December is always a time for making plans in my little corner of the world. I really enjoy creating a plan for the year ahead. Part of that always includes a review of the current year which often leads to even more plans. I may have cornered the market on planners, calendars, highlighters and sticky notes!
One of the additions for 2024 will be the launch of my online store. I had a Selz store years ago and have missed it for some marketing efforts. This year, I did a lot of research and right now, I'm setting up my online store. I'm hoping to launch it in January.
A change connected with the store involves my series boxed sets. There are pricing constraints for big bundles at Amazon, and delivery fees. That's one thing if the bundles sell well there. They tend not to, though, unless they're on a 99¢ sale with a BookBub featured deal. I think this is likely because they aren't included on the series pages at Amazon and people don't even realize they exist. At GooglePlay, in contrast, the bundles are displayed on the series page. My boxed sets sell much, MUCH better there.
So, from January onward (maybe a little before), my series bundles won't be available at Amazon. Instead, you'll be able to buy one for your Kindle in my online store. Ebooks from my online store will be delivered by BookFunnel, because the people at BookFunnel totally rock at getting ebooks onto your device of choice.
Setting up my store is also a great chance to review costs and pricing. Print book production costs have really increased this year, especially in Australia, so I'm updating those prices, too. (In some cases, I'm paying the printer to sell books in AU, which isn't how it's supposed to work.) Gah. I'm getting that sorted.
I'll also be able to offer some exclusives in my online store. The Dragonfire Novels Complete Series digital bundle will be a store exclusive. I'm also listing the four hardcover omnibus editions of the Dragonfire series for sale in the store, the ones that were launched at Kickstarter last February. There will be other exclusive products, too.
My plan is also to offer coupons for the store to newsletter subscribers each month. if you don't subscribe to my newsletter for the genre you read - or you don't open it! - this might be a good chance to change that up. I've included the sign-up links below.
Here comes 2024! Let's make it a great year together!
Heroes & Happy Endings is the newsletter for my Deborah Cooke contemporary romances. It usually goes out the third Wednesday of the month.
Dragons & Angels is the newsletter for my Deborah Cooke paranormal romances. It usually goes out the second Wednesday of the month.
Knights & Rogues is the newsletter for my Claire Delacroix medieval romances. It usually goes out the first Wednesday of the month.
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