Every time I look at my website, I think, “man, I need to update this thing.” I mean, dang, I have a banner that says “Author of the hot new novel SELLOUT!” Uh … Sellout came out almost three years ago. Yeah, I know. My goal was to update the website last fall. Well, you see how that worked out. My new goal is this summer–2013, of course–all pimped out like a hooptie on Pimp My Ride.

Okay, enough about my website. I think I mentioned something about it on the last three blogs. Sad.

Anyway, I really don’t have much to say except that I’m in school full-time and it’s kickin’ my patooty, hence the reason I haven’t posted much. However, I’ll be graduating this spring–yay!–and my company The Pantheon Collective is still working on a few big “thangs” this year. Speaking of big thangs, I have an upcoming blog that will announce a MAJOR milestone. Can’t wait to share! Stay tuned…

It seems the conspiracy to keep you from doing the things you love starts when you wake up. Kids, the spouse, work, school, family, friends, pets, social events—they all impede on precious “me” time. Once you’re sucked into the daily routine, the “roadblocks” in front of you stand high and strong, trying to keep you from your writer destiny and forcing you to surrender.

“Maybe I’ll have time to write tomorrow,” you say. But tomorrow becomes another tomorrow, then another, then another. Before you know it, you scramble to get back into a writing rhythm, but then you’re like, “Now, where did I leave off again?”

Sound familiar?

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Book Blurb:

In the eyes of many, an African American commits the ultimate act of betrayal if he or she dares to express conservative beliefs. Ironically, those before us fought for African Americans to simply vote, not be handcuffed to one particular party.

Still, because approximately ninety percent (90%) of African Americans are registered Democrats, it’s almost as if we have a “negrofied” bible that says, “If you’re black, you’re Democrat”—and that’s it. Period. That closed frame of mind leaves little desire to even acknowledge another viewpoint, let alone try to understand it.

Black People Can’t Be Republican is a collection of short stories based in Anytown, USA that explores viewpoints from various angles in a debate format—not only about political party affiliations, but other hot-button topics common in the community, such as the N-word, homosexuality, “thick” versus “fat”, and sagging pants.

Written by Omar Luqmaan-Harris of The Pantheon Collective - 8/30/2012

Do you like stories? Well here you go…

Once upon a time, in a land much like our own, there was an entire industry devoted to publishing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, reviewing, and critiquing books.

The publishing was done by a handful of large elite companies who determined what and who could be published. They employed the services of literary agents to help their editors determine the best books to publish. Both the agents and editors were very successful at identifying and harnessing the talent of the writers, most of whom never made enough money off their books to quit their day jobs. There were many more writers left out in the cold, their dreams of seeing their work in print dashed to pieces.

The publishers also manufactured the books, employing the services of copy editors, cover designers, typesetters, and printers. Due to this large infrastructure, they justified paying their writers next to nothing to keep “the machine” running. The writers were told to keep writing and to learn how to market themselves by building a platform; it wasn’t the publisher’s job to market them. Before the books were printed, advanced copies would be sent out to newspaper reviewers, literary critics, other established authors, and even bookstore representatives to build buzz for the book; thus, creating a secondary market for these services. In many instances, the large publishers were also spending millions on advertising with the newspapers and literary journals and in return usually received glowing reviews.

Distributors interacted with the publisher’s large sales forces to move the books from the publisher’s warehouses to their own and then on to the bookstores, libraries, and other outlets dependent on the revenues from selling books to stay in business. Because of constant sales pressure, the shelf life of books dwindled dramatically over time, adding even more burden to an already tense system. Bookstores started demanding more sure things from publishers who began demanding more guaranteed successes from their editors who then gave the literary agents their marching orders. The result was less creativity, choice, and more writers left on the outside looking in than ever before.

Then, seemingly overnight, everything changed. A company called Amazon, with a brash, bold leader and even more audacious vision, launched a device called the Kindle that would enable readers to download electronic books in seconds. The traditional publishing establishment laughed it off. “Readers would never prefer digital books over paper books,” they said. Unfortunately, they hadn’t learned the lesson of the music industry, still reeling from the introduction of digital content vs. the traditional format. Amazon, like iTunes before them, had an ace in the hole. They knew that in order to make their Kindles valuable they needed content. They didn’t really care where it came from or how good it was, so they introduced a method for authors to directly publish with them. All of a sudden the traditional publishing  hierarchy was usurped.

