I think it’s nice that you’re putting these things up for us to emulate if does work. Congratulations, seems that it did trip the algo!😊happy to have contributed a little to this goal.
I feel excited for you! It sounds like such a successful experiment. Those numbers of downloads sound absolutely mind-blowing to me personally! Thank you for sharing all this. I think it's very useful to other authors.
Thank you, Alexandra! I was tentatively thinking so too. Unfortunately, right after I wrote this, the page views STOPPED. It’s just so weird. I saw an author on TikTok talking about how page reads for indies across the board had been abysmal, yet had spiked during those exact same days. Isn’t that weird?! What the heck? I did decide to leave them in KU for another 90 days to gather more data.
But I’m beginning to think the “experts” are right. The only way to truly revive sales is to publish more books. So I’m back pecking away at my next one.
Should I write an explanatory post next week to explain more thoroughly about the free downloads etc? Or maybe I should revise this one. The majority came from the Fussy Librarian promo. With onesie/twosies from Substack, my other socials, and an Amazon ad.
P.S. Regarding publishing a new book -- can it be any book? What if you publish something like behind-the-scenes content, or extra information about characters, or some other guide? I mean, like an alternative to a novel if writing a novel feels difficult right now?
I'm sorry to hear the views stopped. If they change so abruptly, maybe they'll soar again?
I personally love learning such details. I love deciphering how things work. I think people on Substack rarely click links. I also think Substack algo knows it and that's why it automatically shows links to fewer people.
My intuition tells me that writers would be interested in learning step by step what was done and what it led to. That being said, my intuition was so often wrong regarding what might be interesting for others 😅
My intuition seems to be lacking, too. Or maybe we're just way ahead of everyone else?! I like learning these kinds of details too. In fact, I often research and find articles like these helpful. As for squelching internal links, that's just dumb on their part. And it hurts us, too. Thank you again for helping me thrash this out. 💕
Thank you, Walt, me too! It’s slowed down, which is worrisome. Today, it looks like someone is finishing Book 3, but no new starts of Book 1. Please, please, please, please let the page reads keep going and bring new sales with them.
Thank you for the restack, @Walt Shuler!
I think it’s nice that you’re putting these things up for us to emulate if does work. Congratulations, seems that it did trip the algo!😊happy to have contributed a little to this goal.
Thank you, France!!
I feel excited for you! It sounds like such a successful experiment. Those numbers of downloads sound absolutely mind-blowing to me personally! Thank you for sharing all this. I think it's very useful to other authors.
Thank you, Alexandra! I was tentatively thinking so too. Unfortunately, right after I wrote this, the page views STOPPED. It’s just so weird. I saw an author on TikTok talking about how page reads for indies across the board had been abysmal, yet had spiked during those exact same days. Isn’t that weird?! What the heck? I did decide to leave them in KU for another 90 days to gather more data.
But I’m beginning to think the “experts” are right. The only way to truly revive sales is to publish more books. So I’m back pecking away at my next one.
Should I write an explanatory post next week to explain more thoroughly about the free downloads etc? Or maybe I should revise this one. The majority came from the Fussy Librarian promo. With onesie/twosies from Substack, my other socials, and an Amazon ad.
P.S. Regarding publishing a new book -- can it be any book? What if you publish something like behind-the-scenes content, or extra information about characters, or some other guide? I mean, like an alternative to a novel if writing a novel feels difficult right now?
Preferably related as in a trilogy or series for read through. The one I’ve been posting weekly is a spinoff and nearly done!
I'm sorry to hear the views stopped. If they change so abruptly, maybe they'll soar again?
I personally love learning such details. I love deciphering how things work. I think people on Substack rarely click links. I also think Substack algo knows it and that's why it automatically shows links to fewer people.
My intuition tells me that writers would be interested in learning step by step what was done and what it led to. That being said, my intuition was so often wrong regarding what might be interesting for others 😅
My intuition seems to be lacking, too. Or maybe we're just way ahead of everyone else?! I like learning these kinds of details too. In fact, I often research and find articles like these helpful. As for squelching internal links, that's just dumb on their part. And it hurts us, too. Thank you again for helping me thrash this out. 💕
I still can't imagine how it can not be interesting for others. So I'm still sure it is 😁
Glad you saw those spikes - hopefully they’ll translate into even wider readership (and at least some $). Fingers crossed for you!
Thank you, Walt, me too! It’s slowed down, which is worrisome. Today, it looks like someone is finishing Book 3, but no new starts of Book 1. Please, please, please, please let the page reads keep going and bring new sales with them.
🙏🤞