Book promotion is a tricky subject. I'm afraid I'm not a sociable sort of chap so my marketing efforts are rather limited. My main thrust is via a couple of blogs, but I also rely heavily on my placing on Amazon.
In fact, I'm a bit of a nerd because every week I note the number that I'm placed for each of my books using various search terms. THis means that over the last couple of years I have been able to watch how each of my books performs, but unfortunately I still haven't found a formula that will keep me on the first page of results.
The experts believe that having the right keywords associated with each book is essential, so in an effort to improve my lot I have purchased a couple of books on the subject and altered my keywords accordingly. Having changed my keyword three times I can tell you now that it didn't make a jot of a difference, in fact the last change made things worse.
However, I'm a gluten for punishment and I've purchased one last book on the subject. This time I have chosen wisely and hopefully it will see my books racing up the results. When choosing I used a bit of science. I read the blurb about how each Author knew the secrets of the Kindle Keywords; they all knew about Amazons special algorithms and how to manipulate it to get to the top of the pile.
I've learnt to recognise bullshit during the last sixty odd years, but just to make sure I didn't make any more mistakes I did a search on the Authors' own books. Well guess what? nearly all of these so called experts had a rating that was lower than mine. If they knew all the secrets, surely their books would be right up there at the top.
If the one I chose is any good I'll let you know.
Anyway, I have two free book offers on the go at the moment, so please take full advantage. The first book in "The Fishing Detectives" series, "Carp Rustlers is free on www.smashwords.com until the 7th of June.
On the kindle platform, "The Reluctant Pom" is free this week-end 30th and 31st of May. If you would like to know how I got on when my father dragged me off to Australia in 1967 this is an interesting and amusing read.
Here are the links UK UK USA USA
I hope you enjoy them. If you would like to find out more about my other books or even have a look at some of my pyrography, please visit my website.
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