I signed up for Ereader News Today. This site was suggested by King Midget, who has seen a lot of success with it. He is the expert, so visit his site and learn a lot about self-publishing. You won’t be disappointed.
I only signed up today, so I have no feedback on how well it works. Here is what I do know about Eredear News Today:
- They post 7 bargain books a day on Monday through Friday. These are books that are .99 cents or less. They also post free books, which seem to be listing all of them. I don’t have a free book to test it with.
- They cannot guarantee that your book will be posted during a .99 cent sale period, so there’s a risk if you’re doing the price change for a limited time. It’s free to sign-up, so no risk.
- Your book needs at least 10 reviews and at least an overall 4.0 star rating on Amazon. They go for quality here.
- You pay a 25% cut of royalties on anything that sells through their site. It’s ONLY on books sold through them, so books that are sold by any other means will not factor into their cut.
I’m sure you guys are looking at this and thinking ‘no’. I did too, but it’s free to sign-up. That 25% cut had me nervous. Then, I thought it through and realized that it would imply I made some money. With all of the free sites that I have myself connected to, I don’t think adding this into the mix would be a bad idea. It’s also advertising, so tax deduction. Again, King Midget is the expert on this and he made a very good case.
I’m also looking at this in terms of the series. The first book on this can help draw people into the sequel (once it debuts) and this site can increase its reach. Beginning of a Hero is a guinea pig to some extent. It’s my first book and the foundation of everything that comes later. So, this type of site should help me out. I’ll keep an eye out for my book to show up in their newsletter and then check the sales.
Watch me forget to check for the newsletter, but I’ll know something is up if I get a sudden influx of sales.
Legends of Windemere 
nice to read some commeon sense.. Since I am just beginning to put together a book of short stories. We need to hear this stuff-thanks
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ha, I need edit just to comment these days
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Thanks. The other sites I used were various pay for posting sites, so this is a new type. I have my fingers crossed.
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me too, you are our guinea pig 🙂 or a better analogy would be our daring, heroic pioneer
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I think I prefer guinea pig. Less pressure and I get one of those vertical water bottles in my room. 😉
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ha,ha, smile, wide grin,,,giggle..loud laugh
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I go through those books every day. If you forget to check, I will let you know when I see it 🙂
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Thanks. I’m still learning the site. It sounds like a very popular site.
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Advertising? What is that?
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It’s this strange ritual of self-published authors where we try to spread the name of our books. Done at all costs and the detriment of our sanity. Some go so far as the promise or threaten with nudity.
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So throw the books out and make them trip over them.
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I tried, but it’s hard to trip people with eBooks. I settled for personalized shurikens . . . I didn’t make any friends with that stunt.
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banana peels
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Bubble wrap!
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care bear underwear
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Tasmanian Devil boxers.
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scooby doo
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Pirates of Dark Water
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Helllllo kitty
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Thundercats!
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I love you man! No one knows about that!
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The Snorks!
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My little pony
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The Real Ghostbusters
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Slimmer!
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Slimer
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One of my favorites. Though, I just remembered a trio of shows: Super Mario Bros Hour, Legend of Zelda series, and Captain N: The Gamemaster.
Might be one of the few people that remembers that last one.
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I know that too. Best friends sheesh
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Same wavelength. A final cartoon before I pass out for the night:
Muppet Babies.
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Baby piggy!
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Baby Gonzo!
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Thanks for being the guinea pig, Charles, and best of luck! Here’s hoping for a huge uptick in sales!
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Thanks. I’m hoping for it too.
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They will send you an email letting you know that you’re in and what day you will be featured. Also, the 25% only comes off of sales for the day you’re featured and the day after. I’ve sold 200 downloads of my novel since then. And I’ll gladly trade that 25% for the revenue from over 700 copies since ereadernews featured my book. When I dropped the price to .99 nothing changed. Once I got featured in ereadernews, I sold 500 copies in two days. And have continued averaging 3-5 downloads per day since. If you can get on their list, it’s a good thing.
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Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes. That 500 in two days sounds very appealing. Wonder how genre plays into it.
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I asked the woman who runs the website what they typically see for those first couple of days. Never got a response. 😦
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That’s a shame. Maybe they simply didn’t have an answer.
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They do. The site is linked to (operated by?) Amazon/Kindle. That’s how they know how many sales you have in those first two days. The invoice specifically refers to the number of sales you have to calculate the 25%.
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What about sales on that day that have nothing to do with the site?
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I don’t think they can differentiate between those. Basically, whatever Kindle sales you have on the day they feature you and the following day — they get their percentage from. Not a big concern for me, since I wasn’t getting any bites on my novel until they featured it. The payoff for me far outweighed any risks.
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I was wondering about that. Thought it odd that they could find a way to differentiate. It’ll only be for the one book, so I can deal with that.
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They can differentiate between the two because they use an affiliate link for your book. Only sales that went through their link count.
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Good to know. Thanks. Now I’m just waiting on my time on their newsletter.
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