Carolyn McCray is a social media and sales consultant to writers and publishing houses alike. Her own "marquee" title, 30 Pieces of Silver sat at #1 in Men's Adventure and War sub-genres for most of the 2011 Holiday season selling over 20,000 copies and landed her in the Top 10 Kindle Owner's Lending Library authors. Carolyn was one of the featured authors in Amazon's official press release regarding the success of KDP Select. Carolyn is also the founder of the Indie Book Collective, an organization dedicated to helping writers utilize social media to market their books.
It is pretty amazing that for as short a time as eBooks have been around, there have been so many urban myths created around them. And if they involve Amazon? Yikes! So I thought I would spend a few minutes …
The Short Answer: Yes. The Long Answer: Only if you know what you are doing. I am not going to wade into the esoteric debate of whether or not you should give a book you have worked on for months …
In part one of this series, we discussed the mathematical nuts and bolts of the differences in royalties for KOLL Borrows versus Platform Sales. If you have not read the article here, I strongly encourage you to do so before …
I always find it amazing when researching marketing strategies how incredibly superstitious and eager some authors are to not just believe, but also truly embrace urban myths. Especially if it might impact their careers. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL) …
In many ways, KDP Select has been the salvation of many titles. Between the revenue from the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library (KOLL) and the ability to control “Free” promotions, KDP Select has raised those participating titles’ royalties by 26 percent. …
