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Congrats, John.May I ask: why did hundreds of people download your book in any case? What caught their attention?
Nick:Well, I think the cover is attention-grabbing, plus hopefully the blurb I have on Amazon grabs their interest. It's a good story, based on some family history research I've done. I'm getting mostly positive reviews on Amazon, so people must like it.
John
Nick wrote: "Congrats, John.
May I ask: why did hundreds of people download your book in any case? What caught their attention?"
I'm an indie author, and a month ago I published a novel called "Rose Of Skibbereen". It was supposed to be selling at $4.99 on Amazon, but twice in the last two weeks they dropped the price to free and hundreds of people downloaded it. I sent many frantic emails to them, and it turns out they had my book mixed up with a short, "teaser" version of only 3 chapters that I published earlier for free. They finally put the $4.99 price back on my book, and now it's selling like crazy. It went from #156,000 to #3,400 on Amazon's best-seller list overnight. I don't know if they put my book on some kind of "book of the day" list, but I'm just happy it's selling. Has anyone else had an experience like this?
John
Rose of Skibbereen