Rank | Name | Number of Full-Length Titles | Number of Shorter Titles | Total July Sales, Full-Length Books | Total July Sales, Shorter-Length Books | Total Paid Sales For July | Number of perma-free titles? | Primary genre? | Length of Time Self-Publishing? | Are You a Hybrid Author? |
1 | Jessica Sorenson | Estimated 500,000 | Paranormal Romance | Yes | ||||||
2 | H.M. Ward | New Adult Romance | ||||||||
3 | Gail McHugh | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
4 | Patricia Ryan | Historical Mystery Romance | ||||||||
5 | Marie Force | Romantic Suspense | Yes | |||||||
6 | Lisa Renee Jones | New Adult Romance | ||||||||
7 | Jenn Sterling | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
8 | J.S. Scott | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
9 | Heather Thurmeier | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
10 | Kristen Ashley | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
11 | Eve Carter | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
12 | Tarryn Fisher | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
13 | Patricia McLinn | Historical Romance | Yes | |||||||
14 | Bella Andre | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
15 | Kathryn Shay | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
16 | Hugh Howey | Science Fiction, Dystopian | Yes | |||||||
17 | Barbara Freethy | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
18 | Judith Arnold | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
19 | Samantha Chase | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
20 | J.C. Reed | New Adult Romance | ||||||||
21 | Marcus Sakey | Science Fiction | Yes | |||||||
22 | C.M. Stunich | Romantic Suspense | ||||||||
23 | Debora Geary | Fantasy | ||||||||
24 | Julie Kenner | Contemporary Romance | Yes | |||||||
25 | S.L. Jennings | New Adult Romance | ||||||||
26 | J.A. Konrath | Horror | Yes | |||||||
27 | Joel Goldman | Mystery/ Suspense | ||||||||
28 | Carey Heywood | New Adult Romance | ||||||||
29 | Lee Goldberg | Mystery/Thriller | Yes | |||||||
30 | Judy Angelo | Contemporary Romance | ||||||||
31 | Bella Forrest | Paranormal Romance | ||||||||
32 | D.J. Molles | Action & Adventure | ||||||||
33 | Anna Elliot | Historical Romance | ||||||||
34 | J.R. Rain | Paranormal Mystery | ||||||||
35 | Stephanie Bond | Romantic Mystery | Yes | |||||||
36 | Shannon Mayer | Fantasy | ||||||||
37 | Theresa Ragan | Romantic Mystery | Yes | |||||||
38 | Rita Herron | Mystery/ Suspense | Yes | |||||||
39 | Monique Martin | Paranormal Romance | ||||||||
40 | C.J. Lyons | Mystery/ Suspense | Yes | |||||||
41 | Liliana Hart | Romantic Suspense | ||||||||
42 | Elle Casey | 20 | 1 | 46000 | 100 | 46,100 | Yes | Romance | 20 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | New Adult Romance: Shine Not Burn. YA: Apocalypsis, book 1 | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Emulate successful authors. Don't try to set trends. | |||||||||
43 | Noelle Adams and Claire Kent | 8 | 10 | 29500 | 4900 | 34,400 | No | Contemporary Romance | 9 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Listed (Volumes I-VI) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Don't spend all your energy on promoting a single book. Writing and releasing new books is the best way to build an audience. | |||||||||
44 | Danielle Bourdon | 17 | 0 | 22243 | 0 | 22,243 | Yes | Romance | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Heir Untamed | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | That it's okay to have a crappy first draft. Understanding the story doesn't have to be perfect the first time around helped me to finally finish it. | |||||||||
45 | Jay Allan | 6 | 3 | 17114 | 1939 | 19,053 | No | Science Fiction | 1 year | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Marines | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Get new books finished and published as quickly and regularly as possible. | |||||||||
46 | SM Reine | 16 | 9 | 13500 | 2500 | 16,000 | Yes | Urban fantasy | Two years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Sacrificed in Shadow | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Build a mailing list. | |||||||||
47 | Shayne Parkinson | 4 | 0 | 15755 | 0 | 15,755 | Yes | Historical Fiction | 4.5 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Sentence of Marriage | |||||||||
48 | Russell Blake | 21 | 0 | 14350 | 0 | 14,350 | Yes | Action/ Adventure | 2 years | |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Upon A Pale Horse | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write the next book, and be disciplined about your writing to marketing time allocation. | |||||||||
49 | Joe Nobody | 10 | 0 | 13781 | 0 | 13,781 | No | Action/ Adventure | 2 | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Holding Their Own, for fiction. Holding Your Ground, for non-fiction | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Being an indie is like any other business. You have to invest in the product (books), market, and put the customer (reader) first. You must write as an artist and publish like a businessman. | |||||||||
50 | Clara Bayard | 1 | 9 | 1400 | 12000 | 13,400 | Yes | New Adult Romance | Two years, but six months under this pen name | No |
51 | Edward W. Robertson | 8 | 0 | 12350 | 0 | 12,350 | Yes | Science Fiction | Two years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Breakers | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Always experiment. | |||||||||
52 | Aphrodite Hunt | 2 | 70 | 250 | 10800 | 11,050 | Yes | Erotica, erotic romance | 1.5 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Mysterious Desire | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Just keep putting out books and don't worry about marketing them (Dean Wesley Smith) | |||||||||
