Kindletrends

I run a small data analysis service for self-published authors. Kindletrends gives every author access to high-tech analytics for the Kindle Store.

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Thank you to Matty Dalrymple for having me on the Indy Author Podcast to talk about market awareness!

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What if we could look at book data in a different way?

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Many thanks to Nat Connors @kindletrends for joining me for a chat about the new KDP categories, including how they are more shopper-focused than the previous BISAC-based codes and how they help limit bad players from gaming the system.
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To help us get our heads around the new 'Rockstar Romance' and 'Gamelit & LitRPG' categories, I've done a couple of test newsletters for each of them, along with a walk-through. Check them out here:

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For everyone who uses the Also Boughts and Top 100s Downloader (https://t.co/zWfQ24Hbct) there's been a change to Kindle Store Top 100s which is currently breaking downloads. Fix submitted and should be with you soon!

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I had a great time talking to the inimitable Matty Dalrymple of @TheIndyAuthor Podcast about genre research!

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This week on @TheIndyAuthor Podcast, Nat Connors @kindletrends discusses USING DATA TO GUIDE YOUR CRAFT, including the importance of having a consistent throughline across the cover, blurb, and content. https://t.co/ox2LOr5H8C
Transcript and show notes at https://t.co/tzZhxkOsrH

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@fivethorns @IndieAuthorALLI @farofeb Great; drop me an email at <[email protected]>. I'm happy to pop in and do a Q&A for people too, and walk them through what we can do as a community.

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@fivethorns @IndieAuthorALLI Ha, thanks for being a subscriber! Let me know if you want to talk about fantasy subgenre stuff; the more I talk to people who know a genre, the better I can make Kindletrends for that genre.

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@write_wherever and it's *proper* tango as well; I was so happy in that moment. They *must* have worked with an actual tango dancer to get the animation right, not someone who just watched it and thought they understood.

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@Starseedparents @IndieAuthorALLI You're most welcome; I'm always happy to talk. Some of my other free resources might be of interest to you too: https://t.co/QFlaBMXOKz

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@LukeJKendall @IndieAuthorALLI Yep, I have certainly seen many examples of the median price point for a genre being USD1/2 higher wide, relative to Amazon. One day I'd like to do a cross-market comparison of pricing in different genres (@OrnaRoss perhaps a topic for a future article?)

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@IndieAuthorALLI @LukeJKendall Yes, this is definitely in line with what I've seen. Received wisdom among some genres (e.g. romance) is that wide readers may tolerate a higher price point (USD1/2 more), *but* cover design norms may differ, and marketing to non-Amazon readers is also a challenge.

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@OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI Oh, thankyou Orna! I just hope everyone got something valuable out of it. There's still a great deal for all of us to learn in this space.

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@LukeJKendall @IndieAuthorALLI also note that many authors price aggressively/free for Book 1 and aim to make it back on readthrough, even for wide audiences (who may have different price expectations to Amazon buyers. As always though I think it's the norms of your *specific* market which matter.

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@LukeJKendall @IndieAuthorALLI If you are focused on readthrough and long series, and your audience are binge-readers, I would suggest keeping your price constant to give them one fewer reason to stop. OTOH if your focus is on revenue from *each* book, then it might be OK to price each book differently.

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@IndieAuthorALLI Kia ora koutou katoa everyone, I'm on board for the next hour and happy to take questions. Hope you got something out of the talk.

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Welcome to the #SelfPubCon21 Q&A with Nat Connors of @kindletrends. If you have any questions following the session From Story to Blurb to Cover: Signposting Your Themes to Your Readers, reply to this tweet, include the hashtag #SelfPubCon21, and Nat will do his best to answer!

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@IndieAuthorALLI Thankyou! I hope everyone gets something out of it.