Review: Useful Tools
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
Maybe I'm just a stat junkie, but I love that this book gives me the tools to find out how people are finding my book's page. Those looking for a guaranteed trick to make sales are probably going to be disappointed. This is not that kind of book. It is geared towards gathering information so you, the author, can make informed choices regarding marketing and advertisement. Instead of stumbling around in the dark and throwing everything at the wall and hoping something works, but not quite knowing what worked or not (and thereby, repeating futile efforts out of ignorance) you can now target your efforts. That doesn't guarantee a bestseller because nobody can guarantee that.I bought the book last night and have been playing around with the codes and they are working. I just saw that someone found my book from a site where I had paid for an ad over a month ago, so for me, that means that site is one I'll keep in mind next time I want to buy an ad. I had totally forgotten about the site, honestly. I don't know if the person bought my book from the information, but getting people to our book pages is half the battle, and once there, it's up to me to present the best book offering that I can. This book helps in that way too, to some extent. I made changes to my book's page today, adding more information.Another reviewer mentioned that the information in this book is available on other sites--well, that might be true, but I'm pretty much all over the indie author sites and I haven't seen it in the almost three years I've been an indie author.