Reprinted from Kathrin Lake’s blog with permission.
This is Kindle Scout Campaign Info Post #6.
Well the last day of my campaign was September 28th and we are now here in October 10th. I have heard of people getting decisions from Kindle three days after their campaign ended but they actually don’t give a stated time you will get a decision by. This means I am in Kindle Scout Review limbo.
Below is a screenshot of my nominations (yes I nominated my own book the same way a politician votes for themselves). I also nominated someone whose book went on campaign the same day mine did, Ben Muse’s Matters of the Heart. Why? I’ve never met Ben before, online or otherwise. But I nominated him because he asked me to and said he had nominated me (that’s a neat way to network and get nominations). I am happy to nominate other authors, especially if their work looks good and I am proud to stand beside them. Also, now I get to see if his decision will come through before mine or at the same time, etc.
As you can see Ben’s book is also in Review. Ben’s book was in Hot and Trending for his whole campaign so I think a shoe in and he certainly didn’t need my vote. However, books are rejected that have been in H&T a great deal so not necessarily an absolute indicator. My mentor Martin Crosbie, in typical Martin fashion, was one of the first authors I know to try Kindle Scout with The Dead List when the program first came out two years ago. He was accepted and you can see here how I was given a copy of his book, however, I just went ahead and bought it (’cause that’s what I like to do for friends). You can see another author’s book, Harvey Church, The Last Friend who was selected whose campaign was listed before mine and is now selected. I also don’t know Harvey but like his campaign page and can tell he is an old hand at this. I have looked him up and sent a message but have not yet made a connection.
I said I was going to share my numbers and graphs but decided that it is best to do once after the decision is made. That way you can say, okay that’s what a successful campaign looked like or an unsuccessful campaign. I will also give a better review of what I will do next time having learned my lessons. Meanwhile I have to get the paperback of The Happy Hammock ready as even if I am offered a KS contract I can still be allowed to publish a paperback with full rights retained (KS just retains ebook and audio book rights).
It’s really time to get back to writing and editing. That should take a bulk of any writer’s time. So, until the word comes down, happy writing.
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