Even though I swore after my second giveaway that it would be my last (here's my first one too), I ended up doing one last December that might need some analysis. And, if you can’t tell from the title, this one is a bit of an outlier, which is actually why I’m bringing it up in the first place. But before I get to what all went wrong and made it strange, I should probably delve into why I went back to a Kindle giveaway in the first place rather than just running a sale as I h

So last free KDP giveaway I basically had no idea what I was doing and did not know about online hangout spots for fantasy fanatics like reddit/fantasy, the latter of which I’m deeply indebted to my argument partner (and fellow SPFBO Semifinalist) Daniel Olesen for pointed out to me. He also suggested I take part in the Fantasy Writer of the Day Ask Me Anything (AMA), which I did (find the process here). I signed up for a Wednesday, and therefore decided to have that be the c

Note: This is an annotated version of a post I did over a year ago on the Best Fantasy Books forum. I have since refined my strategies but will include them all one at a time in the order they happened to show the process. Consider this either an object lesson or cautionary tale... Being completely oblivious to and avoidant of marketing, and without any web presence whatsoever (facebook/ twitter) when I put out The Woven Ring, I at first watched the MSWL twitter handle/ site