Hugh Howey,
in a Kboards discussion about reviews, suggests a multiple choice test for reviewers:
At this low point, I dug deep
in Kboards, especially one thread devoted to Scout experiences and requests for nominations.
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In the Kboards article, Hugh refers to this cover saying
I have found an absolute wealth of information on the Writer's Cafe
in the KBoards forums.
You will find plenty of happy authors
in the Kboards» Writer's Cafe Thread.
Not exact matches
Update, 9/6/17: Playster posted further on
KBoards that they are «investigating the labeling thoroughly, using some of the examples
in [the
KBoards] thread, to establish exactly what's happening,» and asking for «patience.»
In a very intense thread on the KBoards, Kindle Unlimited: the scoop, http://www.kboards.com/index.php?topic=189900.new#new, in response to a post about concern of how sales would affect rankings of books, I sa
In a very intense thread on the
KBoards, Kindle Unlimited: the scoop, http://www.
kboards.com/index.php?topic=189900.new#new,
in response to a post about concern of how sales would affect rankings of books, I sa
in response to a post about concern of how sales would affect rankings of books, I say,
Update, 9/2/17: Dan Wood, director of author relations at D2D, has chimed
in on the
KBoards thread to say they're «working on» the problem.
Find out who other writer friends are using, or get involved
in self - publishing forums or groups — such as
KBoards, or the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Writing on the
kboards forum, H M Ward says: «I had my serials
in Kindle Unlimited for 60 days and lost approx 75 % of my income.
I've been a lurker on
Kboards» Writers Cafe for months now, and the same 3 - 4 people who regularly comment about the evils of Amazon on EVERY SINGLE Amazon - related thread have sales rankings for their books
in the high six - digits.
I have changed all of the links
in this post to point to the right section, but if any of the links are broken, try changing kindleboard — >
kboard in the URL, and please do let me know!
The voluminous
KBoards responses to Wendig's commentary have been far more mixed, and
in some cases shrill.
True story: I * stupidly * did this a few times early
in my career, both on Goodreads and
kboards.
All
in all, if you aren't already using
kboards, then you have to check it out.
You can very often get feedback from other authors on
Kboards, but take a look at what's selling
in your category and see whether your covers match.
Tip:
In February, BookBub held a discussion on the
Kboards and answered many questions for indie authors.
Also, anecdotally from discussions on the
Kboards and Passive Voice, several major hybrid writers have noted that the Big 5 aren't so much interested
in print only deals — they're looking for erights too.
Screen quality is the number - one complaint about the Oasis on e-reader fan sites such as mobileread and
kboards, where disappointment
in the new device is palpable.
The
Kboards Writer's Cafe (a popular forum where indie writers hang out and discuss the industry) is chock full of threads about the evils and praises of Kindle Unlimited and how something that might have worked
in 2012, now doesn't, and on and on, but there is no denying that new authors are coming onto the scene and seeing a lot of success all the time, even
in 2016 as they did
in 2011 - 2012.
Over on the
KBoards site,
in a thread going back to September, there are howls of protest about this that range from condemning Amazon for changing its terms of service to censorship.
Quitting
Kboards, as informative as that place has been
in the past six months.
In late 2011 I joined the Kboards, an online forum that had become a hotbed of information for indie authors trying to make inroads in selling digital book
In late 2011 I joined the
Kboards, an online forum that had become a hotbed of information for indie authors trying to make inroads
in selling digital book
in selling digital books.
On August 17, 2013, HM Ward posted on
kboards that she had hit 2 million copies sold, with over 1.5 million sold
in 2013 year to date.
Certainly
in the self - publishing community, authors have been helping each other from the very beginning, and you can see active examples of it through
Kboards and countless Facebook groups.
If I've learned anything from my friendships on the
KBoards, it's how easily energy created
in the digital world can translate to real life.
Start a thread on The Writer's Cafe on
kboards (be sure and join the discussion on the Kindle Scout thread while you're there), or reach out for help
in one of the many author community pages on Facebook.
Rebecca Hamilton has quite the reputation
in the author community — read Christina's account for more, or this thread on
Kboards.
I've also seen such threads on the Writers» Cafe on
Kboards, but you may have better luck if you can find out where the authors
in your genre hang out.
One member over on
Kboards has been questioning your conclusions based on the holes
in the data.
There's a huge thread on
kboards (and lots of discussion
in private groups) with indie authors complaining about not only a possible algorithmic shift, but more concerningly, issues with the accuracy of pages read being reported.
A quick search on the
KBoards Writers» Cafe forum can often provide information from those
in the trenches who are ahead of us on the indie publishing journey.
In fact author Mike Dennis admitted just that on the
KBoards Writers» Café, an online forum where a lot of self - published authors hang out (including me).