To-do List

First things, first - update the website.  I try every Sunday to change SynergE's main page, adding any new releases plus 5 new eBooks that I put on sale for $2.99.  Please don't forget to check the main page every Sunday evening or Monday morning to see if your book is listed there so you can market accordingly.  http://www.synergebooks.com/   I will also update the SALES STATS page, which you can get to via the Author's BACKROOM (I won't link that here because it is a private author page just for SynergE's authors).

I am in the midst of editing the upcoming release, SYNERGY by Jack Donovan.  You can check that out in the COMING SOON area: http://www.synergebooks.com/comingsoon.html

I will also start formatting Betty Sullivan La Pierre's newest HAWKMAN book, Moonshine Murders this week.  That should be available by next Sunday.  I could squeeze her book into the PUBLICATION SCHEDULE because it was fully edited and a cover supplied.  So mainly all I will have to do is check for typos while I'm formatting.

I received the Royalty Statement from FICTIONWISE this week.  Sales were dismal.  They have gone down from an average of $1200 a quarter, to $900, $600 and now a little over $300.  I believe some of the reason for that is the fact that Barnes & Noble bought them out and concentrates most of their efforts there, neglecting Fictionwise... a lot.  Some of it was probably the prices, so I went through last month and lowered every single SynergE title to no more than $4.88 (some are now listed at $3.99, $2.99 and even a few at 99 cents).  So go in and check to see what your book is listed at and feel free to market the hec out of it/them there.  http://www.fictionwise.com/.  I will post a top 5 (or 10) sellers at Fictionwise momentarily.

We have 3 books in various stages of publication for PRINT this month:  WAR IN THE LAND OF CAIN (Historical Fiction) by Debra Denker http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_warinthelandofcain.html   THE SOUND OF SILENCE (Suspense/Thriller) by Stacy Reynolds, author of The Daathar Chronicles  http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_soundofsilence.html and BLASPHEMOUS (Torment Bk 1)  (Horror) by Will Molinar http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_blasphemous.html  All 3 are highly recommended reads.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  The retailer MOBIPOCKET will be closing its doors on December 31st.  Sales from there the last year or so have been more than dismal, so I can see why.  I think the advent of the Kindle and the Nook just blew them away, unfortunately.