Questions tagged [sales]

This tag should be used for questions about the sales in certain market segments that are related to writing. You should mention which kind of market segment you are aiming for, such as the kind of writing or the genre.

This tag should be used for questions about the sales in certain market segments that are related to writing. You should mention which kind of market segment you are aiming for, such as the kind of writing or the genre.

For example you might want to mention whether you are interested in or and if you are interested in you might want to add whether you are for example talking about or .

Depending on whether you are interested in the pure sales figures or the around selling your own works you might also want to add whether your question revolves around the sales or the , as well as whether you are talking about selling locally or in an field.

It's also important to think about whether you are interested in traditional or .

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How can my book purchase get the most money to an author?

I'm a reader, not an author. But, when I buy books (in whatever format) from authors I enjoy, I'd like as much of my purchase prices as possible to get to those authors. So, I'm wondering: do authors get more or less for purchase of a given work…
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Can the translation of a book be an obstacle?

I have a book and I wrote it not in English. However, I have made a translation into English, a pretty good one. Will native English speakers read such a book or will they, when they see the translation, immediately realize that it is a translation…
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Does giving away free stories boost sales?

Is it worth it for writers to give away free short stories (or entire novels)? I've heard people say that having freebies on your site can boost sales of your books. I'm not talking about giving away free copies of Novel X to improve Novel X's…
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Do popular books use simpler language?

This might seem like an obvious question, but I'm curious if there's been any research into whether popularity correlates with linguistic simplicity. Furthermore, do popular novels use linguistic complexity below that of the average reader;…
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For Sci-Fi books, what is the purchasing split between regular and ebooks?

I can get the data for ALL books. But can anyone direct me to regular/ebook purchasing data broken down by genre (specifically sci-fi)?
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Comics marketing: focus on issues or collections?

Situation: 5 year comic book series (by my spouse; I do marketing, website, etc) 4 issues a year (in theory...it's been slower) Issues are available as e-comic only Every 4 issues is collected into a book Books are available as e-books and as trade…
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Is there still a market for solo adventures game books?

Game books like Choose your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf series were very popular in the past. They are a series of single-player gamebooks. Typically, beginning at the first section, the reader must pick one choice provided by the…
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Use Pen Name after Blunder?

Three years ago I published a novel on Kindle. 10K free copies went out before I realized the text was vertical! It is still quite painful to recall. I unpublished it, got a new cover, waited 6 months, and republished. Sales were slow. The point…
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Should an author have one website or two?

I have seen that sometimes an author will have one website with a lot of content and a separate website that does nothing but offer the book(s) for sale. What are the advantages of this approach? What are the advantages of having only one website,…
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Can Originality Sell a Book?

I am currently occupied with the all-too-familiar pursuit of banging my head against a brick wall. In this case, I am attempting to make my novel original. Here's why: I've been developing the theory that originality is one of the main things that…
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Shipping self-published books directly from Amazon to bookstores: bad idea?

I have a book published by Kindle Direct Publishing. Most of my sales are to bookstores and up until now I have been ordering books (author copies) from KDP then shipping them to bookstores myself. Is it considered bad form (from the bookstore's…
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Is there a way to get historical sale details (specifically geographical areas) on a book?

I ask for legal reasons concerning trademarks, where it's necessary to know where books were sold and when.
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Where can I find people to collaborate with to edit/sell my work?

I'm not sure this is possible. I am looking for someone who can edit and sell. I have a series of books I can't get them off the ground. I am editing and selling challenged. I would be open to additions to the fiction novels. I wrote first paragraph…
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How fast do traditionally-published books sell after they have been published?

Of course there are many answers to the question of how fast major publishers move their books after publication, but I am looking for something like the truism I once heard on the radio and cannot fully remember. It was something like: Books…
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In which countries do printed fantasy novels sell the most?

I tried to find sales figures about printed fantasy novels and how they compare among different countries, but I couldn't find anything in that regard. I can find generic statistics about how the American market for SF&F is evolving over the past…
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