How German Readers Find and Choose Ebooks – A Survey
How do German readers choose their books and find their reading material? Which devices do they use to read ebooks? Matthias Matting of Selfpublisherbibel.de wanted to find answers to these questions, so he created a survey that participating indie authors forwarded to their own readers. 2,342 people responded to the survey and provide some interesting […]
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Promoting Your German Book – Which Promotional Websites to Choose
I’ve already listed many of the major German ebook promotional websites in a previous post, as well as prepared a PDF download to help you get an overview. But maybe you’re still confused or overwhelmed with all the choices. So with this post I want to give a quick summary that you can refer to […]
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How to Combine KDP Free Days with Paid Promotions to Get to #1 in the Free Kindle Store in Germany
If your book is in Amazon’s KDP Select program, you have the opportunity to do a 5 day free run every 90 days. I already talked about free promotions in a previous post, but in this one, I wanted to share which paid advertising sites I used to get a book to the #1 in […]
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Popular Amazon Categories in 2016 – Or What Do Germans Like to Read?
I’ve recently updated my Amazon Category Cheat Sheet (that you can download by signing up here) to see if there were any changes since last year to the category system, and to get an overview for which genres sell well in 2016 in Germany. Whether you’re just figuring out what to write or already have […]
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6 Ways to Get Reviews for Your German Books
Most authors agree that reviews are an important aspect of book selling as they can influence a reader’s decision whether or not to buy the book. They may also be required if you want to book ads on certain ebook promotional websites. Below, I’ve listed six ways to get reviews for your German books by […]
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Find German Readers on Lovelybooks to Get Reviews
In a previous blog post I introduced several different social reading platforms that German readers use to connect and chat about books. Lovelybooks.de is the largest of these in Germany, similar to Goodreads for English-speaking readers. Judging from my own experiences with Lovelybooks, I can say that this site offers great opportunities for authors, especially […]
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Online Shop for German Book Promotions
If you’re an English-speaking author wanting to promote your book in Germany, you may run into the problem that navigating among the multitude of websites where you can book ads is not the easiest thing in the world. First, they are in German, second, they all come with different requirements, costs and offers. Because this […]
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Buchdeals – The next German BookBub?
A lot of authors want to know if Germany has “something like Bookbub” – a website that promotes your book deals to their large newsletter. Well, there are a lot of similar services for German authors (you can find a list of ebook promotion websites here) ‑ but is there anything that will work like […]
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KDP Free Promotions and Permafree in Germany
Many authors who are having their books translated to German wonder if the marketing tactics they know from the English book market can be applied to Germany. Of course, the basics remain the same. But Amazon.de is a bit different from Amazon.com as is the German market and readership in general. So shared experiences can […]
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Lessons from a Launch – Launching a new series on the German market
I recently helped author David VanDyke launch his translated Military SciFi Thriller series (the Plague Wars series, in German: ‘Seuchenkriege’) on the German market. Since this was our first time to venture into German publishing for real, there was lots to learn along the way. I thought I’d share the experiences here, for others to […]
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