53 | Phoenix Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 10300 | 98 | 10,398 | No | Thriller | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | SECTOR C (Medical Thriller) | |||||||||
54 | Marie Hall | 3 | 4 | 3764 | 5971 | 9,735 | Yes | paranormal romance | one year | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | My permafreebie titles, either Her Mad Hatter if you like paranormal romance, or A Moment if you prefer NA contemporary romances. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Just keep writing, sales come with the bigger backlist. And that is so true. I have a five book novella series out and it's definitely been my best seller so far. My first full length sequel is set to release next month and I'm hoping to see better sells for that series now. | |||||||||
55 | Glynn James | 8 | 0 | 9560 | 0 | 9,560 | No | Horror / Scifi | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Arisen book 1 "Fortress Britain" | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Celebrate every success, even when no one else is impressed. | |||||||||
56 | Christina Skye | 5 | 1 | 9450 | 100 | 9,550 | No | Romance | 1 year | Yes |
57 | Sibel Hodge | 12 | 2 | 8277 | 0 | 8,277 | No | Romantic comedy/Cozy mystery | 3 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | If they like fun romantic comedies, then Fourteen Days Later. For a cozy mystery, The Fashion Police (soon to be republished as Fashion, Lies, and Murder!). | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Follow your dreams and believe in yourself :) | |||||||||
58 | Lynette Vinet | 4 | 0 | 6400 | 0 | 6,400 | No | Historical Romance | 1 year | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Pirate's Bride | |||||||||
59 | Michael Wallace | 16 | 2 | 6000 | 200 | 6,200 | No | thriller | 2 1/2 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Righteous | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | When it comes to promo, always as yourself, would I be better of writing? | |||||||||
60 | C.J. Archer | 10 | 3 | 3100 | 3100 | 6,200 | Yes | historical romance | 2+ years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Start with my permafree book - The Medium. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Don't give up. | |||||||||
61 | M. Malone | 2 | 1 | 5265 | 75 | 5,839 | Yes | romance | 2 | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Teasing Trent | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write the next book | |||||||||
62 | Aiden James | 17 | 2 | 3723 | 1885 | 5,608 | No | Paranormal | 3 | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Any of the Judas Chronicles, although The Devil's Paradise (2nd book in the Talisman books) is my favorite. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | The best piece of advice is to keep churning out strong books and build your following through social media. | |||||||||
63 | Deanna Chase | 5 | 0 | 5228 | 0 | 5,228 | Yes | Paranormal Romance | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Haunted on Bourbon Street | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | If something isn't working, change it. And don't be afraid to try different prices, covers, and blurbs. | |||||||||
64 | Sarra Cannon | 8 | 0 | 4694 | 0 | 4,694 | Yes | YA | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Beautiful Demons, which is the permafree start to my YA series. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write more books. | |||||||||
65 | B.T. Narro | 2 | 0 | 4500 | 0 | 4,500 | No | Fantasy | A little over 2 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Probably The Sartious Mage: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DQ4QDPS | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Reviews don't make or break sales. I'm finding this to be true. | |||||||||
66 | Stephen Knight | 7 | 5 | 4016 | 437 | 4,453 | No | Horror | 2 Years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Gathering Dead | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Learn all you can, and do as much of it on your own as you can. Develop a bulletproof work ethic, the more you write, the more you earn. | |||||||||
67 | Elizabeth A Reeves | 1 | 5 | 523 | 3023 | 3,546 | Yes | Paranormal Romance | 1 year and 2 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | I would suggest they start with How (Not) to Kiss a Toad. This is the first book in a series and it is the foundation of all the other books including a spin off series called Goldie Locke and the Werebears. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | The best piece of advice I have received the best way to promote/market is keep writing. I am a writer not a marketing director. | |||||||||
68 | Peggy L Henderson | 8 | 1 | 2694 | 124 | 2,818 | No | time travel romance | 18 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Yellowstone Heart Song | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Probably the same thing most everyone else has - put out professional product. And keep writing. | |||||||||
69 | Rachel Daigle | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2700 | 2,700 | Yes | fantasy, YA | 6 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The first in the series… Awaken, Book One in the Fated Saga or Bloodsucker Bay, Volume One in The Demon Isle Witches. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write write write! | |||||||||
70 | Ben Muse | 2 | 0 | 2526 | 0 | 2,526 | No | Thriller/ Suspense | ~ 5 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Definitely my first book, although my second book has actually sold better. I hope they'd see the progression in my work. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Respect the reader's investment of time in your work. Don't put out crap. | |||||||||
71 | Michael Bunker | 7 | 11 | 1500 | 1000 | 2,500 | Yes | Sci-Fi/Dystopian | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The WICK Omnibus Edition | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep writing and keep publishing. Don't stop. | |||||||||
