Comments on: “Where should I sell my book?” What every indie author needs to know https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/ Do-it-yourself book marketing tips, tools, and tactics Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24665 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:05:13 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24665 In reply to Todd Hicks.

Good to know, Todd. Thanks.

Sandy

]]> By: Todd Hicks https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24663 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:58:54 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24663 I just use my Amazon DTP account to sell my works in paperback format. I actually make more sales on my books by publishing them in e-book format for free through Bookrix than I would by selling them as e-books through DTP. Plus, Bookrix provides me reader view stats on my books, enabling me to determine if I have visibility or conversion issues. DTP quit providing those stats about 10 years ago.

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24415 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:38:19 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24415 In reply to John F Darby.

Thanks, John! On which of these platforms do you sell the most books?

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24414 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:37:46 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24414 In reply to Jon Ferry.

Jon, authors are way more interested in/concerned about Amazon sales rank than readers are, so I don’t think you need to worry about the impact of site sales on Amazon rank. I suspect the average reader doesn’t even know about sales rank.

Is your book priced high enough to attract affiliates? Who do you think will be your affiliates? What system will you use to track affiliate sales and pay commissions? Are you already selling enough books to reassure you that the work involved with setting this up properly will be worth it?

Sandy

]]> By: Sandra Beckwith https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24413 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:28:30 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24413 In reply to Lyn Hancock.

This sounds incredibly frustrating, Lyn. Have you considered selling your book through KDP instead of through your Seller Central account?

Sandy

]]> By: Lyn Hancock https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24372 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:29:42 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24372 As a writer trying to sell one of her 20 books “TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON” on Amazon I have had nothing but frustration with Amazon. I have had a Seller Central Account for decades though haven’t used it much during the years that my publisher handled my sales. I never knowingly gave it up. For this most recent of my 20 books, I have received several orders from Amazon but all have been cancelled by Amazon as I had no name and address besides the order NUMBER. I wrote many letters, I even talked to many Amazon employees but still have NOT been given a name and an address to send my books to. All Amazon employees passing ‘the buck’. What to do? Phone my desk phone 1.250-390-9075 please if can help. Or lynhancock@shaw.ca

]]> By: Jon Ferry https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24242 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:10:56 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24242 The question I have is, how much does it hurt your Amazon ranking if you also sell through your website?

I am considering a program where I offer 25% of the sale price to affiliates that send sales to my website. I can’t do this with Amazon because Amazon takes too large of a percentage of the sale, and, it is way harder (and less reliable) to track sales traffic from my affiliates on Amazon.

But, of course, this takes sales away from Amazon and hurts my ranking there. The question is, how to value that impact in order to gauge the cost of a lower Amazon rank on my Amazon sales?

]]> By: John F Darby https://buildbookbuzz.com/where-should-i-sell-my-book/#comment-24240 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:35:49 +0000 https://buildbookbuzz.com/?p=20489#comment-24240 Besides Amazon, my book is available at Barnes and Noble, and Kobo. John D.

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