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Six Figure Author: Using Data to Sell Books: Write Faster, Write Smarter by [Chris Fox]

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Sell Books the Smart Way

Five years ago releasing a book as an indie author meant uploading it, then begging everyone you knew to buy it. That method simply doesn't work anymore. Fortunately, there's a better way.

Amazon has spent billions of dollars over the last decade building the world's best sales engine. They use machine learning to sell massive piles of books, and that engine is just waiting for you to tap into it. This is the book that will teach you how.

Ready to become a six figure author? You'll learn:

- Why a sale isn't just a sale. Who you sell to is more important than how many
- How to find your target audience
- How to train Amazon to sell for you

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LZEM7SB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chris Fox Writes LLC (November 19, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 876 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 118 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #146,854 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #128 in Writing Skill Reference (Kindle Store)
- #172 in Creativity Self-Help
- #362 in Writing Skill Reference (Books)

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Chris Fox

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If you need to reach me I can be found at chris@chrisfoxwrites.com. I’d love to hear from you!

Once upon a time I was an iPhone developer architecting the app used to scope Stephen Colbert’s ear. These days I write stories about dragons tearing apart starships, and gods blowing up planets.

I’ve been writing since I was six years old and started inflicting my work on others at age 18. By age 24 people stopped running away when I approached them with a new story and shortly thereafter I published my first one in the Rifter.

Wait you’re still reading?

Ok, the facts I’m supposed to list in a bio. As of this writing I’m 42 years old and live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in beautiful Marin County. If you’re unsure how to find it just follow the smell of self-entitlement. Once you see the teens driving Teslas you’ll know you’re in the right place.

I’ve published over 20 novels, and have a series of non-fiction books that teach writers how to duplicate my success. I’m far better known for the Write Faster, Write Smarter series, and have spoken all over the country about writing to market, making your writing a habit, and quitting your day job to become an author.

My true love though? Science fiction and fantasy. I love worldbuilding. I love storytelling. I’ve been playing D&D since I was six, and they’ll have to pry my d20 from my cold, dead hands =D

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Fox Delivered. Every time.

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2016

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Well, seeing as I'm the first to write the review for this nugget full of useful information, I'll make an effort to help you decide if you should get this book.
1st go to Fox's website, and get a free book from him. This way you'll get a risk free assurance that those catchy covers are backed up with info. I've read all his non-fiction books because I like what he's got to say. Not only that, they've actually helped me out. (I read 3 non fictions for authors per week) Six figure author is not never-before-read author rocket science but the delivery of the science is...practical, organized and concise. No preaching in this book either. Namely, this book helped with my long time struggle. I write for two audiences, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance, which at glance don't look so different but they are very different. In one heroine must kick a" and in the other she needs to get some. See? Very different. In this book Fox answers my newsletter questions, namely that curating targeted content is worth the extra effort.

2nd: He explains why Amazon and Amazon KU is the number one seller and provides personal experiences with KU and outside. To say that the amazon code is cracked would be false and anyone who claims they've cracked it, is full of s"". So, Chris doesn't claimed that, but offers answers and exercises on how to hone your audience, how you can make amazon work with you and for you. THIS is super important.

3rd: He goes into "serial readers", their influence and their power, and how to capture their attention. As a long time Sci fi and Fantasy romance reader, I find every word to be true.

On the KU front and if you're hating on KU, I recommend hearing out this side of the argument. Evidence of success is right here on Amazon.

Personally, Fox delivers for me every time. Cheers!

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Gary Townsend

A Huge Assumption

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019

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I'm new to self-publishing, so I learned a lot from this book. That said, there is, I think, a HUGE assumption — a *wrong* assumption, in fact — made regarding self-published author success that I've seen promulgated repeatedly by the purveyors of books/online courses on this subject. Namely, that for the self-published novelist to be successful, they must write a series. Logically, this is complete rubbish (thus, my deduction of one star). Let me explain...

Lots of traditionally published novelists became successful *without* writing a series. Stephen King is an obvious example (the only exception within his paddock of novels is his Dark Tower series). But there are plenty of other novelists who became successful without a series. What's needed is *not* a series, but, rather, a steady output of good, satisfying fiction. The idea that you must write a series is completely bogus.

There's an old maxim within the traditionally published community: What sells your next novel is your *last* novel (and more precisely, the *ending* of your last novel). The point here is that the last novel needs to be a good one if you're to avoid losing readers. Just because you're writing a series, that's no guarantee that readers will continue to read it. The fact is, you will lose readers with each book as well as gain readers. The question is whether you're gaining more than you're losing.

I've stopped reading plenty of series for lots of reasons. Sometimes I've done so because I don't like a book that doesn't have a *REAL* ending to it. I could easily expand upon that point, but that would be a digression. It still remains a valid and *logical* argument against the advice to write a series, however.

