Check
other books in your genre and sub-genre to make sure you are cuing with your cover correctly.
Take a look at
other books in your genre and subgenre and compare prices.
My recommendation is to check to see what
other books in your genre use.)
Factors that affect pricing an ebook include royalty percentages, your ebook's length and perceived quality, and the prices of
other books in your genre.
I'd recommend heading to Mark Ecob's blog for inspiration, and then head to an online bookstore such as Amazon and search for
other books in your genre.
Learn how to set the right retail price of your book so you can sell your book at a competitive price compared to
other books in your genre.
Self - published authors can only compete if they are able to price their books similarly to
other books in their genre.
Since so much of finding an audience and selling a book is about how a book is positioned in the marketplace, it's also important to get feedback about how your book compares to
other books in its genre, and whether the way it's presented (for example, the book's cover and title) makes sense to a reader.
If you can price your book for slightly less than
other books in its genre, yours may have a competitive edge when potential buyers try to decide between your book and another.
Consider recommending
other books in your genre.
Asking is sometimes tough, so you can go first: review 25
other books in your genre.
What are
the other books in your genre / topic?
Your cover design should not stray too far from
other books in your genre, but you still want it to stand out enough to draw attention to your book.
Take the time to know what has worked for
other books in your genre.
Don't worry about being a cliche or looking like
other books in your genre.
Book Design Made Simple discusses three things to consider when deciding on an appropriate book trim size for your book:
other books in your genre, the thickness of your book, and where your book will be printed.
If you don't have strong feelings already, take a look at
other books in your genre.
I encourage the review of
other books in genres that you feel your book fits into PRIOR to selecting a genre.
After a month or two, send them an email and an ebook version of your manuscript asking if they're review it (remind them they reviewed that
other book in your genre.)
I'm kind of a data person so I've got spreadsheets with my book, my bestseller ranking, the number of sales, and I've tracked many
other books in my genre the same way, to get an idea of what's going on and how much the bestseller ranks fluctuate.
Promote
other books in your genre?
* Borrow styling from
other books in your genre to tell the story your readers are expecting to read;
But if you never open a book on your craft, or read
other books in your genre, how can you hope to know what's good writing and what isn't?
There is so much to cover design that it deserves its own post, but basically, it should fit in with
other books in the genre and look great in postage - stamp size.
A lot of them are genre - specific book review sites, because one of the most powerful marketing tricks is to write book reviews (or book «lists») about
other books in your genre, so that you're attracting highly targeted traffic who are «pre-screened» and likely to be interested in your book as well.
If you plug
other books in your genre at the same time as you plug your new release, and if people buy both, it's likely that you'll appear on the first page of those other books» also - boughts.
This is a trick some try to lower the ratings of
other books in their genre.
I usually suggest authors have a look at
other books in their genre and price their book accordingly so as to be competitive.
917 reviews and 4.6 average, which is great, except if you look at the reviews on that book you will see people who rate that book excellent then rate
other books in the genre very poorly.
To package that excellent content so that it looks just like
any other book in its genre in a bricks and mortar bookstore.
She'll look at the price (be comparable to
other books in your genre).
He has also written and self - published
other books in the genres of crime fiction and travel memoir.
Research
other books in your genre and use that for ideas.
If you're writing a piece of fiction, you'll have a lot more leeway in the design, but if you're a non-fiction author with a textbook or manual, you'll want to stick pretty close to the conventions
other books in your genre utilize.
How does it relate to
other books in the genre?
All I can say is to go to a bookstore and look at
other books in your genre.
Have you put conscious thought into differentiating your book from
the other books in your genre?
The reason is, it's important to keep your «also - boughts» clean; which means, you want people buying your books who are buying
other books in your genre.
Try browsing the covers of
other books in your genre for inspiration, and if you find examples of elements you really like and are looking for in your cover, show them to your designer.
That's why your book needs to fit into
the other books in its genre but also stand out as being unique.
You could write about
other books in your genre, get guest posts from authors.
Read
other books in your genre.
Jana, the first step I take with any book is to do a competitive analysis — see what
other books in your genre / category are doing in terms of size, length, cost, etc..
What makes your book stand out from
every other book in your genre?
Many factors affect ebook pricing, including royalty percentages, your ebook's length and perceived quality, and
other books in your genre.
Check
other books in your genre in book stores to decide which size is best to use.
You have to find a retail price that fits in the range of
other books in your genre.
I couldn't care less if it's trendy or marketable or more or less the same story but with different names as all
the other books in that genre.
I look at
other books in my genre, my books show up in the alsobot list.
You can apply to swap blurbs with books outside your genre, and it's fine for building reviews, but the most effective use of BlurbTrade will be building your author platform by getting your review on to
other books in your genre.