Jane Curry and Seana Smith take a deeper dive into self-publishing, using Seana's self-published books as examples.

• Seana’s first self published book, made the mistake of not researching what people want to read. Did not sell at all well. And was pulled.
• So the next project was better researched and planned, Wildly Weird But Totally True: Australia.
• Commissioned a cover, and layout, which didn’t work well.
• Learning curve, it started selling when I began running adverts on Amazon.
• All the ways Amazon earns money; printing books, sales commission, advertising, Kindle downloads.
• Ingram also does print on demand, how Amazon interacts with them.
• Once books start selling on Amazon, Amazon helps you sell more.
• Amazon advertising, pay per click, but impressions are not paid for.
• The joy of checking daily sales.
• Jane’s now running advertising for some of her books via Simon and Shuster. Leaning int o the algorithm.
• Next came Wildly Weird But Totally True: Animals but it has not sold well, probably because there is a lot of competition in that area.
• But remember, there are many books on Amazon that sell no copies.

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In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.

Going Under on Spotify: Listen to Going Under on Spotify here.

Jane Curry Links

• Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
• Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au

Seana Smith Links

• Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
• Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
• www.instagram.com/seanasmith
• www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/
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