Kindle Unlimited, available on Amazon Prime, is an online platform that gives access to a library of books, audiobooks, and magazines. Kindle tracks the pages a borrower reads and the author can follow it and is paid per page. I've had a number of readers borrowing Alias and Hubby tracks along with it and reports back to me.
So far I've had several readers belt through it like a steamroller. Which just goes to prove how unputdownable it can be to the right reader. The 'right reader' is a pretty vague target. When target marketing comes into one's promotional plans, in some cases that's an almost impossible question. The 'right' reader for me is probably American or Canadian, but not necessarily. Some are UK. They are adult and usually, but not always, female. I've had many male readers enjoy it too. They could be adventurous or aspiring towards it. They can be well off, middle class or not so middle class. They can have hundreds of interests or barely any. Outdoorsy, possibly. Categorising Alias for Amazon was really tricky.
I've gained over two hundred readers - some from free download promotions, but what the heck, at least I'm being read! Over two hundred readers - two hundred and twenty, or something in that region - is pretty damn great when you think of the 'unique' and
'singularity' or 'extraordinary' status of my novel's subject matter (all those words have been quoted) - a devastating and charismatic cowgirl is the fastest gun in the west and a great lover to men and women. A gripping story of a cowgirl's journey to find her true self on the frontier. Sounds pretty good when I read that back!
Once upon a time, in the early days of being published, every time a book sold, we'd leap in the air and shout 'Yippee!' Not any more. Now it's 'Good. Excellent.' Almost complacent. 😄 Funny how things change so quickly. By the time August comes along, Book 1 will have been online for a year and hopefully Book 2 will have been published. A lot can happen in a year.
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