However, we do promote
a bundle of short stories by the same author as long as they are book length.
I'll eventually
bundle some of these short stories into ebooks, but for now, please enjoy them on my blog.
Several authors I respect have told me that joining other authors in
a bundle of short stories has worked well for them.
Bundles of short stories sell well in various fiction genres, as well as in sub-genres of major categories like romance.
Not exact matches
And she shared lots
of ideas like that:
bundling the first 3, writing
short stories or novellas for anthologies,
bundling 3 previously released
shorts into one independent ebook and print, etc..
After thanking their patrons The Author's Guide to Ebook
Bundling, More Than Monsters, and What Sells Books, the pair
of publishing pundits talked tips on
short stories, Amazon Author Central, and writing on planes.
The latest Humble
Bundle features dozens
of Nebula - winning and Nebula - nominated novels and
short stories from past and present, everyone from Octavia Butler and Ursula K Leguin to Samuel Delany and John Brunner, to say nothing
of Kate Wilhelm, Joanna Russ, and four titles from Serial Box.
You've now got quite a collection
of books you can promote... You have the
short stories you've written, and the
bundle, and your novel too.
* There's a market for
short stories in Kindle Unlimited (
bundle your
short stories once you have four or five
of them for additional sales);
Because
of the current system, I've stopped uploading most
of my
short stories and book
bundles to Amazon.
Today, the guys chatted about their experiences with multi-author and solo - author book
bundles of existing material and also anthologies
of new
short stories or novellas.
Anthologies
of short stories / novellas with new material — Recycled material can work for big
bundles, but new material will appeal even more to your existing readers.
Additionally, I will send some exclusive previews
of scenes or
short stories that may or may not be published at a later date in a
bundle -LSB-...]
I liked your suggestion
of several authors coming together for these
short story bundles.