Popular Post caeron Posted January 29, 2019 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2019 At a friend's challenge, I wrote a 'gay erotic novella' in December. I had been enjoying written porn more than visual porn recently, and thought it might be a lark to figure out how this whole self-publishing thing works out on Amazon. Turns out, these guys have the process pretty wired (what a surprise). In keeping with the genre, most things happen as an excuse to fuck. I will shamelessly self-promote here in the hopes that I can eventually sell enough copies to pay back the $12 that the cover photo license cost me. If this kind of thing amuses you, check it out. Even if it doesn't, please lie and say it's awesome. The Team Comes First on Amazon numerito, flipao, AdamSmith and 2 others 5 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 The gimmick for success there is that you have to set up & then write into innumerable Amazon-borne blogs etc etc to get attention for your title. You have to do a shit-ton of various forms of self-promo (which they tell you about, all over their site) to drive interest and sales. Not a bad model. Just you have to promote your title relentlessly through all the avenues they give you for it to sell. caeron 1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 30, 2019 Members Posted January 30, 2019 It's awesome! Lucky, caeron and AdamSmith 2 1 Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 30, 2019 Members Posted January 30, 2019 Damn! I am still cumming! Or is it drooling? caeron and flipao 2 Quote
caeron Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 Ha. Yeah, my partner writes really stupid romance. That's niche. This is even more niche. I understand to try to turn this into something you'd have to promote like crazy. Not sure it's even possible to promote enough to make this worthwhile. But if I could figure it out, maybe I could help my partner do the romance. That's farmed out to somebody else today. TotallyOz and AdamSmith 1 1 Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 30, 2019 Members Posted January 30, 2019 9 hours ago, caeron said: But if I could figure it out, maybe I could help my partner do the romance. That's farmed out to somebody else today. Numazu? Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 30, 2019 Members Posted January 30, 2019 I bought the 133 page novel for my Kindle. I'll get back to you on it! flipao 1 Quote
caeron Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 No, partner got sucked into it by the brother of a friend. Writes 'shifter romance' which seems to be the current hotness. werewolves, werebears and weredragons all needs their womenfolk to be making the werebabies. Turns out there is something of a market for that. Who knew? But my partner does most of the work, and gets a poor share of the return. If I could do the marketing, that could change. MsGuy and AdamSmith 2 Quote
caeron Posted January 31, 2019 Author Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) In the unlikely event I choose to write a sequel, I will definitely have to pay more attention to the science of non verbal communication in the locker room. Edited January 31, 2019 by caeron AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members Lucky Posted February 7, 2019 Members Posted February 7, 2019 I am about half-way through this erotic novel. The quarterback has taken the young football player's cherry. It was a hot scene. But, now I have to clean my screen! Again! Quote
Members Lucky Posted February 10, 2019 Members Posted February 10, 2019 On 2/7/2019 at 3:06 PM, caeron said: Haha! Thanks for the kind words. At 99 cents, it was well worth the read! Bang for the buck, so to speak. caeron 1 Quote
