I did not know this. So do that after you review all my books. Or whoever’s books you want to review.
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Reminder: review the books you read! And also… highlight them?
Tag: Books
Oh, yeah, I also locked down some details about future conventions.
Got the info pack for Stellar Con York next weekend, and confirmed that I’d be doing the MD Renn Festival on October 12th. Also had to order a bunch of books for the latter one, which reminds me: buy some, will ya? Stock is what you’d call speculative*; if they don’t sell, it ties up some of my liquidity.
Moe Lane
*I had a helpful object lesson in that regard when I started vending my books. I was talking to one guy who had bought a lot of copies of his novel, on the assumption that he would need them to sell and distribute. It… did not happen, and now the inventory was a problem.
I’ve been keeping my stock under tight control ever since.
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Reminder: the June Novel Kindle Sale starts tomorrow!
All of my novels will be on 99 cent Kindle sale for the next month! Click the link to buy them then, or click it now to buy them now. Either’s good.
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Today was a day of errands and haircuts.
It’s been a tough few weeks to actually get work done, but hopefully it’ll pick up as convention season starts. Next week in Marley Station Mall! Should be fun.
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Buy my books! …Yup, the direct approach.
April has been the cruelest month, when it comes to sales. I make no secret of it – but my books are good, and I make no secret of that, either. Fantasy, horror, science fiction – I try to do it all, and sales are not the least significant way that I get enough cash to keep doing it. Tell your friends! Heck, tell your enemies, if they like good books and have money. I’m not shy.
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Have you made a New Year’s Resolution to review more books?
Well, go ahead and get on with that, then. Or pretend that you were going to, all along. You can fulfill your obligation by either reviewing my books (after buying them, yes), or else reviewing somebody else’s books. The book-reviewing part is the important part here, although certainly I’m biased about who you do it for.
Moe Lane
Bad news: many of my paperbacks are going up in price next year.
I don’t actually want that to happen, obviously. But, thanks to inflation, costs are up, and prices have to go up to compensate. FROZEN DREAMS is going to stay the same price in paperback, but prices on some of the others are going to get raised to be more in line with GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND‘s.
Yeah, I’m not happy about it, either. Honestly, I should raise the prices of all my novels to $14.99, but my head’s not there yet. But it may be, soon, so now is the time to buy my books at the cheaper rates…
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My location at Fright Reads!
Fright Reads in a week! I’m not sure, but this is… a pretty good spot, I think.
Pretty close to the door, but not right on it (note where I was last year). Should be good traffic. Looking forward to the venue next week!
Moe Lane
PS: Buy my books here if you’re not going!
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Hrm. Expanded Distribution on Amazon for my books: yea, or nay?
It’s an interesting question. From what I can tell, my options are either to do things like put my books up on Barnes and Noble myself, or let Amazon do it for me. Advantages to the former: more money. Lots more money. Advantages to the latter: I don’t have to reformat all my existing books myself. This stuff is work.
Thoughts?
Welp, it was a tough month, sales-wise.
Not gonna lie on that one. Sales went through the floor, in all categories. The good news is that I have four venues in the next few months, starting with the MD Renn Faire in a week. After that, it’s back-to-back cons a month later, and a new one in November. I think that the mix of old and new sites will be good for sales, and of course the new novel is coming out soon.
After that… well, I’ve had good luck with Kickstarters. The trick is to just keep getting on with things.
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