This was an extremely enjoyable, informative chat! One of my favourites among all kinds of podcasts… Liking this easy discussion … (and useful to many right now) But then I more and more love and shake my head over every single thing that you put out, so I’ll let you know next year how it stacks up… jk. 🙏🙇🏽👌
Also wanted to say that out of the so many reasons those mystery spikes you had in sales could have occurred, they might also be from something we’ve mysteriously experienced too (wound up in the Kindle Vella categories top banners a year after sitting there, where we had anonymously posted under a pen name with no audience to tell…) So we learned Amazon has reader clubs that go in especially in large groups seasonally to check out and boost certain titles periodically… Not sure how often. But our occasion traced back to ONLY that. There was no other possible reason in our case, just to add to your multiple suspicions… Saying. ✨🔮📚
It seemed to be some sort of in-house AMAZON reader group that they offer rewards to at certain times on certain targets they send out to them by email. I heard it mentioned by one of the top Vella writers in the first six months after Kindle Vella launched. They had a roommate who was working in a data marketing capacity I believe for new authors starting on Amazon. And like Jamie said, I’ve never heard about it anywhere else, but they all did really well for the first couple years, so yes, it certainly would… And on that occasion, it “seemed” like their reader group rewards would be offered for a two week period proceeding the holidays, somewhere abouts.
You should link Adam's video to cheer you up!
This was an extremely enjoyable, informative chat! One of my favourites among all kinds of podcasts… Liking this easy discussion … (and useful to many right now) But then I more and more love and shake my head over every single thing that you put out, so I’ll let you know next year how it stacks up… jk. 🙏🙇🏽👌
Also wanted to say that out of the so many reasons those mystery spikes you had in sales could have occurred, they might also be from something we’ve mysteriously experienced too (wound up in the Kindle Vella categories top banners a year after sitting there, where we had anonymously posted under a pen name with no audience to tell…) So we learned Amazon has reader clubs that go in especially in large groups seasonally to check out and boost certain titles periodically… Not sure how often. But our occasion traced back to ONLY that. There was no other possible reason in our case, just to add to your multiple suspicions… Saying. ✨🔮📚
That's interesting...but again, there's no way for me to know.
...never heard of that, though.
Well, that's a super cool program we should try to encourage more! Especially if they offer reviews as well!
It seemed to be some sort of in-house AMAZON reader group that they offer rewards to at certain times on certain targets they send out to them by email. I heard it mentioned by one of the top Vella writers in the first six months after Kindle Vella launched. They had a roommate who was working in a data marketing capacity I believe for new authors starting on Amazon. And like Jamie said, I’ve never heard about it anywhere else, but they all did really well for the first couple years, so yes, it certainly would… And on that occasion, it “seemed” like their reader group rewards would be offered for a two week period proceeding the holidays, somewhere abouts.