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Tooky's Mag's avatar

Thanks for the kind words on Improvidence, and you're correct in assuming I did bother shopping around for an agent!

Traditionally this would get packed into an anthology with a few short stories, but I really wanted to put improvidence out there as a single tight story that someone could breeze through in a weekend.

My idea was that as a new writer, length actually works against you since people are unsure if they'll love your work. So a cheaper cost of production (passed on to buyer by Improvidence's low final price) and a more guaranteed feeling of "hey I finished a book" would hopefully make people more willing to take the leap of faith to read my stuff.

The alternative is to put out work for free and follow more of a web novel monetization strategy (which I plan to try for my next project).

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ARX-Han's avatar

>My idea was that as a new writer, length actually works against you since people are unsure if they'll love your work. So a cheaper cost of production (passed on to buyer by Improvidence's low final price) and a more guaranteed feeling of "hey I finished a book" would hopefully make people more willing to take the leap of faith to read my stuff.

This is a good insight and a novel approach I haven't seen much before - something in between "purely free" and "novel-length paid work on KDP." I think you accomplished your mission in securing a readership base in this respect.

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C. M. Setledge's avatar

"My idea was that as a new writer, length actually works against you since people are unsure if they'll love your work." I think you're spot on here. I pulled up Herod's book on Amazon, and in addition to low time investment, it's low cost too. I see this as a win-win for new readers of the author. Great book cover as well!

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C. M. Setledge's avatar

Not one to make a hasty purchase, I stewed on it for 8 hours, and then bought it.

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Postliberal Book Reviews's avatar

Just bought it based on your review.

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