Thought about doing a 99¢ Bookbub promo

[JRTomlin]

Looked at the price and changed my mind to free. (It's a four-book series with good sell-through)

Whew. Was an HF 99¢ promo already over a thousand bucks and I'd just forgotten or did it go up again?

[notthatamanda]

I think it got that high this fall.

Some poor guy on the other board just had a disastrous Sci-Fi 99 cent promo.  I'm with Lily on bookbub now.  I don't even apply anymore. 

[JRTomlin]

You might as well apply. Not like it costs anything. I admit that a string of refusals is a little discouraging.

[notthatamanda]

I lost 60 bucks on my Intl 99 cent bookbub in October, but the real disaster was losing the momentum selling the book full price.

I know that my read throughs aren't strong enough to make back the cost of the promo on the "average" downloads if I got one for either of my first in series free.

I honestly don't want one anymore, and it's a relief.  Best of luck to everyone else.

[JRTomlin]

I had a very poor International one as well, but that has no relation to my results in the US. I have decided that I won't accept another International.

They cost enough that it's important to give thought to whether the sell-through will justify the cost and it may not for everyone.

[notthatamanda]

I lowered the price in the US as well, figuring that I would get some decent sales as I did with my first int'l Bookbub. So it's all on me, but I am not happy with me.
 

[LilyBLily]

I wouldn't do an international Bookbub under any circumstances; my books are too U.S.-focused to sell well overseas. I tested the UK market with Amazon Ads, and it was a bust. I doubt the German market is panting for contemporary Western romances, either. I do get the occasional sale in Australia. No way of knowing about Canada since Canadian apparently can use the U.S. store to shop.