An "Escape from Reality" Rules Ebook Sales OR Find Your Niche & Scratch it

Update 24 July 2013

Been pondering how the term "Best Selling" ebook is bandied about and realized that this term refers to a NARROW set of topics or subject matter(when compared to BISAC listings in the 1000's of subjects). So with that in mind, IF Your Ebookchild does not fit in one of the popular 'pulp novel' subjects that lead most online "Best Selling" lists, then we recommend a Niche Marketing approach like what You may find with this Free Guide to building Your Own Ebook Marketing Map to Indie Bound Online Bookstores.

http://bit.ly/How2BuildUrOwnChannel4EbookChild

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We monitor the reports from the key data warehousing ebook entities(Amazon, Kobo, IStore, Smashwords, et.al) through news reports, blog posts, and direct interaction(as in during BEA). Here is my unofficial summary of the key attributes of the top selling(whatever that means) subject or genres for the last 18 to 24 months(and perhaps for the next 12 to 18 months as well).

The 'Escape from Reality' Leading subects for Ebooks are(the digital envelope Please?)...

1. Romance Novels(confirmed by RWAA and Bowker report from 2011 & Direct interaction during BEA with RWAA executive director).

2. Sci Fi Thrillers(as in blood guts and gore). No surprise here since nerd herd revels in this genre.

3. Futuristic Mysteries(see 2 Above)

4. Crime, Fantasy, Humor(sick mostly)

So, do not bemoan that the ebook reading population resembles the Hidden nature of the subject matter, and do YOURself a Major favor.. DO NOT Fall for the build it and they will come protestations of the self appointed online ebook marketing gods and goddesses.

I speak from the leading edge of a learning curve that focuses on bringing 'Hidden Treasures' ebooks DIRECTLY to the inner communities, and the 'Pebbles in the Pond' 2nd and 3rd rings surrounding those extant and readily identifiable communities, through our 'It's a Jungle Out There' Ebook Tours (see this link for updates).

Just a word (well more than one) to the wise. Focus on the niche communities online which associate with Your topic, subject, genre or story line. You will like the adVenture that much more.
http://bit.ly/How2BuildUrOwnChannel4EbookChild is a fine place to begin that adVenture.

Until next brainstorm.

Patrick

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A prequel to the Jungle Tour for Ebook and Book Authors OR Worshipping at the Altar of the SEO Gods

A bit of a notion about how I see our Jungle Tours taking shape with firm tongue in cheek reference(all rightes reserved) to Source of this film trailer.

Do You See Yourself as this character when considering how Your Book or Ebook can be cast into the torrents of the Amazon Jungle of nearly 20 million titles?

Much has been said about the notion among so called Jungle expedition experts (Note: I offer a seat on the Learning Curve Express boat), that once Your ebook or book has entered the teeming masses(estimated at between 10 and 20 million titles) that all one needs to do is get a good search engine terms strategy, and voila, the promised land appears with willing and grateful readers at hand.

Let me disabuse that notion with a bit of what I have Learned in interactions with the SEO Gods and more vitally, the importance of knowing that language with that Searchers' tribe is essential.

A. In 1995 at a BEA in LA, I had the fortunate experience of meeting, informally, with a key designer of the data crunching engine from deep in the Amazon forest, who showed me his etchings which clearly demonstrated that 'understanding' of the algorithms is not the reason why the chiefs of that tribe are in the book business.(Hint: Like all head shrinking methods, this one shrinks data and puts it on market for passing traders). So not many ways to win that search approach is there?

B. Know personally for many moons, two interesting magicians, namely Declan Dunn, who at Internet World 2 in NYC pronounced this missive "It's the communities of communities" which make an interesting WWW campaign. Sage wisdom that transcends the banalities of SEO madness. Second gent is Danny Sullivan, who's credentials in Search Engine tuning is well known, who has explained that Search without context is a vain passion. I advise a careful read of their blogs to help with translating the language of the SEO Gods.

So, how do I propose to fox the chief of SEO? Simple really. Let us venture forth through the native communities online, meet those tribes, and learn the contextual languages that are spoken there. I recommend this as a means of preventing the languishment of Your BookChild in the dark recesses of the teeming jungles of ebooks and book titles.

