Subject: New Genre Report + Final Thoughts 2020
New Genre Report + Final Thoughts 2020
December 31st, 2020 at 1:51 am EDTHi Friend, Before this crazy year ends, I would like to send you my best wishes and the news about our latest genre report that epitomizes the year 2020: Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction What?! - Yes, it feels more than strange to research such a ...
Christmas Mysteries - Real Sales Data (free)
December 13th, 2020 at 4:58 pm EDTHi Friend, A few weeks back, we published a free seasonal report about Christmas Romance books. I then received a whole number of requests from writers asking whether we could provide a similar report for the mystery, thriller, suspense, and crime ...
Where Romance meets MTS - New K-lytics Report
December 3rd, 2020 at 9:19 pm EDTHi Friend, Romance and MTS (Mystery/Thriller/Suspense) are the two highest-selling book markets in the Kindle store. No wonder the genre blend at the intersection—Romantic Suspense—has been so successful. We received a lot of requests in recent ...
Teen & Young Adult Book Report 2020
November 13th, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDTHi Friend, Teen books, coming-of-age, new adult, young adult—you name the segment—we are talking about a huge industry. No matter whether you write Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery or even nonfiction, teen and young adult readers represent a ma ...
Sci-fi & Fantasy Genre Report down to Level 5
November 5th, 2020 at 1:53 pm EDTHi Friend, Amazon Kindle currently features 30 Kindle categories, 418 sub-categories, more than 2,780 sub-sub-categories, and another 4,600+ Level 4 and Level 5 categories. Here is an example of such a Level 5 category: Teen Young Adult Science F ...
Another Romance Market Niche Explored
October 19th, 2020 at 1:44 pm EDTHi Friend, Sports Romance is the fifth-highest ranking sub-category within Romance but comes with much less competition than many big mainstream romance categories. On top, athletes make a great main character for a romance novel. It is not only th ...
SelfPubCon Oct 17-20 is live | Your Free Ticket
October 17th, 2020 at 12:55 pm EDTHi Friend, We are kicking off the Self-Publishing Advice Conference 2020. This virtual event is unfolding today, and you can join for free! I have the honor to participate later today at 8 PM UK, 3 PM Eastern. But if you have seen enough of me, well ...
Stop underestimating this genre
October 1st, 2020 at 8:03 pm EDTHi Friend, The popularity of crime and mystery novels shows no sign of retiring. One market has been performing particularly well: Cozy Mystery. If you have never looked into "cozies," here are three important market facts: Long-term search interest ...
K-lytics Romance 2020 Genre Report (2nd Edition)
September 30th, 2020 at 2:41 pm EDTHi Friend, We just released the 2020 fall edition of the K-lytics Romance market seminar. This research represents a complete overview of all categories available in the uncontested #1 market on Kindle: ROMANCE! The overall romance bestseller list d ...
Today's focus: List building and promotion - 6 Videos
September 22nd, 2020 at 9:44 am EDTHi Friend, Day 2 of the Fiction Marketing Academy Summit 2020 has started. All sessons Day-2 Sessions are FREE to watch 24 hours HERE. Today's agenda: +++ DAY 2 | September 22 +++ Derek Murphy - Unconventional List-Building Tactics Kevin Tumlinson ...