The Experimental Girl, part 2: More Experimentation

Thanks to everyone who chimed in on promoted prices vs. every day available price. I am taking THE HALO CHRONICLES THE GUARDIAN off sale and back to $2.99.

I decided to let the .99¢ sale go through MLK Day, so I requested the pricing change ($2.99 , 70% royalty) for  on Tuesday. As usual Amazon is taking their sweet time to make the change.

It will be interesting to compare velocity at the higher price with THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER continuing as a free promo vehicle.

As of this morning, here are my January 2012 sales results:

THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN ($.99): 123 128 (as of 1/19 8:30pm)

THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER (FREE): 4903 5056 (as of 1/19 8:30pm)

1/30 Results:

THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN ($.99): 203 (and back up to $2.99)

THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER (FREE): 8007 (in 1 month!)

The Experimental Girl

December was an experimental month for me. In November, I published a dystopian short story, THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER, at $.99. At the end I included the first chapter of THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN. Then I dropped THE GUARDIAN from $2.99 to $.99 to participate in a holiday promotion called Book Lovers Buffet.

For the purposes of this analysis, I am going to use my Amazon sales.

December 1-24 results:

THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER $.99: 4

THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN $.99: 66

I decided to make THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER free to promote THE GUARDIAN. It went into effect just after Christmas.

December 26-31 results:

THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER $.00: 617

THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN $.99: 53

January 1-4 results:

THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER $.00: 767

THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN $.99: 27

 The results are so phenomenal that I am going to keep THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER free.

Now my dilemma, the promotion for THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN  ends 1/15/12. Should I keep it at $.99 with much lower royalties or take it back up to $2.99.

What do you think?