‘Homing’ the novel

One of the things I find most interesting, looking at it now, is how a novel is classified into its subcategories, particularly on Amazon.

My editor recommended this particular book be placed into the young adult & science fiction genres as it involved a protagonist who is maturing into his own life experiences. I didn’t disagree with her there. It was when I was categorizing it for Amazon where a bit more of a challenge for me arose…

This book isn’t entirely sci-fi from page 1 to the end – at least not in the traditional sense. There is a tie-in to a very personal human experience – of family abuse and neglect – that has to be navigated and resolved by a human protagonist, and it made me wonder how it would be received by readers. I figured it would be dependent on whether the reader had certain expectations about how the book was going to go based on the genre and I ended up kiboshing those expectations fairly early on.

I ended up doing quite a bit of internal debate before I ended up with the categories I chose… they were as close as I was going to get to what made sense. Although it did feel like I was trying to fit a round peg into a square hole at times. Does Amazon ever change its (sub)categories, or have they stayed fairly consistent over time?

Available on Amazon: US, CA and UK sites!

It’s been an eventful week since publishing The Plan: Part 1 almost a week ago!

Note to self – being enrolled in KDP only allows you the option of either a FREE book promotion or a Kindle countdown within a 90-day period – not both. I was following some rather dated advice (in the internet age, advice from 2019 indeed IS dated), from a few prior published authors and if you are considering publishing on KDP in the future, at least this advice is current as of today – December 9 2020!

I had to update a number of promotional sites mid-stream when I realized I couldn’t do a multi-priced approach within KDP and did my best to inform all the book sites I was launching with. My book has had to revert back to the original sticker price of $2.99 after a brief free promotional period. So I apologize for any confusion when the sticker price is now $2.99 USD…

The first novel of two.

A unique blend of self help psychology and Sci fi. Leaves you wanting more while giving a satisfying conclusion. Great first book.

D. Brazelton (Amazon.com)

Some initial reviews have been encouraging! I hope you get to enjoy book when you get your hands on it and definitely all reviews are greatly appreciated. =)

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.

Ready, set, read!

Whooo, it’s so exciting to say today my book has been launched into the giant e-jungles of Amazon.com, Amazon UK and a host of other Amazon sites! For the tree-lover in me, I am encouraging you to go the e-book route!!

Interested in a free sci-fi e-book?

There will be a promotion price on the book soon… check back in a few days!

Click HERE to get the book on Amazon.com!

And to end off with the quote for today:

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

J.K. Rowling

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.

Nice to meet you!

Thanks so much for visiting my page. If you haven’t had a chance to read The Plan, it’s now available as a Preorder HERE on Amazon Kindle as an e-book & for all of you who love your hardcopies, paperback. It’s been a great year for reading & hibernating… and I hope you get to round out 2020 with some great reads. Stay safe.

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” — Neil Gaiman

The Plan with purple background FINAL

2020-12-03T12:01:00

  days

  hours  minutes  seconds

until

The PLAN: Part 1