So, it is Tuesday and I have been busy all morning pushing digital doorbells and banging on virtual doors attempting to stir up a little more interest in Kelpie Dreams and the rest of my February promotions.
Kelpie Dreams, my Kindle Scout winning shoot-em-up paranormal romance involving the love story between a suddenly-mermaid and a two hundred year old kelpie is marked down from the usual $3.49 price down to a lowly $1.00 price tag in the North American market. Which means that you can purchase a digital copy for single greenback at Amazon.com or a well-thumbed loonie at Amazon.ca OR you can grab it for free if you are a member of Kindle Unlimited.
So – how have I been doing?
Let me tell you how things are going for me.
Kelpie Dreams was released by Kindle Press (the folks who publish Kindle Scout winning works) and it has been hovering around the 40000 to 50000 Amazon ranking all February long, meaning that it is selling at an approximate rate of about 8-10 copies per day, during this February one dollar promotion. I’d like to see that number improve, but so far at least I’m holding steady. I was hoping for enough Kelpie Dream sales to pay off the last few hundred dollars of my original advance, so that I can start putting some of these royalties into my bank account.
SO – I repeat – am I happy with Kindle Scout so far?
Yes I am, actually.
This is me, doing my Happy Dance!
I’m ten months in and I’d like to pay off the advance before the end of May, if not sooner – but I am still happy with the results.
Why?
Let me tell you.
The thing to remember is that the Kindle Scout program is still fairly young, as is Kindle Press. I know that a few authors are disgruntled because most of us haven’t seen the kind of returns that the Kindle Press contract originally promised. Nevertheless, I’ve sold more copies of Kelpie Dreams than any of my books. Which means two things. Number one – I am still happy with my results at Kindle Press, even though I am still a few hundred dollars short of paying off my advance. Number two – I really suck at selling books by myself – so I am REALLY easy to please.
🙂
yours in storytelling,
Steve Vernon
YOURS IN STORYTELLING... 
Amazon does tend to do a pretty good job marketing, which is a great reason to even try Kindle Scout. Keep going!
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You bet. Many thanks!
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Steve, thanks so much for sharing your results. I just got my Amazon 1099 form for royalties for 2016, for my KS-no-go novel published in late January and my related short story published in late June, and the total for both in KDP Select was about $1400. I paid for advertising myself, of course, so my net is probably closer to $1000, and the novel portion of that is probably about $800. (I don’t want to look it up right now.) I hope KP will think that looks good enough that they’ll take on my next novel (late this year, I hope) for a contract after another Kindle Scout run. 🙂
Congratulations, and keep moving on!
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That’s the think about Kindle Scout. Even if you DON’T get accepted – it still offers a GREAT 30 day book launching mechanism. Glad to hear that Amazon did well for you in 2016.
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Good to know! Glad the book is doing well. I loved it.
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Hey Darlene, glad you enjoyed the book!
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