Of course, we would be delighted to have You along during one of our summertime expeditions organizing now at this link. Hope that this has helped a bit. 

It's A Jungle Out There For BookChildren & Their Authors Find a Spot 

Summertime adVenture book tour http://

bit.ly/JungleTours2013 

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It's A Jungle Out There For BookChildren and Their Authors OR How to Find Your Way Around the Amazon Forest

9 August 2013 From the Cataract overlooking the Amazon Deep Jungle

Well, we have concluded that the point of avoiding the traps "Inside" the amazon jungle is pointless SO we are advocating that Indie Authors consider joining in a New adVenture on a Map Making tour of the World, where each Indie ebook which qualifies will be carried by our digital porters through at least 25 Indie Store outposts on a New AdVenture Map. IF Your Ebook is OUTSIDE of the Young Adult Fiction genres which are permeating the 'Best Sellers' lists online, then perhaps this new adventure is for You and Your EbookChild. See the following notes below on how to be added to our Next Jungle Adventure tour.

Patrick


14 July 2013 The Darkness of the Jungle Favors the Few

Been watching for signs from the natives and jungle beasts, and they are clear for those BookChildren which are strong and well written. IF Your Bookchild is NOT one of these Five subjects, the algorithms(those devilish trail makers inside the Jungle) will NOT lead a searcher to Your Ebook or Book. This is based solely on one issue:

"The Jungle Gods determine what Your search reveals and Nothing more!!"

So IF Your bookchild refers to anything other than:

1. Romance Novels
2. Sci Fi
3. Future Thrillers
4. Blood and Guts Adventures
5. Mystery, Crime and Sick Comedy

THEN YOUR BOOKCHILD MAY GET LOST IN THE DEEP PART OF THE JUNGLE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

Antidote is to consider guiding Your BookChild to a safe community where earnest and loving readers will appreciate their story and share that among like minded folks.

Perhaps it is time for You to draw Your Own Online Guide Map to help Your Bookchild?

See this link for a step by step guide FreEbooklet  http://bit.ly/How2EbookGuideV2

The Next step is entirely In Your Hands.

Patrick 

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20 June 2013 Does that Fire in the Night Need Kindling OR Is there another path

Seems that the Gods of the Amazon Forest have pulled another devilish trick, and created mini villages called 'Worlds' which look to become private enclaves for BookChildren of authors who will only be permitted to play in these worlds IF they pay for that right. AND that means that many good BookChildren will go hungry outside the locked search gates of those 'Worlds'. We need to expand the maps for other villages and make a guidebook on how good BookChildren's Authors can draw their own maps. Will be ready within a few days.

From outside the Amazon 'Worlds' locked gates

Patrick

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17 June 2013 The Book Child You Treasure is surrounded by Hostile Jungle Creatures

All the time we are taking to increase the visibility of the Book Children on this adVenture appears to be a lost cause. Seems the Amazon Jungle gods are conspiring to rob the food from the children each time we send someone to help by reading the book at our page. That happens with this sort of trickery:

http://bit.ly/WingsJungleMagic

Seems that the necromancers in the Jungle would deign to kidnap the visitor to a third trail and we discovered that these listings appeared to divert the adVenturer to a part of jungle where our Book Child was no where to be seen. Devilish tricks of the jungle.

More on next report.....

Patrick

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14 June 2013 The trail is steep and narrow

We have found out that the well Hidden Treasures books are so well disguised in the Amazon Forest that we may need to equip this party with more supplies. So we are evolving the process to roll each of these book authors into Epub format(used by about 75% of the world's e readers and desktop and Laptop computers) and will post another note about that diversionary path in a few days. 

See this link about having an option for the 'Telescoping' marketing of a FreEbook to Ebook to POD(Print On Demand) version so that YOUR BookChild is not wandering around the Jungle On their own.

From Deepest Jungle Post # 1
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8 June 2013 The 1st adVenture begins

We have agreed to start this process with two books, one in POD and Ebook format and the other just in book format. True to Form, neither of these candidates are 'popular' and in fact, fit the 'Hidden Treasures' format we cherish. Here are the two titles and in the next 30 days, as our GuidEbook takes shape, we will show You how we discover these hidden gems in the teeming jungles of the Amazon Digital Forest.

