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:
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?