72 | Kelly Harper | 3 | 11 | 2038 | 400 | 2,438 | Yes | Romance | 12 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Ruined By You. It's a new adult romance that leads into Saved By You. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write more. | |||||||||
73 | Jez Strider | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2230 | 2,230 | No | Paranormal Romance | 8-Jun-12 | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Reluctantly Lycan is bestselling so far. Vampire's Eve is the beginning of my Vamp Life series which is finished (for now.) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep writing and don't give up. | |||||||||
74 | David Gaughran | 5 | 3 | 477 | 1659 | 2,136 | No | Non-fiction | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Run regular 99c promos combined with an ad and ensure you are making the most of the category system. | |||||||||
75 | Richard Tongue | 2 | 0 | 1881 | 0 | 1,881 | No | Science Fiction | Since June 2013 | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Battlecruiser Alamo: Price of Admiralty; both of my books are part of the same series. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | To make sure the books are placed in the right categories, where they can attract the most attention. | |||||||||
76 | Ellen O'Connell | 6 | 1 | 1671 | 66 | 1,737 | No | Romance | 3.5 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold | |||||||||
77 | Geraldine Evans | 15 | 1 | 1672 | 10 | 1,682 | No | Mystery | Three years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | I suppose we all want readers to start with the first book in a series. My first is Dead Before Morning #1 (of 15) in my Rafferty & Llewellyn procedural series.Though, as other books in the Rafferty series have garnered better reviews it might be smarter to recommend one of them! My personal favourite is Dying for You #6 Rafferty. This one seems to be more popular in the UK than the US. Probably something to do with the differing senses of humour. Again, for me, it depends on whether you're talking US or US readers. In the UK, my bestseller is my one and only historical (Reluctant Queen 227 UK sales). In the US, in July, my bestseller was Up in Flames #1 in my (2-strong) Casey & Catt procedural | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Best piece of advice re indie publishing? Just do it! Other than that: Do the maths. And if, like me, your maths skills are not up to the job, Joe Konrath has done a number of studies of his own figures on his blog over the years (jakonrath.blogspot.com); it might be worth seeing how much better off going indie has made him and then trying a comparison. | |||||||||
78 | Sarah Dalton | 3 | 2 | 1321 | 182 | 1,503 | No | YA dystopia | 1 year | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Blemished | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Find lots of beta readers. | |||||||||
79 | Susan Alison | 3 | 0 | 1500 | 0 | 1,500 | No | Romantic Comedy | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | All His Own Hair | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write and publish another book. Forthwith! | |||||||||
80 | M.H. Sargent | 7 | 0 | 1136 | 0 | 1,136 | Yes | Thriller | 2010 | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Seven Days From Sunday | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Experimenting with raising the price of my books. | |||||||||
81 | Gavin ML Fletcher | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1049 | 1,049 | Yes | Homoerotic Urban Fiction | 1 year 4 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Locked Down or any other $0.99 titles to make sure my writing is their cup of tea. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write, write, write. Focus on series. | |||||||||
82 | Christiana Miller | 1 | 4 | 686 | 258 | 944 | No | Paranormal | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | The advice I would give is write well, write fast, publish often and treat your fans well. The best advice I've gotten is... just do it. And don't get freaked if sales are slow at the beginning -- it's like that for everyone. Also, keep a spreadsheet of your sales, so you know which marketing techniques are working for you. | |||||||||
83 | V. J. Chambers | 27 | 11 | 909 | 2 | 911 | Yes | romantic thrillers | 4 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Breathless | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write another book! | |||||||||
84 | Kevin Hardman | 1 | 1 | 748 | 104 | 852 | No | Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ Paranormal | I'd say about 3 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | "Sensation" has gotten a lot of positive feedback and would probably be a good book to start with. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep writing. For most writers success will not be automatic or overnight, so while you wait to be "discovered" keep honing your craft and putting your work out there. | |||||||||
85 | T.W. Piperbrook | 0 | 4 | 0 | 752 | 752 | Yes | Horror | 10 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Contamination (Prequel) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write in a series, permafree first title | |||||||||
86 | Barbara Bartholomew | 10 | 4 | 674 | 44 | 718 | No | fantasy and futuristic romance | about 2 1/2 years (late 2010) | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Ghost and Miss Hallam | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep writing and publishing (persistence) | |||||||||
87 | Maia Sepp | 1 | 0 | 717 | 0 | 717 | Yes | Contemporary | 8 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Sock Wars | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Hmmmmm, that's a hard one. I'd say that the best advice I've seen is to read everything you can about publishing, writing, etc. | |||||||||
