Smashwords’ Summer/Winter Sale will run from July 1st to July 31st.
Two tiers of discounts:
* If normally priced over $2, they will be 50% OFF
* For those priced between $1 and $1.99, they will be 25% OFF, to keep the sale price over $0.99 (Smashwords minimum).
That leaves a few books which are already $0.99 or FREE, which will not be reduced.
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/leenysman
“Real life” has been pretty busy, without much time for writing or promoting of my writing, social media posting, etc. That said, my blog hits for April were the highest in six months, while May dropped down again.
March’s hits were nearly the same as February’s, only 1% difference. That is all.
Well, my efforts to get back on track with social media posting didn’t last too long. But some of it is automated, so it took a while for those queues to run dry. Trying again, now.
February’s hit stats were thus not as good as January’s, better than December’s and about even with November.
Well, I began to get back on track in posting to Twitter and Facebook (and MeWe, Instagram and Sharesome). January’s hit total was better that the two previous months. But the fact is that the three months (November, December, January) were the lowest three in the past two years.
I also got some progress on book 8 of my current series, so hopefully I can get that finished soon. I’m still not sure if this is going to wind up the end of the series (and how to end it), or if a book 9 might be next.
Running from December 15th to January 1st, most of my books are enrolled at 50% OFF, except a few which are enrolled at 25% in order to maintain a $0.99 minimum and the rest which are already at that $0.99 minimum:
Check out my book list at Smashwords:
Okay, delayed again, by busy-ness in my life and work outside of writing… Barely able to find time to post some of my promos to my social accounts. No time for writing, at all. Anyway, October saw a very small (~2%) increase over September’s blog hits. That’s all there is to say.
Another decline in September, but not down to June’s low. I finally got my home internet in better shape towards the end of the month. Now I just need to get caught up on some stuff related to my social media posting…
Yes, I’m even later with this than I was last month. Life’s been busy and the same issues I have with Internet access at the beginning of each month (tied to my cellphone plan) were still an issue.
Anyway, blog hits declined in August, but only in comparison to July. They were still better than June or May and were better than August 2022. If I just had the time to finish my current book and keep up with all of the social media posting to promote my existing books, things could be better.
Yeah, I’m almost a week late on this, but I frequently have limited Internet access at the beginning of the month and when I do have access, other tasks take priority.
Anyway, July 2023 did see a jump in traffic compared to the two months before it, likely the effect of the Smashwords sale this month. Not quite to the level of May+June combined, but close. Yet, still lower than July 2022, for comparison.
