My Marketing Journey - update May 4 2026 [ 3 ]
Hello everyone, For you, and for me, I am going 'open kimono' here. What that means is, I'm pulling back the curtain and being completely open and honest with you. On November 29th, filled with anxiety, I pushed the button to publish my 49K word novel/novella onto Amazon. As I explained in my first writing on this topic (here), I had done some research and figured that for me, having a soft entrance into the self-publishing world made the most sense for where I was at and what I wanted to accomplish. I know the market is crowded, the attention span is short, and I'm a nobody from nowhere. The only thing that would make me willing to try someone out was if it was free. Kindle Select is free to those who pay a monthly fee to Amazon. That makes the 'buy now' for $0 an easy and appealing purchase for those in the Amazon ecosystem. That was good enough for me. I launched the book on Amazon Kindle Select program at .99c for the ebook (the lowest Amazon will let you...