You aren't only in competition
with other books in your genres — your author platform is in competition with the author platforms other writers are developing.
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.
Not only will our tool tell you how many pages your book is, it will also tell you how you are doing compared to
other books in your genre as well as whether the length of your book classifies as a Short Story, Novella, or Novel etc..
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you look at your book cover (honestly) in thumbnail view
among other books in your genre, does it really stand out, pop out, catch the eye and beg to be read?
The popularity of these and
other books in the genre underscores the perils of new parenthood, but also suggests there's a growing desire by parents to try to repair frazzled bonds.
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.
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.
To determine where your «best price» might be,
study other books in your genre with a similar topic, theme and page count then price your book a little lower than theirs to spur sales.
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.
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.
Like
other books in this genre, many of the events in the book are painful to read, and will bring feelings of horror and shame at the thought of such things happening to young girls, some as young as 7 or 8.
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.
More often than not, these beautiful books languish in stacked - up boxes in their garage because they don't fit in with
other books in their genre, aren't typical for bookstore shelves, or have a production value that pushes the price point too high for the general consumer, limiting its accessibility.
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?
Think of what makes your book different than
other books in your genre.