My next four points are minor or speculative or a bit digressive, so a quarter of a star was deducted for each of these (some are predicated on the whole idea of writing a series)

First, if the reason for the advice to write a series is based on the experiences of other self-pubbed authors, then that is simply anecdotal evidence and *not* well-documented and tested evidence. The point here is that for the experiences of self-pubbed authors of series books to be well-documented and tested evidence, it would need to be compared to authors who do not write series books. Otherwise, the evidence is not just anecdotal, but it will also display a confirmation bias. Good research is open to evidence that will invalidate the proposition being tested; if all that is considered are the experiences of those who write series, then the results are simply confirmation bias.

Second, if the advice of the self-publishing community is then based on the cumulative affects of several authors relying on that anecdotal evidence to justify writing a series, then that part of the so-called "data" is actually polluted data, to use a term/concept used by Chris Fox in this book. It's polluted because no consideration is given to any opposing views/evidence. In this instance, it's a case of the tail wagging the dog. Hardly logical.

Third, I take serious issue with the term "series readers" used in this book. Sure, there are plenty of readers who love to read a series — fans of GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire series, for example (more popularly — and inaccurately! — known as the Game of Throne series), or fans of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. What Fox actually means here is what used to be called a *voracious* reader. It seems to me that the only reason to abandon this long used and time-honored term is to further promote the idea of writing a series. Thus, it mischaracterizes readers who are just as voracious but not necessarily readers of series fiction (and, yes, I'm well-aware of the major objection to this point). Counting this book, I've read eight books so far this month, and tonight I will finish a ninth, and will likely finish a tenth before the month is out. Not a single one is related to the other, except by genre, and even that is a tenuous relationship in many respects. Four of the eight I've read so far, for example, are nonfiction. The use of the term "series reader," therefore, appears to border on propaganda for the sake of this particular self-publishing marketing narrative.

Fourth, and finally, ever since Robert Jordan, my biggest complaint about those who write a series is that it demonstrates, to some degree, a lack of creativity on the author's part (this might not be true for some, admittedly). But let's face it, it's far easier to create *ONE* world and then to steep that world with more and more fiction placed in that world rather than creating a new world for your next book. Thus, it can be viewed as a form of laziness. The same is true when the author fails to give the reader a real ending to a story, which is often (but not always) the case with books in a series.

As for the history of writing a series (this brief point *IS* definitely a digression from my points above, so it has no affect on my rating of the book), back in the 70s and 80s authors took to writing a series (especially in science fiction and fantasy), not because of Tolkien — LOTR is *NOT* a trilogy, after all — but because it made it easier for an author to fulfill their contractual obligations with their publisher. Back then, contracts with traditional publishers frequently obligated the author to give the publisher the exclusive right to publish their first three novels. This gave birth to a plethora of mediocre trilogies and a tradition based on the myth that LOTR was a trilogy.

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Twisterjester

Required Reading for Serious Authors

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017

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I've read a lot of information, both books and online articles, on how to promote your books these days. My own book sales were barely above negative numbers, and this book came well recommended, so I decided to give it a shot.

I Six Figure Author, Chris Cox explains why selling to family and friends isn't the way to jump-start your book. Some of his methods echo others I've heard; however, he hammers home the one crucial point that makes all the difference. I don't know if it'll bring me a six-figure income or not, but I know for a fact he's right about targeted marketing. I come from a marketing background, which grants me a better understanding of the scenarios he describes. This is sound advice, based on common-sense principles.

The process isn't a quick fix. It's not vomiting a stream of cash for useless online advertising. It's creating a reader base and working with Amazon to target others like them, so they start seeking you out vs. the other way around.

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Jennifer Gilmour

Useful and perfect for new authors

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2018

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First of all I want to thank the author for writing about the difficulties an author faces. This book would be recommended for new authors to read before they publish their first book but I also found a lot of the content useful as an author of two years.
I will be implementing some of the suggestions and look forward to analysing the results. When finishing the book it came to me that you need to stick at your path as an author, it’s so easy to give up and a disheartening industry. Thankfully I haven’t given up and I am starting to see the rewards.
The most useful part of this book was the Amazon information which I have read little about. Thank you for sharing your findings.

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Kindle Customer

A good book but not what the title suggests

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2017

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What I expected from this book was how to use data to develop your author business and sell more books. Based on this the book was a let down. This is a shame as I do like the authors style and have other books of his. Despite the lack of statistical and data analysis in the book there are some very valid ideas. Unfortunately having been selling books for 6 years now, there wasn't anything new for me. I suspect if you don't have a lot of marketing experience and aren't making regular sales this could be a good book for you.

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Ara

A Great Guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2021

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Great book! Informative, encouraging, gives you a good explanation of how the marketing algorithms work, and is well written.
This isn't a book to guarentee you a 6 figure income, but it guides you with how to put the work in.

Christopher Moss

Game changing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2019

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I have read and competed loads of courses on marketing for authors this simple and easy to action book is one of the best.
I have a clear path to what it takes to be a 6 figure author and how to achieve it.

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Annie Owen-Howe

Great introduction for authors probing Amazon's opportunities

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2017

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Great introduction to the joys of Amazon marketing & how it can help authors. The sub-heading is probably more telling than the six figure author bit, but then that's what marketing is all about. Enjoy.

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