Since the ad that appeared on the Id10t podcast in January there has been bursts of interest (sales and page reads). That’s pretty fun to see. There was no cost to doing that so every single bit of attention the book has recieved from that is all a net gain.
With the 6 month anniversary coming up I’ve decided I’m going to take it off the Kindle Select program. While those page reads are somewhere in the 10,000 range at this point I think the value of it is over. Payment wise it adds up to very little and attention wise I don’t see any
So the big plan for March is to use IngramSpark to greatly expand where the ebook of The Darkest Winter is available. Along with that effort I need to come up with another wave of marketing to spread once that is all ready. I’m very close to the 100 copies sold- paperback and ebook combined- and I might even be there now, I have to to a new total count this weekend. That will be a good marketing avenue to take I think. Along with ten 5 star reviews, 100 sold, and the expanded marketplaces it’ll be like a second launch.
There’s a lot to consider and work out, my main desire is to have a good roll out plan in place when the day the expansion goes live. I’m thinking the middle of March at the earliest. I think the middle of March will be ideal, I don’t think it makes sense to hold back much longer. Even the beginning of April seems like too long to me.
Expect the next update to be full of info.