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49 minutes ago, ValentinesStuff said:
Wish my books sold enough to get me a penny a page each month.
I published three books on Amazon, Kobo, and a couple other sites. My total income from non Amazon sites is $0.00. That's in over 7 years.
If you take them down from the other sites, you can enroll them in Kindle Unlimited for 90 days to see what happens. I've made very little any place but Amazon.
If you did KU for 90 days, you'd see if people would read your books. I find it isn't the same people that buy books because when I dropped out for 6 months, my revenue was half.
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About half of my income is from page reads. I dropped all of my books from Kindle Unlimited for six months and the income plummeted. From that I inferred that those who buy my books are not the same people that read my books.
Also, I don't think Amazon goes by actual pages. I think it is by word count. If you have a lot of dialog or short paragraphs in general, it tends to inflate the page count when the word count is lower for that many pages.
I'm in a reddit group that talks about the games authors play to attempt to get their page counts inflated for more profit. I just format mine with Kindle Create and the chips fall where they may.
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7 hours ago, Elbs said:
Since there's already another topic about unrealistic tropes in ABDL...
What's your thoughts on the trope of blackmailing the infantilized person to keep them from leaving/resisting the babying? I feel like to me, that would have very limited effectiveness. If the character doesn't want to be infantilized, sooner or later they're going to decide public humiliation is better than this. And it's often uncertain how humiliating it'd even be - eg if you were kidnapped and forced into diapers and babyish clothes, that's unlikely to make anyone who knows the context of the pictures judge you negatively, so your best bet would be to just go public with your version of the events. Plus, if the character is spending 24/7 in babyish clothes and being babied, you'd think that would matter more than whether people they'll likely never see again know they're being babied.
While I understand your concerns, blackmail is about preying on the fears of the blackmailed. People have committed murders to keep from having minor details of their private lives exposed.
While I won't say anything is possible, truth can be stranger than fiction.
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On 2/4/2021 at 9:12 PM, Cute_Kitten said:
Twitter seems to be hit or miss, at least for me. Other authors use Twitter successfully. For me personally I haven't seen much of a difference between with and without Twitter.
For Amazon, I've been wondering. When setting up a new book, authors can choose up to 7 keywords for searches. what words do you guys usually use? I usually use stuff like abdl/ abdl books/ abdl stories/ abdl novels/ diaper boys/ diaper girls/ little space/ ageplay
You can pack those fields with more than a single word as well. For instance, "ageplay diaper regression" could go in a single of the seven keywords fields. You are looking for the things a user would key in when searching for a story to make yours match.
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So, she couldn't leave it alone. Hmm.
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FYI: The links don't appear to be working.
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I've altered all the names in my stories to be similar but not name brand as it removes any chance of being sued or harrassed by the trademark owner.
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I went with this as my cover when I published the story a few weeks ago. I think it turned out pretty well. I made it a public street with a sign for a comfort station in the background. I filled out her hips and made the diaper droop between her legs large.
The cover of a book is to grab attention and draw the reader in.
The story is about a guy born in the time of the diaper plague where all women are infected with the virus that destroys their continence secretly wants to wear diapers. He makes a few mistakes and winds up in state-sanctioned counseling. From there, things surface that let him realize his internal conflicts.
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On 1/29/2021 at 6:19 AM, ValentinesStuff said:
For some reason Amazon sent via USPS a 1099 this year. I usually get it electronically. Odd. It does not contain my penname.
I've received the 1099 email already and have downloaded it. I have not seen any USPS mail from Amazon.
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OK, I'm loving this story. It would fit right in with my Legally Diapered stories.
I could make some predictions of where I think it is going but I don't want to ruin it for anyone that doesn't think like me. LOL
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What is the nature of the mail they are receiving? I have all my info coming via email 1099 and such.
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Here's my second book cover idea for this upcoming book.
Which is better? Ideas, thoughts or snide remarks?
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Here's a book cover I'm in the process of making for my next book in the Diaper Plague series. It is about a MtF transgender.
I have another one I'll post up once I've made it presentable to see which one is better liked.
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15 minutes ago, deewet said:
As I enjoy your work so much and have read most of your offerings already, I am looking forward to this one as well as it has some really great topics mentioned. My favorite is the legally diapered series, and hope to see more of that as well soon!
Thanks, I've enjoyed the legally diapers series but I'm not sure I have any topics that would be worth continuing it. My ideas come in spurts and fits with little continuity, hence the latest story.
