tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72182464368934588302023-11-16T10:58:12.138-08:00Author Tim TignerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-70649788450850075442015-06-09T20:29:00.000-07:002015-06-09T20:29:02.891-07:00Goodreads GiveawayThomas & Mercer is currently running a 20-copy <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/141330-coercion" target="_blank">giveaway</a> of Coercion on Goodreads.com that is open to residents of the US. This promotion just started and will continue until 7/7/2015. Sign up on the link below for your shot at a free first edition.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-76721608749721571832015-06-04T18:35:00.001-07:002015-06-04T18:35:34.806-07:00Working with Mitch RappJust scored a gig as a "Mitch Rapp Ambassador" with Vince Flynn.com, which means a galley version of The Survivor will be coming my way next week for feedback prior to its October publication. A few months back, I was very excited to learn that Kyle Mills, one of my other favorite authors, would be picking up the series after Vince's untimely passing, and am now totally psyched to be an early witness the revival of one of the best action heroes in modern literary history. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-43169774706300056602015-05-27T08:06:00.002-07:002015-05-27T08:06:34.903-07:00FLASH Hits #1With FLASH topping the charts this week in the Conspiracy Thriller and International Mystery categories, all of my thrillers have now earned the #1Best Seller flag from Amazon. Feels like this may be going somewhere. Thanks for all your feedback and support. I really appreciate all the kind notes, helpful feedback, and lively discussions. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-89890356579899432692015-05-06T22:10:00.000-07:002015-05-06T22:10:20.816-07:00COERCION Cover RevealedThomas & Mercer will release a <b>New Edition of COERCION</b> on July 7. I had a great time working with their outstanding editors to make a best seller even stronger, and am really excited with what we've done. (Special call-out to Kjersti Egerdahl, Bryon Quertermous, James Pierce and Elizabeth Ridley for their brilliant contributions!) The new COERCION is a much leaner, crisper version of the original, and it now has a snappy new cover designed by Chelsea Wirtz to match. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-45420791547878730772014-11-27T12:01:00.001-08:002015-04-25T18:14:55.361-07:00Coercion #1 on AmazonMy first novel, Coercion, made it to #1 on Amazon in the Espionage and International Thriller categories in September, just in time for the first anniversary of it's publication, and coincidentally my birthday. Many thanks to you for helping me reach this career milestone.<br />
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Time to work on promoting novels 2 and 3, Betrayal and Flash...<br />
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I suppose I have Putin to thank for this spike in interest in a story about a devious KGB General, but I prefer to thank you, my readers, for the kind reviews and word of mouth that made this possible. Plus I worry that if I thank Vlad he may steal Vasily's ideas, and that won't be good for anyone.<br />
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Spacebo druzya!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-9713990475078454462014-03-04T13:26:00.002-08:002014-03-04T13:35:06.608-08:00Best SellerS<i>Coercion</i> and <i>Betrayal</i> have both hit Top 10 Best Seller status on Amazon in there category, following <i>Flash</i>. It's been quite a thrill and honor to see them up there next to the works of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, and other favorites. Alas it doesn't last, but with each peek above the clouds they should soar a bit longer.<br />
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Meanwhile the good reviews keep rolling in. With about 30 per novel now, the average is 4.8/5.0. I feel blessed.<br />
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Thanks for all your kindness and support!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-70146946268513286332014-01-26T10:47:00.002-08:002014-01-26T10:47:29.233-08:00Best Seller!<i>Flash</i> became an Amazon Best Seller this morning, placing in the Top 10 Best Sellers in the International Mystery and Crime segment. That felt good!<br />
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High rankings are always the results of promotions of one sort or the other, and usually many sorts. Going for the Gold, NYT #1, Publishers and authors plan to have multiple sales promotion events coincide all on the same day/week, which is where all those pre-orders and talk show appearances come into play. For my little promotion I just combined sale pricing on Amazon with a Book Blast advertisement. 36% of Book Blast Add clickers went on to buy the book, which tells me my marketing materials were well received. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-7183077114736913192013-11-23T13:21:00.000-08:002013-11-23T13:21:01.189-08:00Paperback EconomicsI'm pleased to announce that all three of my thrillers will soon be debuting in paperback and widely available. Yeah! So I wanted to take this opportunity pass along a little insight into author revenues from book sales, as you'll likely find it as surprising as I did.<br />
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Authors do pretty well with eBooks. If they're priced $2.99 and above the author pockets 70%. So I make about $4 on a $5.99 book. (Under $2.99 the author only makes 35%, so low pricing is a double whammy.) <br />
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Print books, however, are a very different story. The paperbacks we're most familiar with, those which measure 4.25" x 6.75" and are printed on cheap paper are called <i>Mass Market Paperbacks</i>. Alas, that format and the accompanying under $10 pricing is only available when you print tens of thousands of books. <br />
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Other books are printed in what's called <i>Trade Paperback</i> form. These are better quality and bigger, but also about double the price. They are printed on-demand. The cost to manufacture Trade Paperbacks is per page regardless of page size. So surprisingly the bigger the book the cheaper it is to produce, because of the lower the page count.<br />
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But who likes to read those big books? Not me. I ended up going with the smallest common Trade Paperback size, 5.25" x 8" to make it reading friendly, but then had to cut down on space everywhere I could to reduce the page count. So now there are no free chapters from other books, and new chapters don't all start on the top of a fresh page, etc. Even so I had to price them much higher than I wanted: <i>Betrayal</i> and <i>Flash</i> at $12.99 and the longer <i>Coercion</i> at $14.99. At those prices I will still make less per sale than on a $5.99 eBook.<br />
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Despite those surprises (I'd hoped to sell a typically sized paperback for $7.99) I'm still very pleased to be launching the paperbacks. Many people still only read paper, most of the established book reviewing organizations don't review eBooks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-24735457172555252472013-11-09T12:55:00.000-08:002013-11-09T12:55:01.093-08:00New CoversHere they are. I hope you like them. In addition to changing the images, I added descriptive teasers. Please let me know what you think!<br />
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Thanks to all my friends at Goodreads for their guidance, and to Ralph Cavero for his graphic design expertise!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218246436893458830.post-28183256355110141752013-11-08T13:35:00.000-08:002013-11-09T12:13:45.019-08:00Thank you!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would like to begin my blog by thanking the first distinguished reviewers who were kind enough to add my novels to the stacks thrown at them for review, and then move them to the top of the heap. The kindness of strangers creates a warmth like no other and friendships blossom as a result. Thank you Gwendolyn Norcross, Pastor Dan Curnutt, Randy Johnson, and John Mariotti!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778663289109639444noreply@blogger.com0