How I Sold 1,000 copies of my book in three months (and maybe you can too).

[@scottmurray767]

Great video, Rob. Thank you so much. You are a gentleman and a scholar. And I hope your book(s) have sold many thousands more since this video.

[@doodad]

you sound very genuine Rob. Thank you and congrats

[@martinnugent7822]

Splendid presentation; clear, concise and honest. Well done.

[@AsherGrace7]

I know this is an older vid, but thanks for this! This is one of the more down-to-earth videos I've seen on this subject. I've seen so many "How I sold X many copies" from people who already have *massive* social media followings. This was a lot more helpful!

[@PinkGirlTeaches]

Congratulations! I am so grateful that I found you!

[@RobDircks]

You're welcome Pink Girl!

[@shawnraiford1]

Thanks Rob. Good video. I just signed up to your newsletter.

[@ericdamian6373]

Extremely helpful information! Looking forward to selling 1000 copies of my book and also recording of my first audiobook. Thank you for all the resources.

[@authorvalentine]

I realize this vid is like 6 years old, but I'm just finding this now as I'm ramping up to release my second novel, and in addition to what I've already learned from the first, this really helped a lot. Thanks Rob, cheers to your success in the future.

[@RobDircks]

Thanks!

[@aaronsantos7411]

I appreciate your insights and willingness to share. Wish you well with your book publishing and other projects!

[@aloragiselle2595]

This is great. I really appreciate your sharing what worked for you in such an informative and transparent way. Definitely a subscriber. Congrats on your book sales too~!

[@RobDircks]

Thanks Alora!

[@ScottAppleton]

I appreciate your down-to-earth approach to sharing what is working for you. Blessings!

[@RobDircks]

You're very welcome Scott, and thanks for the well-wishes. Btw, Where the Hell is Tesla just hit 20,000 copies sold!

[@yosoy-steve]

I'm liking your videos writer guy! My way of saying thanks for your time with these videos this time was to share a link to your Book Page to my small FB friends and followers today. Maybe some of those crazy b*stards will get a few copies. Thanks again for doing these! Good luck! (yes, I see this was from 2015 :) )

[@jessholden368]

Thank you for the info Rob! And Congrats on your book!!

[@chwood01]

Hi Rob, excellent video. Rare to see such a helpful video. Thanks for your generosity in posting it, Charles

[@user-lp3ew1xb5u]

Congrats, man - hope you're doing well! Good luck!

[@naomibooksllc7339]

Lots of VERY helpful information. Thank you so much!

[@KBHURSTHerMenagerie]

Nice video very helpful as I embark on my own book publishing adventure. There are so many things out there it literally makes my head spin.

[@thegospelaccordingtoant-an1379]

Great insight and advice. I may try re-exploring some of your points myself. Congratulations!

[@KillaKam922]

Thank you my brotha!

[@HerveDaCosta]

Again, I found your input exactly what I need. Great boost and speed-up for me. I will go through your list of recommended web sites and try. Very helpful. How about getting 10,000 books out there and sharing how you did it?! I would LOVE to hear that how you even get started on that one.

[@RobDircks]

Actually, I did! Here's the post -- goldfinchpublishing.com/10000-copies-of-my-book-sold-in-one-year-how-the-heck-did-that-happen/

[@HerveDaCosta]

OK. Now we are cooking. I am going to do exactly the same thing you did! I have registered to you newsletter. I am a bit more aggressive than that. How much do you charge for an hour of coaching on Skype? I love this. Hervé.

[@FernandoEidPires]

Excellent!

[@RobDircks]

Thank you!

[@maryannagabriel2788]

Thank you so much.

[@sherryallred]

Thank you! Great Info!

[@PaleojayBowers]

Wonderful youtube for us authors!

[@sallystone6940]

I love your video; however, I tried your volume settings and my recording was inaudible. Not sure where I went wrong.

[@InsideOutWithCourtnaye]

Really, really informative! Thank you!

[@RobDircks]

You're welcome!

[@prabal4u]

how do you send the reviewers your book before the launch date? is there an option or code for that on Amazon? Or do just line up reviewers and give them a free copy on launch date?

[@RobDircks]

As you're editing your manuscript and getting it ready for final, output an .epub, .mobi, and .pdf file, and offer your advance readers their choice of format. If your word processing application doesn't have epub/mobi/pdf as export options, you can send your text document to something like Calibre (free) and output the file formats from there. (And don't worry too much about getting formatting perfect, the folks reading advance copies are very understanding about that. Good luck!

[@mbernier59]

Thank you.

[@VINZBROWN]

Cool. Thank u. Good VIDEO!

[@kitcampbell933]

Looking to get my audio book out there, but little concerned with Audibles contract. Did you have any concerns on their control of your product distribution? Great video by the way :)

[@RobDircks]

ACX (who distributes your audiobook through Amazon/Audible/iTunes) is great. Totally straightforward, you have no distribution hassles to worry about. My only negative is that you don't have any control over pricing.

[@jhutch9931]

Good Stuff! Thank you.

[@dvnobles]

Amazon guidelines forbid giving reviewers anything (including a free book) in exchange for review. I know, I know, it's done all the time. Just saying...and it completely sucks that they cut off virtually all avenues an author has to get their books reviewed.

[@RobDircks]

Hi dvnobles - yes, agreed, and as others have said this video is from 2015, so the rules were more lax then. But I think there's still a way to work within Amazon's rules without "cheating." Here are Amazon's latest guidelines: "You may provide free or discounted copies of your books to readers. However, you may not demand a review in exchange or attempt to influence the review." I think the key words in there are DEMAND and INFLUENCE. SO... what I've been seeing from reviewers of my books lately is a disclaimer in the review to the effect of "I was given a free copy of this book. I was not required to leave this review. It's my honest, unbiased opinion." So when I ask for reviews now, I'm very clear that it would be nice if they could leave a review, but they are NOT required to, and if they decide to leave a review, they should include that little disclaimer at the bottom.

[@dvnobles]

Yes, that sounds like a reasonable way to do it. Win/win. Great video, btw.

[@RobDircks]

thx dude

[@TheHeartofjackie]

Actually you can give away your book for free in exchange for a review. However, when the review is written, the person must clearly state something along the lines of "I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review."

[@dannobles4299]

@@TheHeartofjackie True. But you can't make it mandatory that they post a review.

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

Nice