First Book Went Live on Monday · Non-Fiction Author Lab

Jun 25 (edited) • Wins!

First Book Went Live on Monday

So I know from lurking around on here I did about 50,000,000 things wrong in the launch and marketing. I had zero budget for anything basically but did end up spending $200 on Fiverr for formatting and some photoshop and Ai help on some of my illustrations. I also paid $60 for another guy to make my book into a coloring book and create a bunch of extra scenes.

I was ranked 1.8 million with the coloring book and a little over 800k on my book out the gate. My book is a true story kid’s book that I add a little humor in it for hard headed boys like me to stay engaged. I did some set up stuff on FB for a few weeks to at least let my followers know it was happening but I tried hard not to wear out my welcome.

I’m in shock but proud to say the coloring book has went from 1.8 mil to 74k and 299 in the farm animals coloring book niche. The book has went from 800k to 29k and I’m super pumped to 178 in the farm animal niche. I know once these initial sales slow it’s potentially going to flip fast but…..it at least has a chance to be seen.

No matter what happens from here I’m very grateful. This has by far been the most chaotic and potentially unsettling time of my life. God has used this as a refuge for me and this community as an oasis.

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First Book Went Live on Monday