It's always been very obvious to me that most of my sales are greater in the US than in the UK (the exception is my vampire poetry which does better in the UK and Europe), and it got me wondering, do UK readers read paranormal romances?
UK sales (at least from a quick look at Amazon) certainly seem to be okay for J R Ward and other mainstream (better known?) authors of the genre, in both Kindle sales and book sales (I only state this to point out that UK readers certainly do read paranormal romances), so maybe it's the fact that UK readers don't like to read anything outside of mainstream? Or don't like to read anything they can't find in a bookshop? Are US readers more adventurous in what they will try?
Or maybe it's that UK readers need to be reached in a different way. This is me asking a serious question to my potential readers in my homeland: what would it take for you to try a new author? Does the book have to be on Richard and Judy? Do I have to advertise on the side of a London bus?
I want to know. I'd love more sales in the UK, especially from those aged 18-35 (that's my target audience - that "new adult" market). I'm thinking, if you grew up watching Buffy and liked it, you might like my Witching Pen books.
I don't buy that British people don't read paranormal romances. I know we watch enough paranormal shows on TV, and Twilight (as far as the paranormal romance goes) is certainly popular here too. So is Fifty Shades Of Grey, if we want to talk kinky material in books. No kidding though, that such phenomena is usually big in the States before here.
So how big do I have to make it in the States before I reach you guys here?
I have no idea how to market on my own turf. Do I stand at Leicester Square Tube Station and hand out books? Signed bookmarks? Business cards? I can't seem to reach you on the internet the same way I can reach my US readers, so to my wonderful UK counterparts, please, please, tell me how to reach you :)
UK sales (at least from a quick look at Amazon) certainly seem to be okay for J R Ward and other mainstream (better known?) authors of the genre, in both Kindle sales and book sales (I only state this to point out that UK readers certainly do read paranormal romances), so maybe it's the fact that UK readers don't like to read anything outside of mainstream? Or don't like to read anything they can't find in a bookshop? Are US readers more adventurous in what they will try?
Or maybe it's that UK readers need to be reached in a different way. This is me asking a serious question to my potential readers in my homeland: what would it take for you to try a new author? Does the book have to be on Richard and Judy? Do I have to advertise on the side of a London bus?
I want to know. I'd love more sales in the UK, especially from those aged 18-35 (that's my target audience - that "new adult" market). I'm thinking, if you grew up watching Buffy and liked it, you might like my Witching Pen books.I don't buy that British people don't read paranormal romances. I know we watch enough paranormal shows on TV, and Twilight (as far as the paranormal romance goes) is certainly popular here too. So is Fifty Shades Of Grey, if we want to talk kinky material in books. No kidding though, that such phenomena is usually big in the States before here.
So how big do I have to make it in the States before I reach you guys here?
I have no idea how to market on my own turf. Do I stand at Leicester Square Tube Station and hand out books? Signed bookmarks? Business cards? I can't seem to reach you on the internet the same way I can reach my US readers, so to my wonderful UK counterparts, please, please, tell me how to reach you :)
