Confessions of a Failure; A Post-Game Wrap-Up of My Kindle Countdown Deal
I conducted my first Kindle Countdown Deal last month for my epic fantasy adventure Mirrors & Mist, Book II of The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy . Unfortunately, the results failed to meet even my tempered expectations. But you may recall , I promised to compare the sales from the KDP Select Free events versus the Countdown promotion to see if one is more advantageous than the other. I'd previously done a few KDP Select Free events where I would typically see a spike in free downloads, and an associated (much smaller) spike in sales. My hope was that the Countdown Deal would produce more sales (albeit at a discounted price), however, this did not happen. During the Kindle Countdown Deal that ran November 10 through 17, I sold a total of four e-books on Amazon. In comparison, my last Amazon giveaway produced an additional six sales of my first book (which was not being given away) and around 150 free downloads of the featured book. I advertised my Kindle Countdown Deal o