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by KingdonWard
Tue October 23rd, 2018, 7:31 pm
Forum: The Writing Business
Topic: Marketing a Novel
Replies: 12
Views: 4963

Re: Marketing a Novel

It's been my experience. You absolutely should not give your book away fro free all the time. I price at 50% of the print edition price which seems about right, five bucks or four quid for a typical modest length novel. But you are in a huge market with hundreds of new titles coming on stream every ...
by KingdonWard
Tue October 23rd, 2018, 1:48 pm
Forum: The Writing Business
Topic: Marketing a Novel
Replies: 12
Views: 4963

Re: Marketing a Novel

Love the comprehensive answer from Emily. My experience as a fairly new writer in the UK (1st full novel 2 years ago) is that physical books are a VERY hard sell, but I intend to continue with them anyway. That said, she is correct that most of the potential for ROI is in E-books. I only go with Ama...
by KingdonWard
Tue October 23rd, 2018, 1:31 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from Devon, England
Replies: 3
Views: 1390

Hello from Devon, England

Hi there, I can't claim to be an avid reader, although I do read both for pleasure and for research. I'm interested in all periods of history, but I have particular interest in prehistory and antiquity; neolithic, iron-age, classical, etc. Also quite interested in non-western cultures and history's ...

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