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. 

Status with Barnes & Noble

I sent out a group email a month or so ago regarding the status of PubIt, which is where I list SynergE's titles that are available at Barnes & Noble in ePub (Nook) format.  Unfortunately, I should've held off on that notice, because it seems there were still some major glitches occuring at PubIt, and it took until just this week for them to actually fix most of them.  (That's not to say that they are all fixed yet, sorry to say).  So now I am at least able to get into my book title list and begin the process of updating those titles.  By this, I mean I have to add the ISBN number, the keywords and the author bio and any reviews, since none of those seemed to transfer over from Fictionwise (which is where B&N was getting all its info for it's Nook titles).  But this also means that whenever we need something changed - a new cover, updated bio, more reviews, etc., I can do that within a few days.

If you happen to visit Barnes & Noble online - or even visit a brick-and-mortar store - and notice that you don't see your book(s) listed, please let me know so I can look into that.  Most likely it's just a case of the information not yet being updated on their end, but I am doing my utmost to update on mine.  I have, for the second time, finally updated all of the OBERON series, plus the History on the Hoof travel trilogy, and tried to catch all of the titles that have updated their covers recently.  But please feel free to check to let me know if you see your old cover on your book so I can change it immediately.