Happy New Year!
In this, my first blog post of 2012, I'm reporting back on the results of making Bound to Love free on Amazon for 31 December and 1st January.
The amount of giveaways was...well, I'm speechless really! I had about 19,000 giveaways!
Bound to Love started back into paid on the afternoon of the 2nd January. Before it went free, I had sold 16 copies of Bound to Love in the US, good figures for me, and was feeling okay about everything. After...
Anyway, my rank when I came off being free was frighteningly depressing #263,827.
By Wednesday, I was at #133.
I got to #4 in fiction, and #1 in romance.
As at now, I've sold over 1,200 copies of Bound to Love, and my other book ranks are improving too.
Woo!
WOW - that is AWESOME!! Huge congrats and well done you for taking the leap. Thanks so much for sharing the figures too. Definitely food for thought!
ReplyDelete19000 giveaways? Blimey, that's incredible and just goes to show how many people you reached. Well done! X
ReplyDeleteHi Rachael and Rachel, I know, isn't it incredible? I'm still reeling here!
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Sally! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Talli! I've just been over commenting on your blog, we must have 'passed in the air'
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, that's really interesting. Were the 1200 copies you sold after the giveaway? And was that in the US? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering whether to do the same but feel a bit embarrassed that F&F have bought it full price already.
Was it easy to set up the zero price? I had no end of trouble getting it uploaded in the first place and I'm a bit scared to tinker.
Happy New Year.
Huge congrats, Sally!! You're rocking it, girl. So impressed!!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, the 1200 copies were in January after the giveaway, and yes, in the US> I joined KDP Select, which gives you 5 free days that you can allocate whenever you like during the 90 period you're in. I used two, for the 31 Dec and 1st Jan.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Jackie!
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing! Well done Sally! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fi!
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Sally. I've also found that giving books away for free is the best way to generate more sales. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to give Kindle select a try and get my book out there for free also. I've heard from others it helps put your numbers up and you're proof!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post!
Mimi
Wow, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWow - that's amazing! How much was your book priced at for the 1200 sales? I thought giveaways were a waste of time but clearly I am wrong! Had you done a lot of marketing etc before the giveaway - how did people know about it?
ReplyDeleteSally, you have inspired me to do likewise. I'm having a virtual book launch this weekend (13th to 15th) on my Amazon Author page and FB page and blog, and will be giving away an Anthology "Wargeld & other Stories". I'm not putting my main crime novel on at the moment, though it is on Amazon Select which means US Amazon Prime customers can borrow it free. (I've not sold many in the US so think this will be a good thing.) I'll be interested to see how I do in comparison with you, because I don't have any novel paper published except for a Pocket Novel. You and all your followers are invited to the book launch. Please drop by and download Wargeld.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing... did you find the promo kicked in at the right time? I know it's US pacific time and that could cause problems in the UK.
Hi everyone. I joined kdp select, so it is available to prime customers to borrow for free as well. I tweeted a couple of times, and did one blog post to say it was free just before it went free (see below). I don't have any paper novels published at the moment either, Linda. The promo kicked in right on time but you're right, it's US pacific time. Congratulations on your book launch - I hope it's very successful for you!
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, that is really inspiring. I'm a reporter with the Evening Herald and would love to do a piece with you. You can contact me on carolineacrawford@gmail.com
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