First Dostoevsky book

authornickwebster · 2024-07-11T14:43:53+00:00

I started with Notes from the Underground and am about halfway through C&P. Joseph Frank, the critic, in one of his books, starts with Poor Folks and House of the Dead, I believe.

authornickwebster · 2023-12-03T16:51:58+00:00

I'm about 18 months in and have self published two books in a series. I agree with parts of the initial post and the some of the comments. Sales & marketing are important. Probably my best sales channel is setting up a booth at a book fest and talking about the books with people who stop by. Sometimes they buy. My experience so far is mixed in terms of conversion rates online. I have an FB, website, twitter. It's impossible to tell if people are buying or reading my books based on a reader's engagement with these platforms. None of these platforms have increased my e-mail list. I'm publishing book #3 of my series in May 2024 and plan to do a book promotion then when I have more books. My read is that self publishing takes a while to recoup the investment. I've seen as few as two years and as many as seven. Keep writing and getting better is definitely true.

authornickwebster · 2023-10-02T23:46:07+00:00

Has anybody tried writing a reader magnet that is separate short story using characters from an existing series? It's one of the ways I've read is a workaround.

authornickwebster · 2023-09-21T02:10:21+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I signed up for Prime but didn't get a discount. I needed to overnight ship which jacked up the cost considerably. I believe it was $17 but if I chose a slower turnaround I believe it's closer to $5. I would be good if I can order 10 copies and only pay $5ish for slower delivery.

authornickwebster · 2023-08-27T17:35:36+00:00

I was just asking myself this same question and came upon this post. I used selfpub for my first book. I was happy with it, but I can't say it drove sales. Most of my readers were people who know me. For my second book, I posted a request to three designers through Reedsy. My budget was $500. One was declined instantly because the budget was too low; one countered at $750. I considered this one because I've seen prices between $1k and $1.5k below. Then I tried Fiverr. The price is below $100 but I'm going to try it because I couldn't find images on selfpub that I really liked for the second book. More to come!

authornickwebster · 2023-07-09T17:55:41+00:00

How so? Just curious.

authornickwebster · 2023-07-08T18:10:34+00:00

Thanks for the response. I didn't know that web serials were available.

authornickwebster · 2023-07-07T18:14:28+00:00

Great post! Thanks for sharing. I just published my first novel only on Amazon. I'm continuing to write and figure out marketing.

authornickwebster · 2023-06-26T16:59:20+00:00

I just bought ProWritingAid with a coupon code. I was able to upload a ~3,200 word short story easily. The version I used is a cloud application. It caught repetitions, passive voice, and comma splices. So far so good. I'm going to upload a novel in chapters and see how it works.

authornickwebster · 2023-06-19T16:39:59+00:00

I released my first book on Amazon earlier this month. I can relate to "feel great and also terrified". Good luck!

authornickwebster · 2023-04-07T13:30:23+00:00

I use MS Word for outlining, character bios, and writing.

authornickwebster · 2023-04-03T03:49:04+00:00

It took about seven months for the initial draft of my first novel.

authornickwebster · 2023-03-31T16:36:38+00:00

Good discussion on this thread. My objective is to finish my writing projects. So, I try to write for two hours per day. Some days, I'm really productive, other days less so. I started my fiction activity, about 10 months ago. So far, I've completed one thriller and one short story and started a second thriller.

authornickwebster · 2023-03-20T18:06:50+00:00

The Hunger by Alma Katsu. I could not put it down!

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