Danskin
Scribe
Hi all, I have a series of 5 short (35-50k) historical fantasy novels almost ready to launch. A few things are decided - I'm going to publish the independently, and go for a rapid release (probably 1 per 2-3 weeks) approach. Also, I don't have an active email list yet, so I can't use that for marketing. And I'm almost certainly going to start with Amazon KU, and hopefully 'go wide' a bit later on.
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about the best way to handle other aspects of the marketing. For example...
- Should I get paid promotions for the first book, and then run adverts after that?
- Should I make the first book cheap or free? Or start full price and then discount it periodically?
- Should I just do more of a 'soft launch' for book 1, and then try to ramp up the marketing once more of the series is available?
- Is an email list really important, and if so how best to build it? Should I even consider giving the first book away for free?
It would be great to hear if anyone has experience of promoting a similar type of series. Many thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions.
JFD
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about the best way to handle other aspects of the marketing. For example...
- Should I get paid promotions for the first book, and then run adverts after that?
- Should I make the first book cheap or free? Or start full price and then discount it periodically?
- Should I just do more of a 'soft launch' for book 1, and then try to ramp up the marketing once more of the series is available?
- Is an email list really important, and if so how best to build it? Should I even consider giving the first book away for free?
It would be great to hear if anyone has experience of promoting a similar type of series. Many thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions.
JFD