Thematterisclosed
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I'm interested in hearing the results other authors have had publishing on different platforms. I have read the threads below and had some helpful suggestions off people in the past for reputatable eBook publishers as well, so this is more of a promotion question than a how-to.
A little background - I have written several stories on Lit and liked it. I'm now editing my own novella (fantasy, plus elements of bdsm, lesbianism and erotic coupling) that I took out six months to write. It took a while so I'd like to put it out in a way that gets it noticed ;-)
Now, as an erotic writer I have done one private commission, a couple of short story kindle ebooks (test runs) and the free stuff here. I don't get the chance to crank out my own stuff as much as I would like as I do a lot of non-erotic commissions. So, although I am working on a side piece and have a plan for a sequel it could take months and interest could disappear down the memory hole by the time any follow up occurs. Since I am in this for the long haul I was wondering what my best strategy was?
1. Part of me feels I should just put it out free on LT as there is a sequel's worth of thread to follow up easly and I enjoy the world setting. Its not a chore, but I know it would be a while before I could link it to any self published other stuff (smash words or kindle). On the other hand it might start a fan base and I never charge more than £0.99 (Brit here).
2. Flog it to a publisher, with all the obsticales that has but less hassles for me regarding picture, editorials, plot holes etc.
3. Self publish route - no base plus unsure how you promote yourself on Amazon.
How did you guys solve this once you'd gotten a few stories under your belts?
A little background - I have written several stories on Lit and liked it. I'm now editing my own novella (fantasy, plus elements of bdsm, lesbianism and erotic coupling) that I took out six months to write. It took a while so I'd like to put it out in a way that gets it noticed ;-)
Now, as an erotic writer I have done one private commission, a couple of short story kindle ebooks (test runs) and the free stuff here. I don't get the chance to crank out my own stuff as much as I would like as I do a lot of non-erotic commissions. So, although I am working on a side piece and have a plan for a sequel it could take months and interest could disappear down the memory hole by the time any follow up occurs. Since I am in this for the long haul I was wondering what my best strategy was?
1. Part of me feels I should just put it out free on LT as there is a sequel's worth of thread to follow up easly and I enjoy the world setting. Its not a chore, but I know it would be a while before I could link it to any self published other stuff (smash words or kindle). On the other hand it might start a fan base and I never charge more than £0.99 (Brit here).
2. Flog it to a publisher, with all the obsticales that has but less hassles for me regarding picture, editorials, plot holes etc.
3. Self publish route - no base plus unsure how you promote yourself on Amazon.
How did you guys solve this once you'd gotten a few stories under your belts?
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