Let's Talk about an Important Word

If you write erotica, you need to know this

Crunching the numbers - AI image by NightCafé

… writers suck at math and use the fact that they suck as an excuse to not do what they want to do. —Michael Kingswood

No, the word is not “math(s)” but we’re on the right track.

I won’t say that I’ve nailed my colours to the Amazon mast but in my previous post I selected Amazon in my “recipe for erotic success”.

While there are many self-publishing outlets, realistically it’s Amazon and the rest. —Britni Pepper

If there is one thing Amazon does well - apart from making insane amounts of money, that is - it’s numbers.

Understanding the data and exploiting it is the real reason Amazon is so successful. Let’s face it, selling books is often a recipe for disaster. Just ask Borders and Booktopia.

As an Amazon author, I have some pretty decent resources at my command. Amazon wants me to succeed. They want you to succeed. The key to success is not about dicking around enjoying yourself writing smutty stories for yourself and kidding yourself that you are an author and entitled to sit at the same table as Stephen King and Alexander McCall Smith.

The key to success is …