John W. Howell has gone into the pluses of doing pre-orders over on Story Empire today. If you’ve been dithering back and forth about doing them, you definitely should check this out, and his earlier post on the downside, too. Great info, here. Please remember to pass it along so others can learn, as well, thanks. And thanks to John for another informative and helpful post! 🙂
Hi SEers. John, with you today. I would like to continue the discussion that I started last time. (you can view it HERE) As you will recall (or not), I discussed some research I did on preorders on Amazon. I came to the conclusion that preorders unless you are a famous author, pretty much work against the idea of Amazon deeming a book worthy of promotion. That is because Amazon only promotes books that show steady sales and not peaks and valleys.
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Today I would like to point out the benefits of running a preorder.
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After all, like the sign implies, not everything in life is directed to the purpose of getting recognized by Amazon. There are several benefits of pre-order, so let’s dive in and cover them.
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Benefit One – Author sanity. When you set your book up for a preorder you…
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An excellent part 2 to John’s post. He makes some great points about taking off some of the pressure. I had a good preorder experience (I paired it with my trailer). Now we’ll see what happens as the book is live. Great share, Marcia.
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Thank you, Diana. 😊 There are good reasons to do pre-order courting the favor of Amazon is not one of them.
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Glad you enjoyed it, Diana. I learned a lot from both posts, myself, and I was happy to share. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing, Marcia. I headed over to John’s post. It was a great read.
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Thank you, Miriam.
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Glad you enjoyed it, Miriam. I agree with you totally! 🙂
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Heading over, I’m very interested in this as I’m in revisions with my new book and thinking about taking the plunge lol, thanks Marsh ❤
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I was happy to share this one, Debby. His first post on the cons of doing a pre-order convinced me I’m good without them, but it was interesting to see both sides of the issue. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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Ya, me too I think now. I’ve never used them, was considering for my new book, but old habits die hard lol 😉
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Really useful information!
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I thought so, too, Trish. I enjoyed both the first post detailing the cons and this one detailing the pros. I think I’ll stick with not adding pre-orders to my list of things to do, though I’m sure many folks will find them useful, especially the really big sellers. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out. 🙂
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