tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post5974172549874485724..comments2024-03-25T21:30:28.970-07:00Comments on <b>Smashwords</b>: Can Ebook Data Reveal New Viral Catalysts to Spur Reader Word-of-Mouth?Dovetail Public Relationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-87763486762353808832014-02-19T17:28:43.856-08:002014-02-19T17:28:43.856-08:00The data presented here is very interesting. I hav...The data presented here is very interesting. I have yet to find anything else that is as comprehensive on the subject of where to set the price of an e-book to maximize profits.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878025884479624430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-58421951350121469812012-08-08T23:33:44.261-07:002012-08-08T23:33:44.261-07:00Hi Mark,
As a new author with only one book to my...Hi Mark,<br /><br />As a new author with only one book to my name, I found the insights fascinating.<br /><br />Only one problem for me, i found some charts impossible to decypher because the axes weren't labeled. <br />(Especially, cents per 1,000).<br /><br />Regards,<br />Owenwpo1408https://www.blogger.com/profile/04044659885758601862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-1920368517126667412012-07-26T03:20:52.596-07:002012-07-26T03:20:52.596-07:00Amazing presentation, great with the hard numbers....Amazing presentation, great with the hard numbers. How do they vary for authors of non-fiction?HMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627232690215200131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-46832799320961828362012-07-16T10:15:56.417-07:002012-07-16T10:15:56.417-07:00You should add audio and make this into a you tube...You should add audio and make this into a you tube video. Some of the graphs were not labeled and I am sure there is a lot of interesting data in this presentation that are not on the slides.SBJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457239074744509487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-80146927659499243132012-06-12T13:27:09.337-07:002012-06-12T13:27:09.337-07:00good job Mark, keep it up :)good job Mark, keep it up :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-7971994091427403722012-05-13T12:46:36.910-07:002012-05-13T12:46:36.910-07:00Hi. For anyone interested in the above tactics and...Hi. For anyone interested in the above tactics and how it is going, so far so good. With the price on One Man's dream, the position held well so far, just slipping slightly. Griffin's Witch is catching it up and picked up a 5 star review. I have put $2.99 on it knowing it will take a week or more for B and N to change it at their end. I have a couple of new titles being put on B and N of the same genre, but they go with a modest price tag already on them. Still not a lot at Deisel????gary westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490150782824349280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-85846319759233247832012-05-10T04:58:28.093-07:002012-05-10T04:58:28.093-07:00Hi. Brain dead!!! I should have mentioned the rank...Hi. Brain dead!!! I should have mentioned the rankings are on Barnes and noble. Sorry.gary westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490150782824349280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-54562341764159984652012-05-10T04:50:01.209-07:002012-05-10T04:50:01.209-07:00Hi. I found Mark's stats very interesting and ...Hi. I found Mark's stats very interesting and changed my prices accordingly. One book, One Man's Dream, 50K words, one close to my heart, did nothing for two months. then sold a copy, so got a "ranking" of around 1,020,000. So, wanting a few brave souls to at least try it, I took the price off. It shot up as a freebie, one million places in 24 hours. It got as high as 2,350 and stuck. It was however being read and got reviews from five stars to a one star. (?) So I put a price of $2.99 and expected it to fall a million places, but so far only slipped back about 200. Fingers crossed. <br />So, I decided to do the same to another book. Griffin's Witch. Again, took off like a rocket. I'll leave it awhile longer before slapping a price on it. By the way. Anyone getting sales On Diesel? Completely dead for me and a couple of friends. Good luck Smashers if you try the above tactics. Regards, Gary Weston.gary westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490150782824349280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-86632017357251369682012-05-10T04:29:55.787-07:002012-05-10T04:29:55.787-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.gary westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490150782824349280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-24218186909119196562012-05-08T10:37:46.846-07:002012-05-08T10:37:46.846-07:00It is indeed very informative, especially for auth...It is indeed very informative, especially for authors. I will bookmark this post, so that i'll be able to go through it as often as i can. Thanks for this information.maradcopyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744319158566725425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-9188515407826407042012-05-07T09:05:48.733-07:002012-05-07T09:05:48.733-07:00Great data to help authors position their books. I...Great data to help authors position their books. I have made sure this page is bookmarked to re-read on a regular basis! Many thanks Mark.Catherine Condiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998587417742147495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-45229575980951977932012-05-05T15:03:04.746-07:002012-05-05T15:03:04.746-07:00Great book. I read it last night.Great book. I read it last night.Tami Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254839673811955144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-71947669890034642672012-05-02T11:54:36.093-07:002012-05-02T11:54:36.093-07:00Fascinating data. As a reviewer of e-books I desp...Fascinating data. As a reviewer of e-books I despair at some of the free offers. A book, especially a free one, that contains errors will soon become a deleted one.