In ENT we trust

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 Monica La Portaclimbing amazon charts, dystopian, ENT, ereader news today, free books promotion, indie books successful marketing, permafree title, the ginecean chronicles, the priest2 Comments

Unexpectedly, yesterday, The Priest was picked up by Ereader News Today. I had entered my title in their database for the free-promotions slots a few weeks ago, and promptly forgot. Then yesterday morning I noticed The Priest’s downloads were growing at a rate short of miraculous, and I immediately checked ENT’s website—only they are capable of such results. I dug through the site a bit, and here it was Mauricio, buried at the end of the very last page of the suggested bargains and free deals, but very much alive and kicking. At the end of the day, The Priest had been downloaded 691 times. At the moment, almost noon, it is sitting at 84 downloads. My sincere thanks to ENT for picking up my book and making, once again, my day.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

The Priest Permafree: 3 months later

June 17, 2014 Monica La Portaamazon, free dystopian, goodreads, indie publishing, kindle, permafree, smashwords, the ginecean chronicles, the priest2 Comments

After a daily drizzle of downloads, no love on Goodreads, and one beautiful 4 star review on Amazon, yesterday I scheduled a spot with Kindle Books and Tips for The Priest. Although my title was the very last on the page and people had to scroll down to find it, this is the result:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #703 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Permafree: The Voyage, Week 5

May 16, 2014 Monica La Portafree dystopian, free on itunes, free on kindle, free on nook, free on smashwords, indie life, permafree, the ginecean chronicles, the priestLeave a comment

The Priest is still gathering a handful of downloads every day, enough to pop in and out of the free bestseller chart on a daily basis.

84 Downloads in April so far in the USA

Amazon.com Best Sellers Rank: #7,434 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#100 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

15 downloads so far in UK.

Amazon.co.uk Bestsellers Rank: #4,176 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#47 in Kindle Store > Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

1 download in Canada

Amazon.ca Bestsellers Rank: #5,652 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#81 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Adventure

On Smashwords, 194 downloads so far.

Permafree: The Voyage, Week 3

May 2, 2014 Monica La Portadystopian title free, indie marketing, permafree diaries, the ginecean chronicles, the priestLeave a comment

It is the second day of April, and there are only 4 downloads in the USA, which combined with the fewer and fewer downloads experienced during the last seven days has determined The Priest’s fall of grace from the Free Bestseller chart.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,530 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#100 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

To gain back some visibility, I’ll have to submit The Priest to all the sites that advertise free and discounted titles.

But, besides the bleakness of the data, I found this while browsing, and although I know the banner shows The Priest as a suggestion because I was checking my book on Barnes & Noble, this sight still made me happy.

Premafree: The Voyage, Week 2

April 25, 2014 Monica La Portafree dystopian title, free ebooks, indie marketing, permafree diaries, permafree strategy, the ginecean chronicles, the priestLeave a comment

Last Saturday, the weekend started with 1011 downloads.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,203 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Seven days later, the week ended with 1130 downloads. As you can see, the number of downloads is considerably slowing down.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,944 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#70 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#73 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Also, there was the odd download on Amazon.co.uk

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #8,075 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#75 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Science Fiction > Dystopian

And the equally solitary one on Amazon.ca

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,593 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#57 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Adventure

Finally, on Smashwords, The Priest was downloaded 151 times.

Permafree: The Voyage, Day Five

April 18, 2014 Monica La Portafree dystopian novel, indie life, indie marketing, permafree diaries, the ginecean chronicles, the priestLeave a comment

Although The Priest is losing positions in ranking, day 5 went better than day 4 in terms of downloads.

It started with 907 downloads:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,105 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

It ended with 992 downloads:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

There were also 2 new downloads at Smashwords, for a total of 145.

Permafree: The Voyage, Day Four

April 17, 2014April 18, 2014 Monica La Portafree dystopian novel, ginecean chronicles, indie marketing, permafree, the priestLeave a comment

Started with 840 downloads:

#699 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Finished with 887 downloads:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,138 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Permafree: The Voyage, Day Three

April 16, 2014 Monica La Portadystopian novel for free, indie marketing, permafree, the ginecean chronicles, the permafree diaries, the priestLeave a comment

The trend of downloads was definitely slower today. At the beginning of day three, The Priest had 610 downloads:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

At the end of day three, The Priest had totaled 812 downloads:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Smashwords is stable at 143 downloads.

Permafreed!

April 15, 2014April 15, 2014 Monica La Portadystopian novel free everywhere, good kdp support, indie marketing, indie publishing, indie strategies, permafree through kdp select, permanently free book on amazon, succesfully contacting kdp, the ginecean chronicles, the priest10 Comments

Yesterday, I contacted kdp’s support and reported that The Priest was free on iTunes and Barnes & Noble. A few moments later a representative answered, telling me they had already matched the price of the title to $0.00. At last, The Priest is officially free everywhere, and since yesterday downloads are trickling in. Below are the results I recorded as soon as the rank appeared. Hopefully, they won’t plateau as they have done on Smashwords, where there’s barely a download a day. Well aware I have a niche product, I am not expecting the thousands of downloads other titles experience, but I’m hoping this is the first step in the right direction to have the series noticed by readers who might be interested in my flare of dystopian.

I should have written down the time of day the changes in the rank happened, but I’m in writing mode and only had time to copy paste from the Amazon page.

TLDR: At the moment, 10:00 pm, The Priest has been downloaded on Amazon.com 576 times and has reached #5 in the free science fiction bestseller list.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,660 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,252 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#71 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#72 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,241 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#71 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#71 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,024 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#50 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#56 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,372 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#39 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#50 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,368 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#39 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#50 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,927 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#31 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#39 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,560 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#24 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,517 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#20 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,635 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#13 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #858 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #793 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #674 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #642 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #570 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #487 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

Permafreeing The Priest

March 28, 2014 Monica La Portaebooks, free dystopian, itunes, marketing, nook, permafree, publishing, smashwords, the ginecean chronicles, the priestLeave a comment

Eighteen days ago, I put The Priest for free on Smashwords. The title has been downloaded 119 times so far. Amazon hasn’t price matched yet, but the book is available both on Nook and iTunes for free. From what I understood, I am nowhere near the number of downloads other titles seem to gather overnight. Said so, I’ll try to get Amazon on board and see if it makes any difference. If that doesn’t work, I’ll find something else. Meanwhile, I’m writing the next book. And thinking positive thoughts.