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Brightberry Press www.brightberrypress.com

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/194557.Jean_Hay_Bright

Firstly we seek the books in the Jungle Based on Author's Name and voila, this is first clue to the depths to which this fine writing is HIDDEN in the Jungle. http://bit.ly/JeanHayJungleSearch2013

Best-sellers rank

#938,621 in books seems to be under that mystical 1,000,000 best sellers line

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Sophia Sirius Publishing www.sophiasirius.net

http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/19502/my-introduction-to-a-new-feminism

This candidate is searched for by title since there are five cooperative authors see this result

http://bit.ly/WingsJungleSearch2013

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,273,558 Paid in Kindle Store and How Many Kindle Titles are Ahead of this one?

We will endeavor to improve these invisible and notable books during this expedition.

Make note of how the Amazon Jungle designers make it impossible to find a good book AND distract the visitor with apparently unrelated search findings. Easy way to get LOST in the Amazon Forest when searching for a good reading item. Hmmmmmmmmmmm....

With me as the guide we will adVenture to discover the hidden native tribes who are most interested in these topics, and offer gifts and tribute to their chiefs AND the Goddesses of Search.

Stay Tuned for More

Patrick M
Jungle Tour Guide

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Ok Ok..I get it. The Kindling is fresh, the Amazon Jungle is the place that most authors decide is where their Book Child will want to be playing AND there are myriad tour strategies for navigating through the highlands and byways, and avoiding the sinkholes and swamps of the Ebook and book selling jungle online.

So for the summertime of 2013, I will be conducting Personally guided tours for FIVE (5) authors or self publishing parties, every 10 days we will start a new adVenture. What You can be sure to experience are these Five simple Jungle survival strategies:

A.  What provisions are needed for the journey.
B.  Who to engage with for your jungle adVenture.
C. In classic Jack London style, an effective diary to social communities.
D. Visiting with local tribes and imparting Your story in native dialects.
E. Live to tell the tale and enjoy the Journey.

I recommend before You consider becoming one of the 15 travelers each month of June, July, August and September, that You browse through this Socially Responsible Guide blog and get the sense of how we approach this sort of endeavor. More particularly, get to know your guide (moi) with a Google + Hangout, or google talk or even a phone call via skype.

And here is one episode about appeasing the SEO Goddesses with 

special language and tributes as an example.

Your commitment will be for 30 days of Online Jungle navigation. To make a reservation and secure Your place among the Five adVenturing authors or self publishers, choose one of these reservation options. 33% deposit (fully refundable) required to secure Your seat on the river boat.

We hope that you can join us and enjoy a summertime adventure for Your Bookchild and Your self.

Please select the reservation which fits Your schedule. Total is 88.00 USD x 3 weekly installments = 264.00 ( of which we contribute 1/3 to protecting Amazon Forest indigeneous tribes). Each payment is due at beginning of each week of a four week adVenture(last week is on the house since your survival is not assured).

Week 1: Preparing and packing for the tour
Week 2: Drawing a map(Yours for keeping) and travel to starting point
Week 3: Meeting the native tribes and local bookstore owners
Week 4: Returning to civilization with a new perspective.

This will be the Digital AdVenture of Your Ebook or Book online experiences(almost a book in itself).

Contact me Here to be considered for a Private Tour ebooks4good@gmail.com

If none of this appeals to You then perhaps some of our Other Offers below may fit Your particular timing more effectively.

Patrick M.
Navigating the Ebook Jungle Tour Operator




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The Wind UP and Here's the Pitch for June 2013

You all have been patient weeding through the matrix of myriad musings(he he alliterative are we?) as this blog takes form in last few months. And now here is the payoff for that patience.

Starting on 6 June 2013, I will be conducting online Hangouts courtesy of Google + (search on ebooks4good@gmail.com for my connection) where we will explore how Your community organization, or Your ebook MAY benefit from a Niche Focused Marketing adVenture this summertime.

A cursory review of the postings here are the recipe ingredients and in June we will open the kitchen for eligible trainees in the Fine art of ebook marketing cuisine.

So, we are offering these sessions as a Pay as You Go option (which means that You can invest what You believe is value of the transfer of learning curve information. We believe that strongly in the method.

