I have made 2 of my ebooks free today on Amazon!
All I ask is that you write a review if you like the books and help spread the word to others (hopefully this will increase sales as total sales in 2 months is currently 1 book!)
free ebboks
head over to Amazon NOW and get the books! if you look closely at the photo you can see my other free book on the bottom left!
click here
I am loving this webcam and doing some videos LOL
here is a poem i came up with to help sell some books!
im laughing so much at myself right now best fun i have had all year!
more information on my books here
Ok ladies and gentlemen I come to you in desperate need of your help, ideas and advice.
My books are not selling! My new book has sold 1 copy on kindle, and 4 paperbacks – of those 4 paperbacks I have bought 2 of them and the person who bought the kindle edition also purchased the paperback so it means only 3 people have bought the new book.
I am humbly asking for your help in suggesting ways to promote the books as I obviously have no idea how to do it and as a result my confidence is at ground zero!
I did a free promotion on the poetry book which generated 75 “sales” but no additional sales as a result so is it worth me making Diary of The Depressed Moose book 1 free to try and get some interest in the 2nd book?
Ideas and suggestions needed because I am at my wits end checking the sales and not seeing the figures go up and this is not helping my mood.
Depression and the feeling of being a failure are not helped by people not wanting my books – yes I know its silly but that is how depression works.
Click here for my authors page on Amazon and check out the books, maybe you can come up with better ideas for the descriptions anything that helps is welcomed.
To try and generate some interest in my books I have made the book of poetry, Stepping into the light – poems from the darkness, free today in the Amazon Kindle store.
You don’t even need to have a kindle you can download and install the Kindle for pc app from amazon and view it.
Please help to promote this book I would be very grateful.
If you do purchase and read the book please be kind enough to write a review of it on Amazon to help more people decide to buy it in the future.
Amazon.com click here
Amazon.co.uk click here
Amazon.ca click here
The book, as are all my others are also available on Amazon sites in France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy and Brazil.
Thank you!
Even I can afford a free book
This is the sort of advertising I like!
When I opened my email from Amazon yesterday with its recommendations for me I was pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of 2 of my books! I wonder if anyone else got these recommended to them.
Still a good way to start the day methinks!
I am pleased to announce that Diary of The Depressed Moose 2 is now available on Kindle and paperback formats through Amazon, taken my total books published in 2012 to 3!
Bare in mind that in reality its only been since August that I published them so I am very proud of myself to have accomplished this in 4 months.
Now I am going to turn around for a huge pat on the back from you lot!
And while your in a good mood may I ask a favour? no? tough I am going to anyway.
You can visit my “Authors” page on Amazon here where all my books are listed. I would be most grateful if you could click on the books and click like for each one.
So back to sales on Amazon
On kindle I have sold a total of 52 copies of my books – 8 in the USA and 44 in the UK
In Paperback format I have sold a total of 61 copies 1 in Europe, 15 in the USA and 45 in the UK
so a grand total of 113 books have been sold on Amazon
I can look back on this year with a feeling of pride! I have come a long way since the dark days at the start of 2012 and although the war is still not over I have won more battles than I have lost!
Roll on 2013!
Today is a month since my book of poems was published.
For those new to my blog the idea was for a collection of poems written by people with mental health illnesses with 50% of the proceeds being donated to Mind a charity based here in the UK.
I am disappointed to say the least that Mind have not helped me to promote the book, especially as more sales equals more money for them but my last contact with them was on 3rd September so I will assume they have forgotten about me and the book.
In terms of sales here is the breakdown for you – not including the free copies I gave to the people who contributed poems.
Smashwords – 8
Amazon – kindle version – 4
Amazon – Paperback – 22
So a grand total of 34 sales in 1 month which is not to bad really. Hopefully if Mind can get behind me it will increase the word of mouth and get people at the very least aware of the book. I guess I can cope with an average of 1 sale a day over a year that’s 365 books! (see I can look on the bright side)
The only blemish is that on smashwords 38 people were given copies of the book in return for a review to be written and thus far only 5 people have done that. From what I can gather though it is pretty rare for a review to be done anyway so I wont hold it against people because I am nice like that!
The other good news is that my own book is outselling this one and the profits from that one are mine ALL MINE! (evil laugh)
My books have now sold 101 copies!
That’s a pretty impressive number and a great way to start a week.
That is in all formats paperback and e book across amazon and smashwords.
And I am so proud of myself this morning!
I have even taken some screen shots of The Diary of The Depressed Moose’s ranking on Amazon.co.uk
Paperback ranked #82 in books on depression
Amazon.co.uk book ranking
Kindle version rankings are even better
Kindle ranking from Amazon.co.uk
My friends across the pond are letting the side down so looks like my planned book signing tour of the USA will need to be cancelled until they start buying the books (HINT HINT)
Monday morning, 10 hours sleep last night and 3 figures in book sales
This week is going to be my week I can just feel it!
This weekend marks 6 months since I hit rock bottom see here for details of how low. Whilst I do not want to keep bringing up what is now known as “the window incident” I can look back with an overwhelming sense of pride and achievement at how far I have come in that time.
It got to the point where my life could have ended but with the help of good friends, spirits looking over me and a new relationship with Jesus I have been on a steady incline since that day, despite the highs and lows of the past 6 months I have never again been as bad as I was before.
So lets look back at how far I have come because it is important with an illness like depression to celebrate the steps made in recovery.
as lists go this is not bad for 6 months work is it? considering if I did a list for the previous 10 years it would not be more than 1/4 long.
Heck I even managed to quit mafia wars!
So my message to you all is list your achievements, stand back and look at them and get that sense of pride you deserve for all the work you put into recovery. It’s not about how many is on the list it is all about the fact that there is something there for you to be proud off!
Big Plug
Desperate times call for desperate measures and as sales for September are stuck at 1 here is a gentle reminder of the books I have published in the hope that you will share will all your friends and they might take pity on me.
Did you know today was National Spread the Moose book links day?
oh you didnt? well its the first year of it’s existence 😀
Diary of The Depressed Moose
Diary of The Depressed Moose
Available on Amazon.co.uk on Kindle and Paperback here
Available on Amazon.com for my friends in America here
Available in multi e-reader formats from smashwords here
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Stepping into the Light – Poems from the Darkness
Stepping into the Light – Poems from the Darkness
This book of poetry is helping to raise money for the charity Mind with them receiving 50% of the profits. A great cause and well worth the few pounds/dollars
Available on amazon.co.uk on kindle here
on paperback at amazon.co.uk here
Paperback on amazon.com here and kindle here
and multi e-reader formats on smashwords here
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update in January to include
Diary of The Depressed Moose 2
Available on Amazon.co.uk here
available on Amazon.com here
Fly my pretties fly and spread the word! Remember my Christmas depends on the books selling so no pressure on you 🙂
