Book Launch Plans: The Mega Episode

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 026 / Jami and Sara share how they launch a book, covering tactics for low-, medium-, and high-budget launches as well as sharing beau·coup tips about what’s working for book launches right now.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the intro, Sara talks about she’s started a German translation through Reedsy. Jami’s new book</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Homecoming King</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">launched with a big splash--breaking into the top 100 of the Amazon store, then going all the way to number 81! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href= "https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:</span></h2> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things to Consider Before You Launch: </span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KU or wide - weigh pros and cons of each</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Price point - consider typical price of genre and goals to pick the best price point (99 cents can generate preorders and sales while a higher price point give you a higher royalty and the option of dropping it for sales later)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Preorders - a preorder lets you capture sales and get your sales pages live on the vendors, but some authors won’t do preorders because they feel Amazon doesn’t weight the preorder sales as heavily as purchases/borrows made after the books releases, which may impact rank.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t forget the impact of your newsletter to launch </span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Low-cost Launch Tactics for a New Author</span></h3> <ul> <li style=