tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011399615565681742.post4744885887939577544..comments2023-07-18T04:32:44.951-04:00Comments on The Thrill Begins: ReinventionCathyPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011399615565681742.post-81054976827512121582012-08-09T11:55:06.740-04:002012-08-09T11:55:06.740-04:00Hi Jenny - "path" sounds so singular whe...Hi Jenny - "path" sounds so singular when I look back at what this actually has been so far! More like, I don't know, a tree with a million branches but the same trunk?<br /><br />Or maybe not.<br /><br />(Clearly not enough coffee yet...)Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011399615565681742.post-63223126844146089382012-08-09T11:49:44.563-04:002012-08-09T11:49:44.563-04:00Great reminder that there is no one right path--ju...Great reminder that there is no one right path--just the one that turns out to be right for you and your career. Thanks for the post, and best of luck in every way you choose!jenny milchmanhttp://suspenseyourdisbelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011399615565681742.post-32316808621275563852012-08-09T11:03:54.888-04:002012-08-09T11:03:54.888-04:00Cathy, thanks so much for having me!
I think the...Cathy, thanks so much for having me! <br /><br />I think the advantage a previously trad pubbed author has over a non-pubbed author is that we've been through the publishing mill and the odious and grueling but essential work of self-promotion is no surprise to us.<br /><br />But the key to indie pub success, after WRITING A GOOD BOOK, is learning how to work the Amazon system. Because until other platforms learn how to do it even a tenth as well as Amazon, it's still the main game in town. <br /><br />And I'm pretty sure I could have gotten near the same launch numbers through Amazon as a brand new author if I had done the same things I did with Huntress Moon. It wasn't my name or reputation driving the sales, it was the Amazon marketing machine. But I knew at least SOME of the things I had to do to get those initial numbers because as an already published author I understand just how much gaming the system has to do with a successful launch.<br /><br />SUSTAINING the sales, though - that's happening a lot because the book is good and I have a backlist of other good books.Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011399615565681742.post-25433833648500672492012-08-09T09:12:43.644-04:002012-08-09T09:12:43.644-04:00Thanks for joining us today, Alex.
Do you think ...Thanks for joining us today, Alex. <br /><br />Do you think authors like you, who have a following and name recognition, can make the indie-transition more successfully than say, a Debut Author?CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.com