Kindle Publishing And My Future Plans

Why I Took My eBook Down From Amazon Kindle Publishing 

Yesterday launched the first post about my efforts to write and publish a series of eBooks on Amazon's Kindle platform.

Yesterday also marked the day I took my collection of short stories OFF the Kindle Publishing marketplace.

Why?

When I uploaded the eBook, it was akin to me being drunk in a bar, blindfolded and spun around, then given a dart to throw at the board.  Maybe I hit something other than the huge biker that was sitting between me and the target.  Maybe I hit my friend.  Maybe if I'm really, really fortunate I hit the target - doubtful - but hey, people have to win the Powerball Lottery sometimes.

I surreptitiously uploaded a file that had a standard cover from Amazon and waited.  And waited.  In the month and a half since, it saw ZERO traction.  If not for me checking my reports, I'm not sure anyone even looked at the collection.

I didn't promote it.

I didn't advertise or have a website to drive traffic toward it.

It was uploaded to Kindle, sat there, and that was that.

So I took it down.

Now I have a plan.

What I'm Focusing My Energy On Right Now

Currently I'm working on two new short stories and a couple edits of previous stories that were stillborn, hoping to breathe new life into them.

Soon the first eBook will be uploaded again, with a couple tweaks, edits and additional content.

And then I'll upload another collection of short stories.

I'll promote them both.  Maybe buy some ads.  That part hasn't been decided yet.

The key, the absolute foundation, is for me to move forward with the stories intelligently.  To make a plan and stick to it.

And then wash, rinse, repeat the process. This is a great strategy that Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt and David Wright talk about in Write, Publish and Repeat.






 

Journey Into Kindle Publishing

Here's A Little Story About A Man And His Plan

Welcome!  Inspired by people like Sean Platt, David Wright, Johnny B. Truant and others, I'm going to document my journey of trying to get words out into the world.  

In 2015 I'm launching a series of collections of short stories on Kindle publishing.  Some are old, some are new, but they'll all have one thing in common - observations of our world.  

I plan on listing how I go about publishing, the types of responses I get, how I drive traffic to the stories and if those tactics, strategies and plans are effective.  

Stay tuned for weekly updates, stories and ideas that I'll be pitching.  Some will be about the actual facet of story telling, some will be about the marketing around those stories, and all of them will be about the journey.  

Right now, I'm working on a collection of older short stories and plan on having them in the Kindle store shortly.  When I release them, I'll be sure to include the update here!

Have you any stories you'd like to see written, published and marketed?  Have you done something already? 

Leave suggestions on story ideas, or how to market them, as a comment!