Having absolutely no experience with transgender or transitions, I did a lot of reading of blogs and medical descriptions. Hopefully, I won't be terribly far off the mark.
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If you are familiar with my Diaper Plague world, it is the next installment I'm working on. If you aren't, briefly, a virus has wiped out all continence for women and they have been legally relegated to second class citizens with few rights and locked diapers.
I have written a story about a guy that secretly wants to wear diapers like his mom and sister. He gets caught by the authorities and is locked in diapers for 30 days while being forced to see a therapist. This leads to him discovering he has long repressed desires to be treated like a girl. The story is about his journey and where it leads him.
I intend to have elements of transgender, med-fet, forced diapers, surgical incontinence and transition surgery.
So far, I have about 16,000 words written before I start polishing.
Does this sound like something that would have a following?
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If the pill were like a laxative for the bladder, had a known effective time frame and wore off after the dose had run its course, then I think it would be interesting to experiment with it. For instance, take it before bedtime and wake up wet would be a freeing experience.
As a permanent or very long acting cause of incontinence, no, I would not. That will remain the stuff of fantasy.
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Audio books do very well but are very expensive to create. If you have a pleasing voice and can read them well, you will probably have quite a following.
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21 hours ago, Nat said:
I honestly enjoyed parking spaces but didn't like the ending. It was like you got tired of writing it so you ended it just like that.
Thanks for the feedback. I had a follow up intended when I was writing it. I wanted to leave a little on the table. It also shows that she was wiling to temporarily trade some of her dignity for a little longer hold on the best parking spaces. It had become too easy for her to fall into that routine.
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On 12/13/2020 at 6:32 AM, Nat said:
So what happens after Sunday? Do I lose this book and will no longer be able to read it for free?
No, if you "purchase" the book for free, it is yours. You can read it at your leisure from now on.
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3 hours ago, iamnotanonynous said:
would it be possible to post a pdf instead. i don't want to use my real amazon account for this and i've lost 2 fake ones already (the fakes ones don't stay active for long)
i wanted to try a third time but now it's asking for a phone number and when i'm giving a fake it doesn't work....
I understand your problem. I setup a proxy and use a different machine for all of my kinky stuff. Perhaps you could use TOR or UltraSurf for your alternate Amazon account?
To be honest, giving it away on Amazon still gets me page reads, which pays me even though the reader pays nothing for the book. Due to it being enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, I'm not allowed to distribute it via other channels.
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The book is free now. I hope you enjoy it.
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This weekend, from Friday to Sunday, midnight to midnight Pacific TIme, my first in the Legally Diapered Series is available for free.
Get your free copy starting Friday morning: The Best Parking Spaces
Here's the blurb in case you need enticement to delve further.
Barb had it all, great job, racy car and amazing looks but she didn't have a good parking spot. She had always had to cruise the lot to find a suitable space. More than once she had illegally parked in the seldom used handicapped parking places. After all, they weren't being used.
She'd been ticketed one too many times and the police towed her car. That was inconvenient. Now she'd have to trek across town to get it back. To her dismay, it wasn't that simple. She was facing some real jail time if it were not for an alternative sentencing program. She was not prepared for the terms of the diversionary program that had her wetting diapers uncontrollably.
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On 12/3/2020 at 11:07 AM, ValentinesStuff said:
I write unformatted in Notepad. Then dump it into a word processor to spell check. Then back to Notepad to save as a plain text file.
I really hate all the BS that word processors add into files and the "special" characters that turn into garbage if a different word processor is used.
That's sort of what I do. I create in Apache Open Office so I can edit it easily and then paste it into Notepad. It strips all the weird formatting marks that a word processor adds.
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OK, not sure if this is getting better or not.
Just wondering those who have books on Amazon or other platforms do you advertise outside of the platform you are selling on AKA Amazon?
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As a primarily non-AB author, I suspect my niche is somewhat smaller.
I don't advertise on Amazon because I suspect they wouldn't allow it. I don't really understand the line between erotica and not. Apparently, it is up to Amazon to determine. I honestly note my books are not for under 18 when I list them.
About all I do is mention them here and add a Tumblr post. I usually mention when I put a new one up and when I give one away.
Sometimes I'll mention them on FetLife and Zity but that's a not as often.
So, what insight can you shed on more sales and royalties? Curious minds are listening.