the charts higher, and the higher you enter the charts, the more people notice you, and so on.
At the beginning of my writing, I was pretty aggressive, asking people pointblank to buy my first book. I think you can get away with it the first time, because you are genuinely proud and people are intrigued enough to help.
So I started off with a relative bang and was able to keep that going for more than year, because putting out a book every 3 or 4 months is what you have to do to keep momentum. You can literally watch the charts and see books dropping after that time period.
So for the first year, that was good, but then my publisher went MIA. I had other books written, but didn't plug them into the four month slot because I didn't want to step on the publisher's toes because he said he was going to do it any day.
So the chart drop happened and kept going and publisher didn't put out the next book for a year.
So that was the first time it happened.
So I started all over with another publisher, was aggressive again for my first book, and again there was great momentum for two books, and then that publisher decided to go mainstream and a year went by while they set up, and again, I watched the momentum fizzle.
So then I started again with a third publisher, who was already set up to be mainstream, and he seemed excited and had done some great promotion on books very much like mine, and again I asked people to buy the book, and it started off good.
And then that publisher decided to step back. Pretty much without any warning.
Momentum lost.
So...now I have 3 new publishers. I don't know why, but I do seem to be lucky that way.
One of the publishers, Crossroad Press, is being very proactive, and they are behind "Deadfall Ridge," so once again I'm asking all of you to please buy this book, so we can try to get some momentum on it, which then will pull up all the other books.
If you were ever thinking of buying a book of mine, now is the time. This is a thriller, for those of you who don't read fantasy or horror or science fiction. It's based in Central Oregon, and I think its an enjoyable read.
So there you have it. I'm asking. Please.
Duncan
For the pre-sell on the ebook, here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Deadfall-Ridge-Duncan-McGeary-ebook/dp/B07KNLK2WL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543458501&sr=8-1&keywords=deadfall+ridge
If you'd rather read the paperback, here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Deadfall-Ridge-Duncan-McGeary/dp/1949914674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543458578&sr=8-1&keywords=deadfall+ridge+paperback