Writers could hire their own editors, cover designers, and typesetters. They could upload the books to Amazon in minutes. They could use their own websites, social media and reader communities to find their readers and direct them to Amazon to buy their books. And most surprisingly, some of them could actually write good books! Kindles started selling like hot cakes and these indie books were selling right along with them. Some of these authorpreneurs even began outselling their traditionally published counterparts and showing up on bestseller lists. One of them even sold over 2 million e-books!

Needless to say, the large publishers weren’t going to take this lying down, and began meeting in secret with Apple to establish a pricing model that would allow them to stay in business. They needed to do this because their large  bookstore partners were closing by the thousands and Amazon was not allowing them control over their own prices. When the government found out, a Department of Justice  investigation was initiated and many of the big publishers and Apple were named as defendants, having to justify their actions to force consumers to pay more for products that cost significantly less to produce.

Meanwhile, the indie author community was growing by leaps and bounds as authors, left out in the cold for years, capitalized on the opportunity to establish a follower-ship of readers. Unfortunately, many of the books were rush jobs with shoddy covers, poor-to-no editing, and plain sloppy writing. And there were other companies called vanity publishers preying on the ignorance of authors, by taking their money and offering little to no service in return. Still, readers were far more forgiving to these authors than the literary agents and editors had ever been. Maybe they connected with the entrepreneurial spirit of these intrepid authors. Besides, if they didn’t like the book, a full refund was a click away, a privilege never afforded them by bookstores.

The large publishers realized that e-books were not going away and in fact were outselling their print counterparts, so they began a smear campaign to lambaste indie authors and their primary steward, Amazon. They found a man who had been quite successful for a time selling 5 star reviews for a price. When they discovered that the #1 Indie author had actually used this service to obtain 300 such reviews, they went on an all out initiative. Book critics, traditionally published authors, literary agents, and newspaper journalists fired away on the credibility of Amazon and Indie authors in article after article.

The traditional establishment rejoiced as indie authors began to turn on each other. Until the leaders of the community stood up, pointed out these underhanded tactics, and calmed everyone back down. In the end, the Indie authors kept writing, kept supporting each other, kept churning out successively better products, and kept building strong connections with readers. Traditionally published authors, increasingly neglected by their publishers, jumped ship and bolstered the ranks of indies until most authors found on Amazon were indies with the traditional authors few and far between. A surprising winner in this whole tale were indie booksellers who were thriving in the new world. Paper wasn’t dead; authors just wanted their due remuneration for their years of hard work. And there were readers who would always love paper.

As for the publishers and all their cronies? Realizing that their last-ditch effort failed, they initiated massive rounds of layoffs of skilled editors, publicists, cover designers, and sales people, many of whom immediately found work servicing the indie author community. Literary agents started representing indies in negotiations with Hollywood. And the large publishers consolidated until there were only two or three left in business.

What came next? Only they can say for sure. But in the words of Stephen King, the world moved on. Some moved on with it. Most others were simply left behind. Out in the cold.

Sound familiar?

It’s official: I’m a Fit and Fabulous FINALIST! Here’s what they said:

(excerpt) “Congratulations! We have poured over hundreds of entries and have picked you as one of the 15 finalists for this month’s Fit & Fabulous contest! Your story of hard work and triumph truly inspired us.”

If any of you know me, I’m just as passionate about health and fitness as I am with writing, which is why I entered the contest. Since I’m now a finalist, I need votes! #13, that’s all I’m sayin’. Still, win or lose, I’m inspired by all the contestants and proud to have been selected as a finalist. But ‘cha know what? Winning would be the cherry on top – and I like cherries. LOL

Voting ends August 31st. Thanks in advance for your votes!

First off, I know my website is in dire need of an extreme makeover. I’m not the best website interior designer, so the black, white, and blood-red fonts may put a hurtin’ on your eyeballs. I apologize if this blog (and any of my other blogs) is rough reading. My goal is to have a revamped site before the end of the summer, so if you are a  website designer, or know one, holla at me!

