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simonroyle · 09-07-2010, 07:33 PM

The bane of life for a modern day author is marketing.

Whether you're published by a "big house", or indie publisher. For DIY authors the horrible truth to now is that the average self-published book sells less than 200 copies. That statistic might be changing with eBooks but with the number of new books rapidly increasing probably not.

The only way to attract attention is through blog tours, or networking (and if you're a US author) book signings etc.

But what if a competition was tied into book sales?

Something like this:
- For every 500 books sold a lucky draw is held and one of the 500 gets 10% of all sales; same for 5000 books sold or well pick a number...

- This book reaches 5000 be entered in a lucky draw (with proof of purchase) to win a free holiday to (fill in exotic destination here - Fiji for example)

Question: would such a competition or prize make it more or less likely that you would buy a 3.99 book?

Are such methods "tacky"?

09-07-2010, 07:33 PM	#1
simonroyle Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 500370 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bangkok Device: kindle	As readers what do you think of this idea? The bane of life for a modern day author is marketing. Whether you're published by a "big house", or indie publisher. For DIY authors the horrible truth to now is that the average self-published book sells less than 200 copies. That statistic might be changing with eBooks but with the number of new books rapidly increasing probably not. The only way to attract attention is through blog tours, or networking (and if you're a US author) book signings etc. But what if a competition was tied into book sales? Something like this: - For every 500 books sold a lucky draw is held and one of the 500 gets 10% of all sales; same for 5000 books sold or well pick a number... - This book reaches 5000 be entered in a lucky draw (with proof of purchase) to win a free holiday to (fill in exotic destination here - Fiji for example) Question: would such a competition or prize make it more or less likely that you would buy a 3.99 book? Are such methods "tacky"?