Sessions will be available by reservation and to secure that place on a private basis, we are asking for a nominal 'Prime the Pump' investment of 8.00 USD as a fully refundable reservation fee.

We are prepared to design with Your guidance and our skill set, a remarkable and solid ebook Niche Marketing campaign, which also will lend support to a favorite charity of Your choice.

Google + Hangouts will run 45 min online sessions.
You will be co piloting the sessions.
We believe in No Secrets Approach.

Hope to See You in the reservation queue.

In Search Of 'The Missing Ebooks' OR How to Find Your Communities Of Readers & Friends

OK, sometimes being a contrarian is like being on the end of a branch high in a tree and the storm whips the tree and makes for a wild ride. Yet, after nearly 40 years in publishing, technology marketing(essence of ebook marketing is like shareware), and product management, there is ONE issue that continues on as a relentless Factoid.

If You want to have Your Ebook FOUND spend more time on Searching for the Niche communities and placing an excerpt from the ebook in a current discussion(just like in a Sunday Salon of yesteryear) and then make a condensed FreEbook available as an appeteaser, which carries a link(at the bottom page) to the Ebook(hopefully as a gift) .

Make absolutely sure that about 1/3 into the ebook and FreEbook that an invitation to review and discuss the subject matter is included.

This method has worked on two notable projects. CSFTS, 101 Stories etc(circa 1994) and Vegan Fusion(circa 2008) so is based on actual experience and not some SEO big data warehouse theories.

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Am I Mything Something with Ebook Sales Figures OR Is There More Market Elsewhere?

One thing I have learned, again and again, is that one sits in the hallowed halls of Geekdom, there is an apparent issue with the Hot New toy for the boyz, and like the tale of Pinocchio, the old toys get discarded. So with that metaphorical reasoning, let us suppose a few issues here.

A. Nook and Kindle are warehouse application sets that are intended to control access only to approved merchandise, and IStore is doing same thing.

B. Epub is industry standard, and one that Android(which is racing past the other three in e reader and smartphone usage) uses Epub approach.

C. Adobe Digital Editions and Reader are compatible with EPub and 95% of installed desktops and laptops are using one or both of these products(that number of potential readers is NOT less than 150 Million potential users).

So moral of the short story is this. IGNORE installed base of potential readers at the peril of Your ebook sales success, AND use the Niche approach to reach a focused market of HIGH potential pass along readers.

Patrick

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And then we have the Ebook4Good edition which comes with Hangout support here http://bit.ly/SocRespEbook2013

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E Reading Travel Community 4 Women With a Busy Schedule Summer 2013

We would like to announce the availability of our Staycation and Holiday Travel guide, where the Ebook versions of The Sophia Sirius(www.sophiasirius.net) collections on Women's Rights are available for Your enjoyment.

1. Wings & Dreams:4 E|lements of a New Feminism
2.  'A Man's Guide to a New Feminism' FreEbook
3. The Three Wise Women of Bethlehem

are available as summertime e reading gifts for the Independent Woman in Your Life(including You !)

To discover which Buy Local IndiePendent Bookstore OR International Airport location has these offerings, see this link to the International Guide page. http://bit.ly/BuyLocalWings

The Story Of Rose is available here http://bit.ly/3WiseWomen2012

Hope that summertime reading is a relaxing and informative time for Your communities of New Feminists.

Updated reference: We announced this campaign through the groups on this Niche Focused list of blogs where Women making travel plans are already in communities.

http://bit.ly/SoloWomenTravel

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Is There a Missing Market For Ebook Readers in Plain Sight?

As some of You know I take the contrarian view (no big data warehousing of ebooks) in this blog, and this short note is another item along  those lines. Did You Know that with nearly 200 Million desktops, laptops, and netbooks in the market, that an ebook can reach those markets just as easily?

Here is a public service document in Adobe Pdf format  http://bit.ly/Ebook4PcPDF

UPDATE 7 September 2013 The CLEAR Direction of ebook reading is shifting FAST to Epub(open standard) and Android Smartphones. Word of advice - Keep the content light, tight and text based and watch this channel for more on that direction.

Which lists the locations of those Free Ebook readers for the top four most popular formats.

Go figure huh?

Patrick

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