Folks, I have a bookshop, and the buy links on my Titchfield Press published books will take you to that shop to buy the books. My plan is to use the shop a bit more, for both ebooks and print, as soon as the WooCommerce Whizz I’m contracting to help me does his magic.
What would convince you to buy directly from me? Kindness? (Because selling direct lets me keep more of the sale price.) Coupon discounts? (Because I can share that benefit with you.) Cheaper prices? (I’m limited by the contract with Amazon, but I could do regular sales and specials.) Some sort of record of sales that allowed me to give regular buyers a free book after ten, or after five? Print books? Merchandise, such as bags or earrings or phone covers with my book covers or my hero and heroine memes on? Anything else you can thing of?
Please. Enquiring minds want to know.
I used to buy from your shop as (if I remember correctly) I saved a buck from Amazon’s prices. I WANT to support my favorite authors rather than Amazon’s coffers, so even if you offer the at the same price, I would buy or pre-order. I do that with another of my favorite authors, Grace Burrowes, who has the same price as on Amazon when pre-ordering. Whatever you decide, I am fine with.
Bye the bye, dear lady friend, I do so worry about your rapid-pace publishing schedule you have written about in your posts. As a physician, the stress of such a schedule HAS to have deleterious effects. I have also read that you have health issues, and the 2 do not work and play well together! Please, be careful of your health! Your writing will suffer if you do not.
Much love, from your Antipodes, Indiana.
Thank you, Indiana. I appreciate your support, and your advice. And yes, when I push myself, I suffer. On the other hand, if I don’t write the stories that clutter my brain, I don’t sleep! I pace myself and try to find a balance.
Any or all of the promos you mentioned. Hindrances would be shipping costs to the U.S. but occasionally, I think we’ll overlook that. 😁
Steve is going to help me set up an ordering system that will let me ship from Ingram Spark, who have printers in the US, so that should solve the shipping costs problem with print books. Do you think people would be interested in a signed book plate? I could have my artist granddaughter design them, and sell them at cost (plus postage and packaging).
Signed book plates to go with the books would be nice.