Pressing On

by David Batten-Hill
27th February 2012

Again not so much a question as a report.

My novel 'This Son of York' has just gone live in the US as a paperback. I did this via Createspace and I'll see what happens now.

The UK paperback version is about to go live too, via FeedARead.

All this has used up a lot of time but not a lot of money - just a few pounds on proofs, and £29 on a revision.

The links are at www.tsoy.co.uk and www.thissonofyork.com

On the Kindle side, sales have slumped for the moment, just five in February, according to Novelrank. It's just a matter of pressing on as far as I'm concerned. The main frustration is trying to push traffic to the web sites. I've done the keywords and tags but I expect that the effects may take time to show in Google Analytics.

Nil desperandum!

Replies

Thanks, Christina!

T. O., I made the.revision on the Feed A Read physical copy, after I'd bought the proof copy. There was a number of punctuation faults and having a new 'interior' made cost the £29.

I asked the company about this cost...it also includes a new ISBN, and there's essentially no choice. Technically, the 'proof copy' is actually a final, ready-to-sell copy.

The moral: get your original 100% perfect!

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David
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David Batten-Hill
28/02/2012

Congratulations on your book David. I think that doing a launch/signing would be a good thing. Word of mouth can be a very powerful thing. I'm sure you would be great at it.

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Christina Howland
28/02/2012

£29 pounds on a revision? Is it that cheap?

I would like to receive good tips about revisions (know nothing about them). Where did you ask for one, David?

PS: Congratulations for your achievement!! Hope I reach this level as soon as possible :)

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