Seumas has proof that paid promos do not work as well as claimed…
…I promised yeez a round up summary of my recent dabble with book-selling websites… and the final report makes for sorry reading… let me back up and explain for emb’dy coming in fresh to this… as a self-published author, I’m always keen to find and develop non-spamming channels to help sell my wee literary masterpieces… Aunty Internet is full of enterprising offers, at a cost, of course, with various claims of daily email shots to anywhere up to 120,000+ readers, clustered in genres, in order ‘to target and maximise your sales to these avid followers’... well, in good ol’ Scottish vernacular… BORROX!!… here’s the score:
Website ONE:
Paid US$ 15—Result 2 sales
Website TWO
Paid US$ 16—Result 2 sales
Website THREE
Paid US$ 50—Result 1 sale
…impressive, NOT… in truth, I hadn’t expected massive downloads from this, but the sheer sparseness of the returns is mind-boggling… and…
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I’ve re-blogged this one too. 🙂
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Discouraging. I think people go directly to Amazon or B&N.
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I had great results when I gave the book away for free… Not so good when I actually tried to sell some copies through advertising. It really is so hit and miss, which is depressing when the majority of us are on fixed budgets.
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Indeed Helen
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Early on, I tried a few different ways to boost my blog and my sales. My experience was just about the same.
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Thanks for sharing the rather sorry news,
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The truth often hurts Amy…
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