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Stephen Livingston Reading The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

27 Oct 2012, 03:58 AM | Post: #11

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No UK borrows for me yet :-(

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27 Oct 2012, 08:31 AM | Post: #12

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(25 Oct 2012 10:14 PM)frogplate Wrote: This is just icing on the cake (though it would be nice to get free film downloads too as Prime users in America do).

I'm with you there, roll on free Lovefilm streaming.

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27 Oct 2012, 08:47 PM | Post: #13

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Curses! Just realised that (as clearly stated on the Kindle Owners' Lending Library home page) borrowed books can only be read on a real, physical Kindle. That's a bit of a nuisance for those of us who switch backwards and forwards between a number of different devices depending on circumstances. Presumably a licencing restriction since it limits the convenience of WhisperSync.

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cailean68 Reading The Measure of Magic by Terry Brooks

05 Nov 2012, 03:28 AM | Post: #14

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This post was last modified: 05 Nov 2012 03:29 AM by cailean68.

I take it that no one knows of a way to browse the list of books avaliable for Lending from Amazon UK from a PC

I did a bit searching and found a link to show the lendling list avaliable in the US store
Amazon USA Prime Lending
But I can't get this to work for the UK store

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24 Nov 2012, 09:08 AM | Post: #15

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How is everyone's borrow tally now.

I've had 17 borrowed in the UK and 17 in the US. Generally, a few more pile on a day or two before the end of the month when Prime members realise they'd better use it or lose it.
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Jonathan Hill Reading Only the Innocent by Rachel Abbott

24 Nov 2012, 09:38 AM | Post: #16

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This post was last modified: 24 Nov 2012 09:38 AM by Jonathan Hill.

Had my first borrow yesterday for 'Maureen goes to Venice'. Presumably, as it's set a 77p, readers will be looking for a more expensive free book for their monthly borrow.

Do borrows affect chart position?

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DavidHaynes71 Reading Tollesbury Time Forever by Stu Ayris

24 Nov 2012, 11:21 AM | Post: #17

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(24 Nov 2012 09:38 AM)Jonnyboy Wrote: Had my first borrow yesterday for 'Maureen goes to Venice'. Presumably, as it's set a 77p, readers will be looking for a more expensive free book for their monthly borrow.

Do borrows affect chart position?

Yes they do Jon, i've only ever had one borrow but my ranking definately went up!

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Jonathan Hill Reading Only the Innocent by Rachel Abbott

24 Nov 2012, 11:27 AM | Post: #18

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Thanks, David. Now I just have to hope no-one else on amazon gets a borrow throughout the whole of November. Then £430,000 will be mine, all mine!!!

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DavidHaynes71 Reading Tollesbury Time Forever by Stu Ayris

24 Nov 2012, 11:40 AM | Post: #19

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This post was last modified: 24 Nov 2012 11:48 AM by DavidHaynes71.

(24 Nov 2012 11:27 AM)Jonnyboy Wrote: Thanks, David. Now I just have to hope no-one else on amazon gets a borrow throughout the whole of November. Then £430,000 will be mine, all mine!!!

hahaha! good luck with that! Out of interest, I see you've had a promo on KFU adds running this week, mine just started today and I was wondering what, if any increase in sales its resulted in?

Oh and by the way, "Maureen was neither French nor in France nor talking to someone French but whenever she was abroad, wherever she was abroad French expressions slipped out like diarrhoea."

Had me laughing like a drain - wonderful writing!

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Jonathan Hill Reading Only the Innocent by Rachel Abbott

24 Nov 2012, 11:57 AM | Post: #20

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This post was last modified: 24 Nov 2012 12:01 PM by Jonathan Hill.

Good luck with your ad, David.

I booked a slot for a month, taking advantage of the 20% discount offered. It's hard to say exactly how it has affected sales as 'Maureen goes to Venice' was only released just over a month ago so it hadn't established a pattern of sales before. I wonder if Lou can tell how many sales are from clicks through the ads?

What I can tell you though is MGTV's sales have smashed sales of my first book 'Eclectic' in a fraction of the time. I think there may be several reasons for this.
1) Longer stories seem to sell better than collections of short stories
2) Maureen as a character seems to be very popular with readers
3) Readers may know me more than at the time I released 'Eclectic'
4) My blog is up and running now; it wasn't when I released 'Eclectic'
5) The KUFad, I feel sure, must have contributed to sales. I have had a pleasingly steady stream of sales throughout the running of the ad.

Best of luck, David!

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