<br /><br />Self-publishing needs to embrace the whole process and as well as market-place knowledge(and a good story, of course!) proofread it, please.Helen Baggott https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672002857462638219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-66566367789713946932012-05-01T20:45:35.125-07:002012-05-01T20:45:35.125-07:00Great information and thanks for breaking it down ...Great information and thanks for breaking it down for us. I'd certainly never be able to wade through all of the data and analyze, much less make sense of it all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453996715078965400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-16001911109065046432012-05-01T20:22:09.848-07:002012-05-01T20:22:09.848-07:00Is there somehow i can find an accessible version ...Is there somehow i can find an accessible version of the presentation? Since it is graphical text, I can't read it using text to speech. I am dying to see what you descovered.<br /><br />nan hathorneKit mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991738631295745319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-7008762341395090082012-04-28T18:58:40.809-07:002012-04-28T18:58:40.809-07:00One of the neat things about Smashwords is the sha...One of the neat things about Smashwords is the sharing of data. Anything we can get that is valid to work with is good. I'm also more likely to read the book, which I already have on the desktop. Thank you.Louis Shalakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535102837963410061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-20310116045793286212012-04-28T16:31:48.626-07:002012-04-28T16:31:48.626-07:00thank you for doing the research. the information...thank you for doing the research. the information is really useful and informative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797792725667139673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-77618110820137561202012-04-28T08:59:26.330-07:002012-04-28T08:59:26.330-07:00I found the data on book length vs sales intriguin...I found the data on book length vs sales intriguing, especially for romance, my genre. My results are slightly different. I've noticed my novellas between 35-50k outsell my longer works. I'm an anomaly yay!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264437721162599552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-35344904220297930192012-04-27T09:45:39.753-07:002012-04-27T09:45:39.753-07:00Very interesting, Mark. Thanks for the research. H...Very interesting, Mark. Thanks for the research. Here's an offer for you. Despite my loyal affection for SmashWords, I have maintained a separate Amazon Kindle account for my single-title nonfiction true crime book, Luggage by Kroger, since early 2009. I would be glad to share the monthly historical sales data on the Kindle version with you, if it would benefit the reserach by adding those numbers to the SmashWords data. Sales of the Kindle version have been larger than SmashWords. I also wonder if any other SmashWords authors with a similar separate data feed would want to join in, if that sort of additional data would help you keep records and reach enlightening conclusions. Let me know if that interests you enough to make time for the research. And, thanks again for your contribution to the business. Joining SmashWords in addtion to Kindle was one of the best decisions I ever made.GaryTaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701865586198001773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-90373111036987248062012-04-27T07:34:28.462-07:002012-04-27T07:34:28.462-07:00Loved all of this, Mark. But found the info on pri...Loved all of this, Mark. But found the info on price point and word count REALLY compelling. The fact that $1-1.99 is such a dud is so counterintuitive and hence particularly helpful. And, as a person who loves to read, I'm delighted that people like long books! Of course with print, publishers don't like long books bc they are more expensive to produce. So this is another reader-friendly, exciting thing about ebooks.aeckstuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856218310682155845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-58916376934992958502012-04-26T15:36:32.263-07:002012-04-26T15:36:32.263-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.dana e donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09018257326494278111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-18001783663191111132012-04-26T12:50:34.475-07:002012-04-26T12:50:34.475-07:00This is a great book for us newbies. There seems ...This is a great book for us newbies. There seems to be lots of info for old timers too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-9303726549352171732012-04-26T11:19:35.784-07:002012-04-26T11:19:35.784-07:00Thanks for posting this. Always good to know the t...Thanks for posting this. Always good to know the true mechanics behind the sales and how the stats impact what is happening.<br /><br />By the way promoting UR blog on my FB pg. Like pg? Thx. https://www.facebook.com/Writingdivine <br />Also, I joined your blog via GFC. Return the favor and join mine? Thx.<br /><br />http://www.thefatandtheskinnyonwellness.com/Carole Di Tostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831790843436160256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-14405640271967361992012-04-26T09:26:09.467-07:002012-04-26T09:26:09.467-07:00This is great stuff. I'd be interested in more...This is great stuff. I'd be interested in more price/word analysis. Does any price/word sensitivity show up in larger data sets, say, regressed against sales and earnings? This is the one variable that could create the simplest pricing rule of thumb.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182644885948983861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-52226664160049968542012-04-26T08:26:02.479-07:002012-04-26T08:26:02.479-07:00@Daniel, have you considered pricing the first boo...@Daniel, have you considered pricing the first book in the series at FREE? It would probably be worth trying as an experiment for a month or two to see how it impacts the series. It would certainly be a great question for us to explore: Which series yield the most sales for the author, those that have series starters at FREE, $.99 or some other price?Dovetail Public Relationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.com