I've been trying Amazon Ads and so far, I'm making a profit.
Not a great profit, but definitely in my favour. In following the course I learned that my approach to marketing was dismal, and so I've been uprating my book descriptions, dreaming up hooks and renovating all my covers. They may not be perfect now but they are an improvement and may still change in the future
It takes a lot of time and effort to do all this, because I have to find out where I'm going wrong before I can try to put it right. I've lost count of how many videos on compositing and graphics in general I've watched - not to mention the talks I've listened to on the best way to use Ads. It has meant that I've been absent from Facebook and Twitter but then - would anyone notice my absence?
It has also meant I've done no writing of fresh material though I have
has improved since 2005, which was a bit of a surprise.
I have put the new cover for Far After Gold up today as a comparison. It isn't that old, as my covers go, but I learned that a linked series of books ought to have the same font and cover treatment. If you check the pages for my books at the top of this blog, you will find that all my "Viking" books are now using the same fonts for the title, sub-title and author. (I've just noticed that the newest cover I've put up here does not have a capital letter for Viking. I'll have to rectify that very soon.) So: Far After Gold, Viking Summer, Viking Bride and Magician's Bride are now "linked."
I'm happy. Now it is time to get back to planning a new book.
If you've ever wonder about the title I chose its an old saying that "Man will travel far after gold."
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