First and foremost, ARE YOU READY FOR JULY 20TH!!!!
CRUSH Virtual Erotic Con is just 19 days away and everything is getting revved up!!! Make sure you’re in the know by following us on social media. Don’t forget to reserve your spot to guarantee you an entry in the GRAND PRIZE! Click the photo to reserve your spot!
Now … onto the details of July!
THE UPDATE
For those of you who have been with me since the start you may notice this is my 13th newsletter! A year ago I expressed that my first author goal was to write 1 newsletter a month for a year. Onto year two then it is! 12 more hot and heavy newsletters are coming your way!
There have been a lot of updates since the last time we spoke. But what I’m most excited about is the CRUSH website where you, our readers, can buy our ebooks and print books straight from us! No more middle man required.
The ‘erotic’ publishing world seems to be changing a lot lately and CRUSH wants to be prepared to weather any of the upcoming storms. This is just one step in securing that future for Sunny & I. Already some of you have noticed that we have an ‘exclusive’ listing on this site and have taken advantage of scoring ebooks there. THANK YOU!
I want to exclusively sell my print books there too but until I can find an independent printing company that compares to the prices of D2D or B&N, that will be on pause. But what I am doing is putting them on sale for a significantly less price than what the books are retailing for at the other sites. So that’s a plus for you who like physical books!
There will still be 1 ebook released a week. I will send out an email at the end of every month separately showing those listings that way it’s easy for you all to find if you want it. I know a lot of you take advantage of the paid option on this Substack so you get all of my content included! Go you!!
THE BAD
I dislike the word ‘bad’ but I continue to use it, guess this is a me issue, haha. But the ‘bad’ is certainly around my Medium this month. This was the lowest month in a year. I’m unsure what to attribute that to. My readers and read ratio were better than the last two-three months. Somehow, I just don’t trust that Medium is doing what it says they are going to do 100% of the time. I’m going to start testing out different niches I think. Something to draw in more readers. If YOU want something specific, let me know.
I am possibly, probably, going to do a team up with one of my readers, I am excited for the challenge. Hopefully that will help things.
My Draft 2 Digital sales (Apple, B&N, Kobo, etc) were the lowest this month than they have been in literally months. Unsure of what drove that.
THE GOOD
Let’s talk Stats!
If you know me, you know I love stats, here is where I am at this past month.
Well, I am always looking for growth right? My goal is 10% in each category. Overall I hit a 24% increase over May which was much needed. But I am still significantly under where I was before the blip. I think I will continue to focus on growing my Substack like I have been.
I also am excited that this month I sold 31 different titles! Last month I sold 25. That was 67% books bought in May and 75% in June! Here’s to more titles in July! That was out of 43 titles available.
The Future …
I have my next book planned with Sean Geist that we will start hopefully this month. Next Friday we have our next book release dropping. This Friday the CRUSH Anthology releases and I am SO excited for that! Better get ready for some hot wolfy fun!
All in all I am keeping up my pace of writing to give all of you excellent reading material that provides an escape from the daily grind.
And …. Don’t tell Sunny I am sharing this … it’s top secret CRUSH info. BUT We have some big news! I’m sure you’ve heard of Blind Date with a Book, well, CRUSH is now going to have this available to you! CRUSH will have a subscription based service that will send you a monthly surprise. 3 genres to pick from: Romance, Suspense/Mystery & Erotica! Each month a fun little surprise will hit your doorstep. What could be better?
This is an actual book package!
EXTRA EXTRA!!!
Did we like all the Erotic Freebies last month? Click the image below for even more!!!!
Did you know that I am going to be in New Orleans for the Hot & Steamy event? If you are in or around NOLA this weekend you should come check it out! Click the photo and it will take you to the Eventbrite. Make sure to use the code for the 40% discount! HOTANDSTEAMYINJULY
Until next time!
XoXo
~Skylar~