I’ve been in Smashwords’ Affiliate program since March, not one Affiliate sale.  Six weeks on Amazon’s program and I finally had my first sale of a book that I’ve been promoting.  Is the effort of promoting other author’s books worth it, in the long run?

It’s always a bit nerve-wracking, waiting for one website or another to merge your story into their listings.  Smashwords is generally fastest, with your ebook available for sale on its site as quickly as you can get it uploaded, but it can take days before your ebook shows up on other sites it feeds.  Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing is probably next fastest, with ebooks getting merged in a day or two.  By comparison, a site like Literotica can take nearly a week, and if you’re serializing a longer work, the waiting really starts adding up.

Right now, I’ve got one short story waiting on Amazon, and  the final chapter of another story waiting on Literotica, and it’s just like, “Aaaaarrgh!” when I keep checking status.

M.R.