The Benefits of a Writer’s Group
A few months ago Mimi Barbour, creator of The Authors’ Billboard, a group of over thirty bestselling romance writers, came up with the ingenious idea of setting up box sets varying in size from six to eight books and enrolling them into the Kindle Select program.
The hope was to gain new readers, and of course sales, of our individual books. We started out with two or three sets, just to see how they would do.
There was such a fantastic response from our readers, three more followed. Then three more, then… well, you get the picture 🙂
As quick as we could put them together, they were getting read; to the tune of millions of pages read (Kindle Select’s method of determining how much to pay authors from a fund Amazon adds to each month)
http://akreport.com/amazon-kenp-rates/
It has proven to be a snowball effect, benefiting the group in ways we never expected.
We’ve become stronger as a group.
Friends who have each other’s backs. We support and promote new releases. Celebrate achievements. Share information. Build on our successes. And commiserate our failures.
No matter what, we know there’s someone who will listen when we need advice.
If you ever get the opportunity to join a writer’s group, I highly recommend giving it a try!
If you’d like to meet our group and have some fun at the same time, stop by November 29-30 at our 2nd Annual Christmas Bash on Facebook. There’ll be plenty of chatting, games, and giveaways! You don’t want to miss the party, we’d love to meet you there!
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And here’s a listing of our #boxsets: available for a LIMITED TIME!
Unforgettable Romances: Unforgettable Heroes
Unforgettable Heroes: Unforgettable Passion
Unforgettable Christmas: Gifts of Love
Dangerous Encounters: Love on the Edge
Jacquie Biggar-USA Today Best-selling author 
Jacquie, that is awesome. I’m so glad you shared this. Does Amazon allow the mixed author boxed sets without doing the Kindle Select?
Have a wonderful Wednesday. Hugs.
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You bet! And it’s important to specify the individual books CANNOT be either wide (other venues such as Kobo and Barnes and Noble) or in the Kindle Select program while the set is enrolled. This needs to be very clear to all the participating authors because it can get the book removed from the program and give you a big black mark with the Zon (Amazon), something you definitely don’t want!
I hope your week is going well, Teagan. Only a couple more NaNo days left and you can breathe again 🙂
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Thanks Jacquie. I made my word-count. But after finding my plot had been recently a movie (down to the details too), I never got my heart back into it. I didn’t produce the quality draft I set out for in October (with the first plot). But I did enjoy it, and that’s the main thing. Hugs.
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What a weird stroke of fate. Maybe a case of déjà vu? You were a film producer in another life? Hey, another great story idea 🙂
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