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Order Signed Copies of Depraved Difference

Depraved Difference

Depraved Difference

Since I have so many friends around the city, country and world, I keep getting asked, “How can I get a signed copy?”  In response, I have set up a page on my website for your to order.

Here you can order a signed copy using PayPal.  I set the shipping for the US at $10 because I don’t know what it will be. Once somebody orders, I’ll adjust it, most likely down, and refund the excess if it is ridiculously over.

So, all you friends, family, acquaintances, co-workers, fan-boys, etc., here’s your chance to show your support and order a signed copy of Depraved Difference.

Here’s the full link:

http://www.jrobertkennedy.com/order_autographed_copies.htm

Thanks for your support!


Bonjour! Depraved Difference now Available in France

Oui! C’est vrai! Ok, not sure if that is right, but I think I just dispelled one myth that all Canadians speak French.  Non, ce n’est pas vrai.  Most of us don’t.

The Depraved Difference paperback is now for sale in France for all mes French amis:

http://www.amazon.fr/dp/1461075858/

And wow! They even have free shipping on just one book.  I guess when your entire country fits inside one of our provinces, you can do that.

Rolling Rrrrr… Robert


Depraved Difference now Available on Amazon.ca

For all of my Canuck friends, family, co-workers and dare-I-say fans, the paperback edition of Depraved Difference is now available to order on Amazon.ca.  Here’s the link:

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1461075858/

Again, this make a great gift, coaster, bullet resistant vest, and, since it’s for sale in Canada, it is of course maple flavoured (<– Canadian spelling)!

Rob


100th Copy of Depraved Difference Sold

It’s not much, but it is a milestone, and doesn’t include the paperbacks which have been flying off the proverbial shelf here at my office. I only have one left so I’ll have to bring in a bunch more tomorrow. A later post will share how you too can order an autographed copy.

What’s the next goal?

I guess 200.


Indie Publishing Tip – Link Your Editions

So you’ve got your Kindle Edition live, you now have your CreateSpace (or other POD publisher) print edition live, so how do you link them like the pros?

Just send Amazon an email through their support links. 

If you drill down properly, you’ll actually see an entry in the list for linking two editions.  Give them the ASIN for your Kindle Edition, the ISBN for your print edition, and they’ll do the rest. 

It took about 2 days for them to be linked, and about another week for the reviews to be linked (apparently–this part is still in progress as of this writing).

Now a single search for your book will show the reader that you have both available, and will look much more serious than those who haven’t bothered going to print.


Indie Publishing Tip – GetTextBooks.com

Ever wondered who’s stocking your book? Visit http://www.gettextbooks.com/, enter your ISBN number, click Go, and wait a few seconds for the results.  This will search over 100 stores and find all locations selling your book.  Right now mine is only on Amazon.com, but that should expand over the coming weeks.  Note that this only works with print books as far as I know.


Week #4 Post-Mortem

Another busy week. Here’s what happened:

  • Depraved Difference managed to stay in the top 100 in the UK Police Procedurals for most of the week.  It keeps dropping in and out each day. I  had hoped to get it into the top 25, but never had time to do the promotion necessary.
  • Sales were about the same as the previous week, but I decided to only promote on the Amazon discussion boards once a week, rather than almost every day, which saved me a lot of time, and seemed to have the same results as promoting every day.
  • The print edition has been approved and the first batch has been shipped.
  • The print edition is now live on Amazon.com.
  • I think I might have finally got the SmashWords to work.  I won’t really know for at least a week.

Here’s the sales figures:

Week 4: 29 new, total 91
Week 3: 27 new, total 62
Week 2: 16 new, total 35
Week 1: 12 new, total 19
Week 0 (partial): 7 (5 of which were friends/family/review copies)

This week will be another crazy week at my day job, so I don’t expect to get much done. This week I just want to try to get some things cleaned up on the Amazon site, so I can finally put that behind me and move forward.


Depraved Difference (and me!) Featured on Indie Author Showcase Today

Fellow author L. David Hesler features Depraved Difference and me on his blog today.  Check it out, follow him, tweet him, friend him, comment on the posting, and most importantly, buy both our books! I think he’s even donating his profits on April 30th to charity, making him a far better man than I.

Enjoy!

http://ldavidhesler.blogspot.com/2011/04/indie-author-showcase-10-j-robert.html


Depraved Difference Going to Print!

I just received and approved the second proof. I’m informed it will be live on Amazon for purchase within 3-5 days, so hopefully some time next week! 

This is a trade paperback (6×9 inches), 273 page, full length, 103,000 word novel. Despite it being Indie published, the Print on Demand (POD) service provided by Amazon through their CreateSpace subsidiary is phenomenal.  I compared it to a dozen others on my bookshelf and couldn’t tell the difference (except mine was much more riveting to read!).

So, next week, remember to buy as many copies as you can.  They make great birthday, Christmas, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans’ Day, Arbor Day and the all important Groundhog day, gifts.  They double as handy coasters, and can balance tables that are really out of whack.

Remember as well, that more is always better, so never buy just one.  You need one on your night stand, one in the bathroom, and one in the car.  At a minimum. 

These are also hot first editions, so twenty or thirty years from now, these will be collector’s items, available on eBay for dozens of inflated dollars.

For those who are within stalking distance of me, if you want a signed copy, let me know and we’ll arrange a meeting.  Five book minimum.  Kidding.  Mostly.  I can also be bribed with a steak dinner at Hy’s.

As soon as the book is live, I’ll let everyone know.  And I do mean everyone!

Rob


Indie Publishing Tip: Novelrank.com

This was a very cool find.  All you need to do is visit Novelrank.com, enter the URL for your book on Amazon, then it will start polling Amazon every hour, on the hour, and show you charts of your ranking and sales.  No historical data, so make sure you do this as early on in the process as you can.  I for one will be trying to remember to do this with every book as soon as the link goes live on Amazon.

Another cool thing? You can track other books as well, so you can compare yourself to your fellow writers to see how you’re doing.  Currently JA Konrath is whipping my ass in the US, and just spanking it in the UK.

Here’s the link to Depraved Difference:

http://www.novelrank.com/asin/B004UB8OJE

Enjoy!

Rob


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