The First month: The Cauldron Bound

So the Cauldron Bound have been out in almost exactly in one month. And the sales have been dismal. Part of it is because I screwed up when I signed up for Bargain Booksy without dropping the price. But even when I dropped the price to 0.99, the sales were few. The fact that people […]

Writing Exercise: Keywords

I have been frustrated about my lack of sales, despite dropping the price .So I have spent the morning tweaking my keywords. Why? Because while cover and blurb makes a reader click on the buy button keywords tells them that your books exist. Before I tweaked them they were something like this: military fantasy adventure, […]

Sales ending soon

Tomorrow is July 31st, which means that the sales are ending ( for now. There are another sale/ promo push coming around my birthday). Please buy  a copy of The Cauldron Bound at either Kobo or Kindle, if you haven’t already. I have tweaked the blurb, too: Worn down by centuries of war, all Aodh […]

5 promo things I need to get better at

This is the kind of promo that don’t cost anything but time. 1. Create graphics w teasers 2. Do a coming soon post 4-8 weeks before release. 3. Offer ARCs 4-8 weeks before. 4. Post the graphics I made earlier on social media with links. 5. Do Flash Giveaways.( offer Epub or mobi, since most […]

The Alchemist’s Apprentice free for a limited time

In my eternal search for more ways to promote my books, I stumbled upon a page called Instafreebie. It is run by a company called Libboo, who also runs a bargain promotion site called the Midlist. Since I liked the idea of the service, I decided to test it. As a result, you can download […]

I am part of this week’s Mind Meld

When I was on vacation, I got an invitation to be part of this week’s Mind Meld. I didn’t hesitate, since the subject was fun, and I knew who I wanted to pick. Read my answer, and the other participants, over at SF Signal. Since I am part of the Mind Meld, I am extending […]

Rainy Weekend sale

This summer have sucked when it comes to the weather. It has been rainy and cold. Though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised since the whole freaking year have been like this. To make the summer a tiny bit better, I have decided to put The Cauldron Bound on Sale over the weekend. Amazon:  http://http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B010MOYWNO […]

I want summer

I am on vacation from in the dayjob this month. Except I am wondering if it is July. Normally a month that is rainy but not cold. This year? It is rainy and Cold. It is supposed to be between 11 and 15 C today. Yeah. Which is 10 C too cold. Which I guess […]

Facebook page!

I finally got around to make a Facebook page, since I want to do promo without spamming my friends and family. Plus my profile is in Swedish… So you can find me here. Come and like my page!