Kobo Writing Life
This is a really good post about the nuts and bolts of publishing with Kobo Writing Life.
I’ve had an excellent experience with KWL over the last four years. In that time, for me Kobo has gone from an afterthought to one of my main markets. In 2014, Kobo was 1.9% of my book sales, but in 2015, it had risen to 10%. (As of the end of July, Kobo is 7.6% percent of my 2016 sales, but that is because I’ve been fortunate enough to have increased sales on all platforms, not just Kobo.)
Anyway, if you are self-publishing, you definitely should give KWL a try, and not just go exclusive with Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
-JM
I actually found “Demonsouled” on Kobo in 2011, likely not long after you first started uploadig to Kobo.
I followed that to Smashwords and bought a chunk of your books through that site (and a couple other authors too).
For no other reason than simplicity, I get all my books through Kobo. Books from other retailers currently can’t actually be integrated into my library.
It also means I have gone and rebought a bunch of your books from Kobo. Behind 3 or 4 right now though.
I have see a huge increase in indie/self published books on the platform in pretty much all the genres.
Its great for the readers, and hopefully good for the authors as well.
Thanks for reading so much!
I do think it’s good for the writers. The old publishing companies are a bit like dinosaurs, and self-published writers like quick small mammals. The dinosaurs still look strong, but the writing is on the wall.