Now, about this KDP Select thing, my final report…

I had my third free promotion for Slow Your Prose: 25 Tips On How New Authors Can Improve Their Craft and second for Premature Eradication, with both books available for free on May 15. As I suspected, the KDP Select party is way over. No more poppin’ champagne bottles and making it rain up in here like P. Diddy – it just ain’t what it used to be. Well, at least that’s the case for me. I explained a series of forces that banded together to sabotage my attempt at another successful run in my second KDP Select blog. My first KDP Select blog was way more “chipper.”

Note my enthusiasm in the first blog, and the nosedive up to now. Crazy the change of direction in just a matter of months, and this is why (data includes all Amazon totals):

Mar
SYP: 5994 downloads, 4 borrows

Apr
SYP: 1947 downloads, 5 borrows
PE: 752 downloads, 0 borrows

May
SYP: 155 downloads, 0 borrows
PE: 294 downloads, 0 borrows

Talk about a drop, huh? I was surprised PE outpaced SYP in May, though. Now, if you read my last blog, I’d planned on including my book Open House for May also, but alas, Amazon and I had a little snafu. I still had an excerpt of Open House online, courtesy of an old website link I’d forgotten all about and no longer use. The Big Brothers of Amazon found out about it, and they didn’t like it very much. Beware of this: If you have your story online–even an excerpt–Big Daddy Amazon may scold you! Long story short, if you were to log into my KDP account, you’d see the words Blocked for Open House. My story is on permanent exile, banished and barred. Foreva, eva … eva, eva.

Which is why I won’t enroll my next ebook What Happens in Vegas on KDP at all. The story is published in a best-selling anthology that’s also for sale on Amazon, but I wanted to give the story an identity with its own book cover. However, it probably wouldn’t be too hard for Amazon sleuths to find out What Happens in Vegas is already included in another book using some fancy smancy algorithm smalgorithm–although the story has a different title and six-year difference in publication. Despite that, they probably will start trippin’ on me with another “your account could be disabled” email. Not taking that chance. Hello Smashwords.

And you know what? No more KDP Select for any of my books. I just don’t see the benefit of 90-day exclusivity anymore.

Now, I’m just talking about my experience. Some people are still making a pretty penny with KDP Select as their virtual rocket booster to decent sales. But, I admit, it felt good to upload SYP in the Smashwords meat grinder again, giving the book wider distribution and access for Nooks, iPads, and other ereaders. In a couple of weeks, PE will be next (when it expires from KDP Select).

Plug alert: On that note, check out my new ebook What Happens in Vegas on Smashwords, free for a limited time with this coupon code:  EQ94Y (Just click on the image. Free until Jun 25th):

Like last time, I didn’t reach any of my goals. One reason is because I had end-of-the-semester finals during the promotion. Just to recap, here’s what I tried to do:

-       Have an advertisement for each book (including my novels), either in a magazine, blog, Goodreads or Facebook (only had one ad for SYP)

-       Publish more articles. I’d built a nice list of writer credits over the years, but hadn’t submitted articles for publication in a long while. Time to hop on that train again. It’s a great way to pack and stack your author platform. (Nope. School got in the way!)

-       Provide links to my other ebooks within each ebook (Done!)

-       Make the usual annoucements for the promotions, but not forgetting my Yahoo groups. (Done!)

-       Submit my works to more book reviewers and bloggers. (I’m always doing this, but it takes a while for a response).

-       Redo this freakin’ author website! It definitely needs a major overhaul. (Not yet, but before the end of the summer).

My wishful thinking for sales/downloads/reviews:

-       To have at least 1,000 downloads for each ebook during their given promotions (Nope!)

-       To receive at least five new reviews for each ebook in KDP Select (Got 1 new review for PE – that’s it. )

-       See a spike in sales for all books after the promotions (Not really)

-       Sell way more than I did in April! (DJ scratch effect **skurry, skurry** NOPE!)

Although KDP Select has become useless to me now, it definitely helps that I have multiple works out there. I’ve published 4 new ebooks (mostly short stories) since March and plan to publish an anthology by the end of the year–not to mention what the TPC3 has in store. As of this writing, I have 12 books out (2 print books and 10 e-books, some free). You can find them all on Amazon and Smashwords (not to mention other retailers, like B&N and Apple). And guess what? I’m still on pace to break 10,000 in copies sold for both of my novels (Sellout and A Hard Man is Good to Find). When that happens, par-tay!

