Tomorrow's a big day for me! One I didn't see coming 7 years ago but I'm ready ❤️
New beginnings...
I’m starting my new job tomorrow 😊
It was an easy decision…once I realized book sales were never going to recover and now a quarter of what they were seven years ago with only five titles to my name at the time. Now, there are 35 with my name attached, not including the bundles.
For a myriad of stacked reasons, I can no longer live off of my royalties and advertisement debt is sinking me.
Kindle Unlimited Subscriptions: wiped out 30% (est) of the author’s royalties overnight on July 18, 2014.
Ebook Pricing Pressure: Amazon encourages lower and lower values. Soon we’ll be owing them…
Predatory Marketing Schemes: From Facebook, BookBub, and Amazon Marketing Services to Ad Gurus pushing their latest (cough) scams and everyone in between, the increase in price per click has gone from lower than $0.10 to well over $5 in some cases.
Market Saturation: Increased competition in the self-publishing space has led to a saturation of titles, making it harder for individual authors to stand out and sel…
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