By widening their audience, they may get more
sales for subsequent books, more television or radio appearances, or more gigs on the lecture circuit.
With the «no royalty» option limited to your first book and
demand for subsequent books you've written increasing, libraries are more likely to buy subsequent books through the only channel you've made available for those books — the one that pays you a royalty.
(My guess is, if you include his travel expenses, his first book lost a lot of money, but it helped grow his
platform for subsequent book launches.)
This time she tried her hand at sword and sorcery, and while she had lots of
ideas for subsequent books, real life — work, children, family — always seemed to provide ample excuses not to persevere.
In an article for The Guardian, she spoke quite openly about her traditional publisher cutting the number of print copies
produced for a subsequent book in her popular series, a fact she attributes to the high numbers of people who blatantly admit to her that they read pirated copies of her books.
He also helped me with a suggestion for my first books synopsis, achieving a far better result than I, which I subsequently used, the basis of which has helped me with other synopsis
written for subsequent books.
Though in a few cases this helps an author get
reviews for subsequent books, most reviewers said they decide whether or not to read new books by previously reviewed authors based on the content and quality of the book, and not by their relationship with the author.
Should you price low (i.e. free or 99 cents) so more people will give your work a chance (and perhaps be willing to pay more
for subsequent books in a series)?
A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking came on the self - publishing scene with several YA ebooks priced at 99 cents (for book 1s) and $ 2.99 (
for subsequent books) and had legendary sales that led to a legendary two - million - dollar traditional publishing deal.
But I wouldn't use
it for subsequent books (and I'd be sure to get the next book out within the year).
But with none of that, especially marketed as a novel series, I expect novels, not a novella,
for the subsequent books.
But I didn't go ahead with
that for the subsequent books because they were looking for world English rights.
Several have hired
me for subsequent books.