Yeah, KDP Select was cool for a while, and I will always appreciate and respect Amazon for being a step ahead of the pack with innovative programs that CPR book sales, but the honeymoon is long gone for me, and I have to serve KDP Select my dissolution papers. No hard feelings.

Oh, the last promotion will be on Thursday, Jun 14th for PE. Only if you’re interested, of course.  :-) Hope the honeymoon is still going strong for you!

J-Willy’s KDP Select Experiment … take 2…

On 2/20, I enrolled Slow Your Prose: 25 Tips On How New Authors Can Improve Their Craft in KDP Select, my first ebook in the program. On 3/15, I had the first two-day free promotion, arguably the best feature of the program. Once I compiled the results, I wrote a blog about the experience (you can find a ton of blogs from authors sharing their results). Based on the jumpstart of sales after the promotion, it definitely worked.

Figuring I could duplicate my success, I enrolled my second ebook Premature Eradication in late March, then held not only one, but two free-day promotions from 4/11 to 4/13 for both books. The promotions didn’t start at the same time, but I made it to where at least one day had both books free (4/12). Part of me expected the same results as the first time, another part wasn’t so sure.

What do you think happened? You think it worked just as well if not better the second time around, especially since I had two books in the mix?

Hell. To. The. Naw. If my second attempt were a follow-up album, it damn sure flopped. March went platinum; April barely went gold.

Worse, the total downloads for both books in April didn’t even come close to the total downloads of one book in March (not even 1,000 for PE). For total paid April sales, I didn’t even sell half the copies of SYP as I did in March. Crazy.

WTF Over? What happened? Who knows. Haters be hatin’ on me. Not showin’ J-Willy love. Naw, I’m just kidding. 

Well, I actually do think I know why I didn’t sell as much and didn’t have as many free downloads:

-       KDP Select is now flooded. The program is no longer a novelty as it was a few months ago.

-       Amazon changed their top-secret algorithms that give free books excellent face time during the promotions (interesting post on the algorithm change here).

-       Although featured on multiple sites, neither ebook was included in Pixel of Ink nor Ereader News Today (the top sites for showcasing free ebooks)

-       I received my first and only one-star rating of SYP

-       I only had four reviews for PE (still sitting at 4, actually).

-       I didn’t have enough advertising in place

-       Although I announced the promotions on Facebook and Twitter, I forgot to include the multiple Yahoo writer groups I’m in (each group has several hundred members)

-       Prospective buyers read an excerpt of PE and was like “was the author celebrating 4/20 early when he wrote this piece of sh*t?”

Here are the April numbers of free downloads and borrows:

Slow Your Prose

US: 1936 Borrows:  5

UK:  7 Borrows: 0

Germany: 3 Borrows: 0

Latin America: 1 Borrows: 0

Premature Eradication

US: 720 Borrows:  0

UK:  28 Borrows: 0

Germany: 3 Borrows: 0

France: 1 Borrows: 0

SYP had nearly 6000 downloads in March, but couldn’t sniff 2000 in April. PE barely made a blip. The number of borrows actually bested last month’s, though, which is interesting (4 in March; 5 in April).

I definitely did not reach my goals for April. No even close. Here’s a refresher on what I was trying to do:

(Repeated from the last blog) This next time around, here’s what I really want to see:

-       If I can top the number of free and paid downloads from March (aiming for 7,000 free and 200 paid!). That damn sure didn’t happen!

-       If stacking promotions for both books will send free and paid downloads through the roof. Nope!

-       If downloads of Premature Eradication will improve sells for my other novels. Yes and no, but mostly “no.” Matter of fact, one of my top-selling novels dropped from 5,084 to 14,043 in ranking … in the same freakin’ month! Ouch. However, when you look at “What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item,” several of my books reference each other.

-       If I can get a high Paid ranking for Premature Eradication after the promotion ends. Nope! As of this writing, PE is ranked at 254,669; SYP has been holding steady, ranked at 54,386, but way off from its best ranking around the 9,000 zone).

-       If I can keep this party rollin’! The “party” pretty much fizzled out. Maybe I needed more liquor?

Now, I can’t say the 2nd experiment was a complete failure. During the promotions, both books hit #1 in their particular categories (#1 in Authorship for SYP and #1 in Interpersonal Relations for PE). But remember this: A high ranking in a free category doesn’t always translate as well to a paid category. Man, oh man. I wish it did! Don’t you?