88 | Cecilia Peartree | 10 | 1 | 669 | 19 | 688 | Yes | Mystery | 2.5 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Reunited in Death | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | To join Kindleboards and UK Kindle Users Forum | |||||||||
89 | Belle Bentley | 0 | 15 | 0 | 595 | 595 | Yes | erotic romance | 1 year | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Elusive and Exclusive Billionaire's Club Book 1 McKenzie's Choice | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | To write, publish, rinse and repeat :). Also, Dean Wesley Smith's advice—turn off the internal editor, have fun and just write. That's been super helpful for me! | |||||||||
90 | Lexi Revellian | 5 | 1 | 579 | 8 | 587 | No | thriller/romance | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Remix - a feel-good page turner. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Nearly three years ago, Eric Christopherson advised me to lower my price. Sales soared, and Remix spent eight months in the UK top 100. | |||||||||
91 | K.R. Griffiths | 1 | 1 | 419 | 133 | 552 | No | Horror | 2 Months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Panic (Wildfire Chronicles Vol.1) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Each Amazon site requires you to set up a separate author page! | |||||||||
92 | Ariadne Wayne | 3 | 3 | 449 | 80 | 529 | Yes | Romance | 6 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | After The Fall | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep writing. | |||||||||
93 | Shawn Inmon | 2 | 1 | 440 | 28 | 468 | No | Memoir | 10 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Both Sides Now. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | "Start a mailing list" and "Life gets easier with multiple titles." | |||||||||
94 | Jen Minkman | 1 | 3 | 103 | 336 | 439 | No | Young Adult (paranormal & sci-fi) | 8 months | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Shadow of Time, because that's a YA paranormal romance and that happens to be the genre I write in the most. However, if you don't like heavy tomes (Shadow of Time is over 400 pages), you'd better start with my dystopian novella The Island (85 pages). | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | David Gaughran's advice on how to get visible. I am trade-published in my home country, so I know the importance of getting a good editor and spending some money on a good book cover, but what Mr Gaughran did was teach me how to make sure people SEE my product! :) | |||||||||
95 | Shel Delisle | 4 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 400 | No | YA/Teen | under 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Winging It! is the first in a series and priced at 99 cents. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Be willing to experiment. There's no one thing that works for every author, or even every book. | |||||||||
96 | Tamelia Tumlin | 2 | 3 | 180 | 220 | 400 | No | Romance | 2 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | A Dragon's Seduction | |||||||||
97 | Jason Halstead | 28 | 10 | 200 | 197 | 397 | Yes | Science Fiction / Fantasy | 4 years | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | One of my perma-free ones: Wanted, Child of Fate, Dark Earth, The Lost Girls, Voidhawk | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Keep on writing and get a third party professional editor. | |||||||||
98 | J.E. Taylor | 12 | 3 | 350 | 4 | 354 | Yes | Suspense/ Thriller | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Crystal Illusions for those who love a good mystery or Night Hawk for those who like paranormal romance. | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Editing is just as important as the packaging. If the inside doesn't live up to the promise of the cover and blurb, you'll lose your audience. | |||||||||
99 | Kelly Walker | 3 | 2 | 275 | 75 | 350 | Yes | Romance | 10 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Cornerstone | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Create a mailing list. | |||||||||
100 | Tabitha Levin | 2 | 16 | 26 | 306 | 332 | Yes | romance, erotica | 2 | Yes |
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Start a mailing list. | |||||||||
101 | Thea Atkinson | 8 | 10 | 281 | 42 | 323 | No | literary mainstream | 3 years | |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | For lit-fic with new adult characters, Anomaly. For supernatural historical, Water Witch | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write a series | |||||||||
102 | David Adams | 5 | 10 | 132 | 182 | 314 | Yes | Science Fiction | 1.5 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Lacuna | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Quality and quantity. Write good books, with good covers, good blurbs, good formatting. Get good editors. Write a series. | |||||||||
103 | Trent Evans | 1 | 6 | 138 | 111 | 249 | No | Erotica | 17 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | What She's Looking For | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | The cliche (but still, sage) advice: just keep writing. | |||||||||
104 | Sean Campbell | 0 | 3 | 153 | 77 | 230 | Yes | Crime Thriller | 15 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Dead on Demand | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Don't underprice yourself. Deliver value for money by all means, but 99c won't pay the bills. | |||||||||
105 | David Wisehart | 2 | 6 | 182 | 17 | 199 | No | Thriller | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Blood Alley | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write more. | |||||||||
106 | L.G. Castillo | 1 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 153 | No | Paranormal Romance | 3 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Lash (Broken Angel) | |||||||||
