C. M. Skiera's Blog

I'm starting another Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Countdown Deal today ( Mirrors & Mist for $0.99 ), so I figured I'd better post the results from my last promotion. On July 10 through July 17, 2017, I held a $0.99 sale on  Crimson & Cream, Book I of The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy . As I recently switched  Crimson & Cream  exclusively to KDP, it was the first Countdown Deal for this book. My goal on this post is to share the experience I gained from this promotion, and hopefully help you see some of the strategies that worked for me, as well as identify the mistakes that didn't pay off their investment. In addition to sharing here, I posted the results from this event on Indielisters . For this latest book promotion, I ran different ads on each day. Below are the advertising sites, with the ad's cost, followed by the date the ad ran, and the number of sales that occurred on that day: Robin Reads $50 (7/11/17) 34 sales Free99 - free (7/12/17) 5...

Coming Soon-- Warlock & Wyrm, Book III of The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy . While Jetsam saved his mentor Seryn from execution, a shape-shifting imposter poisoned the royal couple and kidnapped Princess Giselle. As the fugitive wizard Seryn struggles to cure his brother and his love from the changeling's deadly toxin, Jetsam abandons him to search for the abducted princess. Aided by his orphan ally and loyal terrier, Jetsam discovers the princess's abductor is the pawn of a supreme evil. The reappearance of this legendary warlock and his monstrous horde spells doom for the Oxbow Kingdom. Can Jetsam save the heir to the throne? Will he return in time to warn Seryn of the impending peril? And does their combined magic stand a chance against the Grimlord and his minions? Author update: As you can see, I'm getting close to the release of Warlock & Wyrm. I'm still working with my beta readers to crush all the typos, improve readability, and smooth any hidden p...