Backlist Then and Now
By
Joe Konrath
So
the six week KDP total updated last night and I made a bit over the $90,000
mark, assuming borrows are $2 each.
These past two years have been interesting, because I really haven't had a new IP of my own.
Of the last six novels I've written, five have been collaborations, and one was sci-fi under a pen name. No new stand-alones, either under JA Konrath or Jack Kilborn, and no new solo novels in my series.
And yet I'm making $15k a week.
I attribute most of this to getting my rights returned. Being able to properly exploit my backlist with free promotions and paid advertising has really helped their ranks, their positions on the bestseller lists, and their sales.
But these books are old. So why are they still selling well?
Let's look at the old, analogue way of bookselling.
These past two years have been interesting, because I really haven't had a new IP of my own.
Of the last six novels I've written, five have been collaborations, and one was sci-fi under a pen name. No new stand-alones, either under JA Konrath or Jack Kilborn, and no new solo novels in my series.
And yet I'm making $15k a week.
I attribute most of this to getting my rights returned. Being able to properly exploit my backlist with free promotions and paid advertising has really helped their ranks, their positions on the bestseller lists, and their sales.
But these books are old. So why are they still selling well?
Let's look at the old, analogue way of bookselling.
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- Self Publishing #1 http://ow.ly/jPPg9 via Elisabeth Naughton
- 4 Obstacles to Self-Publishing Success http://ow.ly/jPPp7 via @jfbookman
- Marking Time with the Viewpoint Character http://ow.ly/jPPE3 via The Editor's Blog
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- Focus On What Matters http://ow.ly/jPPPj via Moody Writing
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- LinkedIn Mentions: This Week in Social Media http://ow.ly/jPPuC via @smexaminer
- Triggers And Taboos In Fiction http://ow.ly/jQrNQ via @VeroniaSicoe
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- What Worries Publishers Most? http://t.co/H6BlRKRjn0 @bmorrissey RT @elizabethscraig
- Answers to 13 Questions You're Too Afraid to Ask Literary Agents http://ow.ly/jQvyY by literary agent Barbara Poelle
- You are not alone: Introduction to the indie publishing community http://ow.ly/jQChb
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