Comments on: Pandemic Book Sales – Author Survey

By: Elizabeth Foster

Elizabeth Foster — Fri, 01 May 2020 21:25:38 +0000

Re my reply above, I forgot to mention I write fantasy. Also I’m happy to do another survey in a month or so with rejigged questions. Interesting times for authors.

By: Elizabeth Foster

Elizabeth Foster — Fri, 01 May 2020 21:15:02 +0000

Thanks for the very thorough analysis. Good job! Re the free books question, I am definitely seeing more interest in free books, both for reading and reviewing purposes. I’m also noticing readers are enjoying series (mine, anyway) at the moment, as they have the time to go straight on from book 1 to book 2.

By: Annabeth

Annabeth — Fri, 01 May 2020 14:36:34 +0000

Thank you for all the hard work and reality check. I would like to say that in my own case I feel my sales are down in part because I did stop paid ads when I saw my ROI tank. Rather than keep beating a dead horse, I stopped running them. I’d already started doing many of the things you suggested before I saw this post this morning– list building, some freebees to keep up engagement and focusing on writing as much as I could. Your article helps me feel better about my choices right now. Cheers,