So what’s next? Well, first off, the 90-day exclusive period for SYP will end May 21^st and I’ve decided to disenroll. I truly think this kind of ebook—which is a great tool for authors trying to improve their writing skills—will be better off in multiple channels. However, I believe KDP Select is perfect for short stories, and I have plenty of ’em. I’m basically using the shorter works to bait and hook new readers, anyway. I want to work KDP Select to the hilt, and SYP should go out with a bang, so guess what my crazy butt is going to do for May? Yup, you guessed it!

Next up to bat (May 2012)

And this is just one, only because I haven’t gotten the cover art back yet for another ebook entitled What Plays in Vegas. So yes, I will have four ebooks rolling around the KDP Select assembly lines.

Mark your calendar: The next promotion starts May 15th. Four books in rotation! And if I can work it, I will have ALL books free on one day at the same time! Yezzir!

Now, I need to be realistic, of course (I definitely wasn’t last month). However, I still plan to go all out—go hard or go home, I say—and I have a few tricks left in the bag. So! This next time around, here’s what I plan to do:

-       Have an advertisement for each book (including my novels), either in a magazine, blog, Goodreads or Facebook

-       Publish more articles. I’d built a nice list of writer credits over the years, but hadn’t submitted articles for publication in a long while. Time to hop on that train again. It’s a great way to pack and stack your author platform.

-       Provide links to my other ebooks within each ebook

-       Make the usual annoucements for the promotions, but not forgetting my Yahoo groups.

-       Submit my works to more book reviewers and bloggers.

-       Redo this freakin’ author website! It definitely needs a major overhaul.

My wishful thinking for sales/downloads/reviews:

-       To have at least 1,000 downloads for each ebook during their given promotions

-       To receive at least five new reviews for each ebook in KDP Select

-       See a spike in sales for all books after the promotions

-       Sell way more than I did in April!

Now, since Open House and What Plays in Vegas are in similar genres as several of my other works, will they boost sales for each other, including the novels? Will sales improve in May overall? We will see, so stay tuned…

Oh, wait! On one cool note…

My novels A Hard Man is Good to Find and Sellout can potentially reach the 10,000 copies-sold mark by the end of the year (they’re neck-and-neck in sales)! Not bad for the indie publisher The Pantheon Collective (of which, I am part owner)! That’s THE ultimate goal!

Now, will that happen? Hmmm…

Well, after reading countless blogs from authors about their experiences with KDP Select—some wildly successful, others not so much—I took the plunge and enrolled my ebook Slow Your Prose: 25 Tips On How New Authors Can Improve Their Craft in late February. And man, let me tell you…

Wait, I don’t want to assume you know what “KDP Select” is. Call it another innovative promotional tactic in Amazon’s arsenal. If enrolled in the program, Amazon has exclusive rights to your ebook for 90 days, meaning you can’t sell the ebook anywhere, including your own website. That also means you have to disenroll your book from other distribution channels, such as Smashwords and its affiliates.

Now, this may seem kinda jacked up—like Amazon is on some type of Doctor Evil monopoly rampage—but it’s not as bad as you think. For one, most authors sell the majority of their books on Amazon, anyway. Also, Amazon Prime members can borrow the ebook for free; however, a “borrow” is another way to gain profit because authors get paid for each borrow from a monthly pool of KDP Select money (for March it’s $600,000).

Probably the most powerful feature of the program is you get 5 days where you can “sell” the book for free. Authors can set a free day anytime they want during that 90-day period. We all love “free,” but I’m going to show you how “free” turned into “paid” for this particular ebook.

BTW, for more information on KDP Select, click here:  Also, learn more about other KDP Select authors from the KDP Select News.

I enrolled in KDP Select for several reasons:

-       I wanted to see how a non-fiction ebook would do

-       I wanted to improve my Amazon ranking

-       I wanted more reviews

-       I wanted to resuscitate marketing for Slow Your Prose

-       I wanted to publish my backlist of short stories

-       I wanted to satisfy my curiosity

Of course, the number one reason was to improve sales. Slow Your Prose has been on Amazon since September 2011, but I had only sold around 10 copies (and that’s including the other distribution channels). I admit, I hadn’t promoted the ebook that much at all—nowhere near what I did for Sellout and A Hard Man is Good to Find—other than sending out a few PDF copies for reviews. As a result, the Amazon ranking dropped to its lowest at 475,195 on March 6^th. That basically means the book wasn’t selling #$Q@!

