I need to learn how to loosen up and let the words flow!
Ah. Don't we all?
I need to learn how to loosen up and let the words flow!
I’m on Instagram. Fairly new to it and started because I wanted to put my art on there. There are tons of hashtags, lots of Bookstagrammers who take lovely still life type photos of books. I think you can approach them and ask them to feature your book but I haven’t tried that. Not sure if any of it results in sales. I was already on Pinterest so I put my books on there. Again, does this lead to sales??
The Color of Sunshine, Book Two in the Aride Universe is now released!
...I’m questioning whether I want to complete the series with a third book or just give up. I published wide this time but maybe should just go back into KDP. Maybe I would get some page reads. Maybe I should do a newsletter promo just to see if it does anything. But what do I promote? The first book? The second one?
Finish the series.
The important thing to realize about self-publishing books is that you don't always have to sell well right out of the gate. You can start to make money years later.
What I've found for me personally with my fantasy series is that I'm a good enough writer people will read the books that are available, but not such an amazing writer that they'll keep looking for the next book for a year or two. So odd as it may seem, the more of book 1 I sold before the rest of the series was done, the more potential readers I ultimately lost. With my fantasy series I published in 2015, 2016, and 2017. My most profitable year on that series was 2019 after I had a fantasy Bookbub and the rest of the series was priced at $7.99 for the year. Which is all to say, it's too early to give up. Finish the series and promote it. Then judge.
Also, when you do promote, focus on getting readers into the series by promoting book 1. If book 1 does its job, they'll read through to the rest of the books, just make sure you have your ebook set up so that the story ends, there's a small break, and then there's a link to the next book all on the same page.
Good luck and congrats on finishing the second book.