Monday, February 3, 2020

I Know It Sounds Anti-Intuitive

The other day I was talking with my in-person BFF and I told her about putting Blink of an I up for free.  She was aghast.  "Free?" she asked in disbelief.  As in 'why would anyone ever offer their stuff for free?'  And I said "Well, I know it sounds anti-intuitive, but sometimes it helps with sales."  Then I explained about Page Reads, and the potential for people buying others of my books, etc.  All good things to be sure.

But there's on other potential goodie from having a FREE that I neglected to mention because it so rarely ever happens for me - that it will be boosted in the rankings and perhaps gain sales that way.

I had scheduled Blink to be free from January 29st through January 31st.  Some time on Friday, I checked the rankings and Blink had made it into the free top 100s in Post Apocalyptic and in Dystopian.  And I remembered something I'd read a while ago about 4 days being the magic number for getting a book noticed in Kindle Unlimited.  I went right back into my Amazon Bookshelf and added two more days to the freebie.

And it stayed in the top 100s during those two days.  (Without any extra FB push, I might add.) 

This morning, I woke up and checked the rankings - hoping it would at least be in the hundred thousands on overall Paid in Amazon.  (Which is better than the 7 figure ranking it had.)  Except it almost never happens that a free push does anything with the rankings in Paid. 

Imagine my surprise when I saw this...
That's paid ranking, folks.  #6895 overall and #119 and #126 respectively in Paid.  :jaw drops:  I can only assume I picked up a bunch KU downloads to make that happen because there are no actual sales associated with that.  Just 89 free books downloaded. 

I still haven't seen any money from any of this, but there's hope.  And it's nice to see one of my books rise so far up in the rankings.  I hope the people who downloaded my book enjoy it.

In other noteworthy news, I sold a paperback yesterday for the first time in over a year.  And for the first time sans Createspace.  So that was pretty neat for me. 

Now to convert that positive news into gumption to get some writing done.  :fingers crossed:

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4 comments:

  1. Silver JamesFebruary 3, 2020 at 10:12 AM

    Woot! That's awesome news!!!! Quick thinking on your part and I hope all those dystopian readers discover you because BLINK is totally worth paying full price for!!! Fingers crossed. 🤞

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    1. B.E. SandersonFebruary 4, 2020 at 6:10 AM

      I think the ranking was a fluke. By a couple hours after I posted this, it was back in the millions. :shrug: It was a bit of a high while it lasted. And I have a screen capture, so I know it wasn't all in my head. ;o)

      Thanks for all your support! :hugs:

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  2. Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-MakerFebruary 3, 2020 at 10:47 AM

    Woohoo! Congratulations! Blink of an I is a great read and it deserves a bigger audience!

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    1. B.E. SandersonFebruary 4, 2020 at 6:11 AM

      Thanks, Deb! Like I told Silver up there, it was a fluke, but it felt good for a while.

      Thanks for all your support! :hugs:

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