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ApK · 05-26-2011, 10:31 AM

I think Amazon's web site is an amazing marketing tool. Between it's search and recommendation features, folks are likely to stumble on a book there without much additional promotion needed.
Also, Amazon has a HUGE audience compared to Smashwords, or even most of the places in their premium distribution chain.
You will probably have to do a bit more promotion and marketing work to get your book noticed elsewhere, even someplace as mainstream as B&N.

My own short non-fiction work sells about 1 copy per day at Amazon, after having been there for just about a year. I've had no sales through the Smashwords system, save for coupons I've sent out, but it's only been there for a few weeks, and I've done nothing to promote it other than mention it in the self-promotion thread here on MR.

05-26-2011, 10:31 AM	#22
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	I think Amazon's web site is an amazing marketing tool. Between it's search and recommendation features, folks are likely to stumble on a book there without much additional promotion needed. Also, Amazon has a HUGE audience compared to Smashwords, or even most of the places in their premium distribution chain. You will probably have to do a bit more promotion and marketing work to get your book noticed elsewhere, even someplace as mainstream as B&N. My own short non-fiction work sells about 1 copy per day at Amazon, after having been there for just about a year. I've had no sales through the Smashwords system, save for coupons I've sent out, but it's only been there for a few weeks, and I've done nothing to promote it other than mention it in the self-promotion thread here on MR. Last edited by ApK; 05-26-2011 at 10:34 AM.