Beth Kery

by Beth Kery ♦ on Nov 13th, 2008 ♦ leave a response

So my New York Debut, WICKED BURN comes out in less than three weeks. How do I feel about this? Fifty-percent thrilled, twenty percent anxious and thirty percent petrified. I kind of didn’t expect the ‘petrified,’ so it’s been a real trip dealing with that.

Like leagues of authors before me, the question that haunts me is, “Have I done enough?” It’s true that I want to sell books, but most importantly, I want to reach the market that will actually enjoy my books. Thinking of WICKED BURN and the woman who was looking for just that kind of a read never being introduced to each other makes me cringe.

They say the key to marketing is understanding your audience, which is a bit tricky, to say the least, when it’s your first book. I’ve written quite a few erotic romances and romances for the e-publishing market. The problem is: there doesn’t seem to be any clear consensus on the overlap of the e-publishing market and the traditional publishing market. In addition, I’ve always felt like a bit of an ‘overlapper’ anyway, because while my books are, yes, very erotic, they also usually follow the lines of a classic romance.

I read something this morning in The Book Marketing Expert newsletter that an author shouldn’t think of how many books she sells; instead, she should think of the book as a way to get exposure. It’s the exposure that leads to eventual book sales. Oh…sure, I thought.

Somehow, that didn’t seem to sooth my angst like I thought it would.

If any of you have any words of wisdom to help to help calm me down, I’d love to hear them. In the meantime, I’ll just drink some chamomile tea and check my pre-sales numbers at Amazon…for the tenth time today.

And it’s still not even nine a.m.

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8 comments to “First Book Thrills and Chills”

Beth,

I am anxiously awaiting for Wicked Burn. You are always on my “must buy” list. I know you are anxious, but I really think this book will be hugely successful from what I have read so far.
I wish you the best of luck with your 1st NY release, and all of your future projects.

Tracy

by Tracy Lenz-Pessin November 15th, 2008 at 11:38 am

Tracy, you’re the best. Thanks. I think. It’s really nice for me to think that ‘the type of woman I wanted to reach (At least ONE) got reached! I can’t tell you how much that means to me.

I hope other women or men who might have a similar ‘read click’ in comparison to you find out about the book.

Heartfelt thanks, Tracy.

by bethkery November 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

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i have put, most of you books on my to buy list, just waiting untill after christmas and i been giving big hints to family
by angie November 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am
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Hi Angie! Thanks for leaving hints about me!! No really, thanks for the support.
by bethkery November 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am

5	Beth, I am new to your books as I haven’t read any as yet but I will be starting them in the new year. I love your except for The Suble Lovers Series so will definitely be putting them on my to read list Thanks Lynne by Lynne November 17th, 2008 at 9:34 pm

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Hi Lynne! Very nice to meet you! Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
by bethkery November 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

7	Good luck with your book. Since you are being pimped on Dakota’s yahoogroup I’ve added your book to my list of books I want. Have to wait a bit since I had to buy 4 tires last weekend darn it LOL. Good luck!!! by Anne-Kathrine November 19th, 2008 at 11:11 am