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I have self-published on Amazon three books in my DCI Lesley Grant Murder Mystery series under a pen name Malcolm Munro over the period 2022-2025. Caveat I write as a hobby. I am not paying the mortgage through my writing - which is just as well!! My biggest mistake was not to try the trad...

Thundair - Was the Irish woman who did your audiobook a voice actor or an amateur? I did a bit of research into producing audiobooks last year but gave up as I felt a DIY job was just not possible.

Amazon have virtual voice in beta. From the comments from those who have signed up for the beta perhaps it is a bit early to give it a try. There is some good advice on the net re microphone and studio set-up but as already mentioned eliminating background noise is a must. Rules out that path...

Thanks for looking, Trish. Weird about the whole book but I think I might give them a go.

Anyone had experience of submitting to Joffe Books?

Great to read of your experience Set2Stun. Thanks for posting. Interesting that Facebook ads are delivering more than Amazon ad campaign. Amazon ranking sure is bizarre. If anyone has insights please enlighten me. I think your cover is outstanding. Not my genre but a great plot. Hope you get the...

You probably know but Amazon give a new book a boost in the first month so if you have a decent cover, good blurb and title, and a quality sample then you should get a few sales without marketing. Number of sales without marketing also depends on how competitive your genre is. Not for your...

Hi Catrin. I'm going to start a new thread once the promo is over to discuss my experience with KDP. I am hoping others will pitch in with their tips for getting readers on Amazon. Intrigued by your comment on in-person hand sales. I've never heard that expression before. Would you expand on that?

Thanks Trish. That suggests Amazon have changed the display. If so it now means I cannot see at which level a new rating has been given. Very weird and a big step back. Anyone else confirm this change?

Hi All Is it me or has Amazon changed how it displays ratings? Previously I would click on ratings then on five star and Amazon displayed the number of 5* ratings the book has received. Same process for 4*, 3* etc. Now it only displays percentages which I know is not the actual percentage but is...

BTW I have been a member for several years but I had to register again to post. I guess because of the transition to the new site which I think is a huge improvement over the old one.

Hi All. Just self-published on Amazon the third book in my DCI Lesley Grant Murder Mystery series. The first book took me five years to write but books two and three were written in eighteen months each so at least I am getting quicker if not better! The only marketing I do is five day free...