107 | Caddy Rowland | 5 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 147 | Yes | HIstorical FIction | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Gastien Part 1: The Cost of the Dream | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Just keep writing and getting books out there. | |||||||||
108 | Cherise Kelley | 2 | 2 | 129 | 13 | 142 | Yes | Non-fiction | 11 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Kaxian Duty (perma-free) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Get a professional graphic designer to do your book covers. | |||||||||
109 | Nathan Lowell | 7 | 1 | 100 | 30 | 130 | No | SF | 7 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Quarter Share (SF) or Ravenwood (Fantasy) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Backlist is your friend. | |||||||||
110 | Alex Albrinck | 3 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 108 | No | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | 10 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | A Question of Will (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009F19JFM) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Commit to both quality and speed of publication. Readers who enjoy your work will want the next volume quickly, and if you meet that demand for speed you'll help build reader loyalty. Honing your craft, process, and team to produce quality work in that time frame will ensure that readers are immersed in the story, not expelled from it in a rash of formatting and typographical errors. | |||||||||
111 | Ellie Wolf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 107 | No | erotica | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Paying The Rent | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Publish more | |||||||||
112 | Magda Alexander | 1 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 95 | No | Romance | 3 weeks | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Storm Damages | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write the next damn book! | |||||||||
113 | Brent Nichols | 1 | 21 | 5 | 83 | 88 | Yes | steampunk | 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Gears of a Mad God | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write in a series | |||||||||
114 | Kathryn O'Halloran | 1 | 3 | 70 | 6 | 76 | Yes | Chick lit/erotica | > 12 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Bad Girls' Club | |||||||||
115 | Zoe Cannon | 2 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 73 | No | Young Adult | 10 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Torturer's Daughter | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Make sure everything is as polished and professional as you can make it. | |||||||||
116 | Lewis Dix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 64 | No | Fantasy | 4 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | I, Minion | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write more books! | |||||||||
117 | Judi Coltman | 2 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 38 | No | Mystery/Thriller/Suspense | 3 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Either No Such Thing or In The Name of the Father | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | It's a marathon not a sprint | |||||||||
118 | G. Wakeling | 4 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 33 | Yes | Fantasy | 18 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Inside Evil (perma-free) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Just keep writing | |||||||||
119 | Stephen Drivick | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | No | horror, zombie apocalypse | 2 months | No |
120 | Peter Arpesella | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | No | Fiction / medical | 2 months | Yes |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Good Like This | |||||||||
121 | Shane Jeffery | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | No | Horror | 7 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Park | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write in series. | |||||||||
122 | Laura Rae Amos | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | No | Literary/ Contemporary Fiction | 1 year | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The only one I have. ;) | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Write another book -- I'm still working on that, lol! Also, target book bloggers carefully to find a good match when pitching for reviews. Be polite and professional. | |||||||||
123 | Monique Sorgen | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | No | Romantic Comedy | 3 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | How Long You Should Wait to Have Sex: a Novel | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Read Mark Coker's free kindles on self-publishing/marketing | |||||||||
124 | Michael Kingswood | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | No | SF/F | Almost 2 years | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | Glimmer Vale | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | Heinlein's Rules: 1. Write. 2. Finish what you write. 3. Refrain from rewriting except to editorial demand. 4. Put the work on the market (all markets). 5. Keep it on the market until it sells. Add to that, write the next book. | |||||||||
125 | Zelah Meyer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | No | Romance | 13 months | No |
Which One of Your Books Should Readers Start With? | The Scholar and Her Escort | |||||||||
Best Advice You've Gotten Re: Being An Indie? | You should check out the blogs by Kris Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. |
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
July 2013 Indies -- Top Sellers, Sage Advice & Full-Length vs. Shorter-Length Works
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