Daily Archives: January 2, 2011

Positive Ratings by Book

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One of the ideas the marketing book that I am reading had, was to figure out the percentage positive ratings.  In other words, how many of the ratings on each book were 5 or 4 stars, divided by the total number of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 star ratings.  Here are all my ratings by book.

His Robot Girlfriend– 59% positive on 1359 ratings.
His Robot Wife– 90% positive on 116 ratings.

Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess– 62% positive on 71 ratings.
Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress — 55% positive on 44 ratings.

Senta and the Steel Dragon: Brechalon– 73% positive on 11 ratings.
Senta and the Steel Dragon: Voyage of the Minotaur– 100% positive on 4 ratings.
Senta and the Steel Dragon: The Dark and Forbidding Land– 100% positive on 3 ratings.
Senta and the Steel Dragon: The Drache Girl– 100% positive on 9 ratings.

Princess of Amathar– 86% positive on 7 ratings.

Tesla’s Stepdaughter– 0% positive on 2 ratings.  (They were both 3 stars.)

No reviews or ratings yet on:
Blood Trade
Women of Power
Astrid Maxxim and her Amazing Hoverbike.

New Years Resolution: Publishing

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As a self-published author, I really need to put on my publisher hat and get paper editions of every book out this year.  Case in point: both The Dark and Forbidding Land and The Drache Girl have been out for months in ebook form and aren’t yet available in paperback.  I don’t sell very many paperbacks (whereas my ebooks are really starting to take off) but I think they help my exposure.

As for a traditional publisher, I still have a desire to see my work in giant stacks of hardbound editions, but I don’t have much that will be ready this year to submit to a publisher or an agent.  Maybe Women of Power.  On the other hand, the publishers are doing such a good job of driving themselves out of business that I may not get a chance.  Expect to see at least one major publisher fold in 2011.  Expect also to see some big names going the self-publishing route.