By that time, the ebook had been in KDP Select for a little over two weeks (since Feb 20th). I also bought a one-month ad on Absolute Write to help increase sales, but had set the free days for March 14^th and 15^th. To break it down, here’s a quick time line and results:

2/20 – Enrolled Slow Your Prose in KDP Select

2/22 – Bought a $10 ad for a Free Book Showcase on World Literary Cafe (for 3/15)

2/22 – Scheduled promotion on Pixel of Ink (Free)

2/22 – Scheduled promotion on Indie Books List (Free)

2/29 – End of Feb. Hadn’t sold 1 book in Feb or Jan

3/5 – Bought an ad on Absolute Write for one month

3/6 – Lowest ranking on Amazon at 475,175

3/6 – Scheduled promotion on Ereader News Today

3/6 – Scheduled promotion on Free Book Hub

3/7 – Received my first sale in over two months (I suspect via Absolute Write)

3/14 – Free Day Promotion began. Announced on Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo Groups and Kindleboards. The book also showed up on sites mentioned earlier. Got 1 more 5-star review. Approx 3,500 downloads

Note: The book somehow ended up on other sites that I hadn’t scheduled. I think there’s some type of free-book website algorithm or something. It also showed up in Twitter feeds. That’s more visibility, so I wasn’t complaining.  :-)

3/15 – Free Day Ended. Got 1 more 5-star review. Total: 5994 downloads. The breakdown (including other countries):

US: 5961 Borrows:  3

UK:  30 Borrows: 1

Germany: 2 Borrows: 0

France: 1 Borrows: 0

3/16 – Went back to “Paid” status

Nearly 6000 downloads and 4 borrows. Crazy! Also, Slow Your Prose was #1 in two categories (Writing & Authorship) during the two-day promotion. For the entire Free Kindle Store, it peaked as high as 51.

Wow.  Not bad at all.

Now, I know you’re wondering what happened when the book went back to Paid status right? Well, luckily I still had the Absolute Write ad up and three new reviews (total average rating 4.9). The momentum has been moving along nicely, I must say. Since it went back to Paid status, the book has been hovering between 9000 and 13000 in total Amazon ranking (remember, it was once at 475,175). As far as the genre categories, it’s ranked #3 in Authorship and #14 in Writing (as of this writing). So far, I’ve sold 70 copies this month—70 times more than February and January combined because I hadn’t sold any at all in those two months (total copies sold doesn’t include the borrows). Even though 70 isn’t a large amount, it’s still pretty significant in comparison to the previous months. And March ain’t over yet.

One thing I didn’t expect was the increase in books under Amazon’s Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought pages. Prior to the promotion, if you had clicked on Slow Your Prose, you would’ve seen one book. No, not one page of books, one freakin’ book. Pretty sad when you typically see four books per page. Now? 25 pages of books! I think that gives Slow Your Prose more visibility—which is what we want, right?

So would I say KDP Select was a success? Simply put: Hell-to-the-yeah! Of course, the true test is maintaining the momentum long after the free-day promotions, and I hope to keep it going. Now, will it work for you? Can’t say. If mulling over whether or not to enroll your book, I guess the first thing to ask yourself is am I really selling that many copies on other sites, anyway?

Next up to bat (April 2012)

Now, mark your calendar: The next promotion starts April 11^th. By then, I also plan to have my new ebook Premature Eradication in the KDP Select rotation, my first novel in the program. At least one of P.E.’s free days will be the same as Slow Your Prose—meaning you can get two of my books for free at the same time! How ya like that?

This next time around, here’s what I really want to see:

-       If I can top the number of free and paid downloads from March (aiming for 7,000 free and 200 paid!)

-       If stacking promotions for both books will send free and paid downloads through the roof

-       If downloads of Premature Eradication will improve sells for my other novels

-       If I can get a high Paid ranking for Premature Eradication after the promotion ends

-       If I can keep this party rollin’!

Check back the week of April 16^th for J-Willy’s 2^nd KDP Select report. I may even have my third book in rotation by then, a sexy novella entitled What Plays in Vegas. It should be interesting! Can’t wait to see…