A Zaldizko Strategy

I might come across as fickle to some, but my changes is according to my dynamic marketing strategies as I face swift business changes between the User Content Sharing and Traditional Book Selling worlds. Both are adapting to digital transformation and incorporating artificial intelligent content strategies to increase target advertising with ethics. 

I want to keep up with that.

So, I've decided to cut the endings for Zaldizko and all books I'll self publish with redirection to a cheap paid ebook download. It's no different to paying per chapter.  

The benefit for my version is that the full book is sold to keep with the price of $1.69 give or take currency conversion excesses.

I've reached to what I feel is a reasonable price for novella length releases.  I'll price my <50K word books between free to $3, as a lot of bitcoin costs for 5-6 chapters equate to this amount on average. 

The Fourth Zaldizko will be priced more.  At this stage my quantitative research as seen that $4  - $8 dollars for an ebook 120K+ words is an average and fair amount consumers are comfortable to pay for a book this size.

Book selling is a marketing journey. Any author who doesn't know this is missing out.

So, that's my marketing plan coupled with my vision of producing quality, inclusive and diverse Historical Fantasy and Historical Fiction stories.

Link to my paid channels: https://books2read.com/Zaldizko
Support a poor author: https://ko-fi.com/veronicap3

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Try Zaldizko. Check the Verbatim.

Readers have been fantastically supportive of Zaldizko.

Below is some verbatim received to date from Webnovel:

Recent verbatim from Goodreads:

Give the story a go and be pleasantly surprised.  

I guarantee something different for a NA/YA Fantasy Boys Love.

Available for paid and free reading below:

★ Wattpad: https://tinyurl.com/wattpadzaldi
★ Webnovel: https://tinyurl.com/webnovzaldi
★ TapReads*: https://tinyurl.com/zaldiTap
★ Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/zaldiKobo
★ Apple Books/iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/ZaldiTunes
★ Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/zaldiamazon
★ Google Play Books: https://tinyurl.com/zaldigoogle
★ Royal Road*: https://tinyurl.com/zaldiRR

*Story partially posted.

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Zaldizko Reviews ☆ Happy Cat

Here are some of the verbatim Zaldizko has received. Dare original and see what the talk is all about.

Some glowing reviews from awesome readers and writers at Webnovel.com.  I'm hoping that the rating will eventually show on the sites rating list. It only needs two more to flick the sites switch.

https://www.webnovel.com/book/12594753605041105/Zaldizko-%5BBL%5D

It also received a surprise 5 Star rating at Royal Road that is boosting Google's book impression.
I swear it wasn't by me. 

At Wattpad, some verbatim left as comments to posts. Below is what some have said about the Prologue.

I'm a very happy cat with all the story love I'm receiving for this one.  Zaldizko holds a special place in my heart since it has taken me so long to write and finish the story.

The story can be read for free or cheap via the following links:

• https://tinyurl.com/wattpadzaldi  
• https://tinyurl.com/webnovzaldi   
• https://tinyurl.com/zaldiKobo  
• https://tinyurl.com/ZaldiTunes 
• https://tinyurl.com/zaldiamazon 
• https://tinyurl.com/zaldigoogle 

Read original.  Dare original today!

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And Then It Was Back to Reality

I've decided to discontinue updating to Webnovel and continue using Wattpad as my sole platform for upcoming works. I've left whatever I've posted there (although I had to delete posts from one of the books because I messed it up) with a disclaimer.

I'm currently testing Royal Road again with Zaldizko, although I also feel my stories wouldn't do well there too since I've noticed a lot of stories posted there are LitRPG, fantasy and romance. Very similar to Webnovel.  I'm not sure how receptive they would be to boys' love action fantasy.

So, I'll stick with Wattpad since it really does have the diverse range of readers that sort of fit my story style. It also holds the largest amount LGBT story sharing content online too.

Yet I'm not that popular there either.  I'm really your left field niche author who gets small luck from time to time.

It would be go if one day I write something ground breaking.  Right now, my words are too weird for most tastes.

I'll keep trying.

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I Finally Hit the Popular List

All the way to the bottom of the page. 🤣

I'm happy with the rate that Zaldizko is going at Web Novel.  It has been featured twice and gained 66.2K views/reads since it was first posted just after Christmas last year.

I've also received some glowing reviews and 5✰ ratings from some awesome readers.

It's a thrill to see that the story is being received well by a handful of readers.  I hope this interest converts to book sales, although I harbour doubts considering most people read for free these days.

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♥ ﾟ*｡ Happy Zaldizko Day ﾟ*｡♥

Zaldizko goes live on sale tomorrow with all prices set and ready.  

I have had some last minute corrections applied that will be updated within 72 hours. I'm not expecting a rush of sales, so all good.

There is so much history that backs this story, dating all the way to 2006.  I began the Seriphyn Knight journey as a way to cope with the stresses and boredom of life.  It eventuated into a series. The highlight for this story is the encouraging comment I had received from the late Louise Cooper in her forums. Her words continue to motivate my writing. 

I do have to apologise for taking 13 years to complete an actual volume of the series.  I could have revised and finished off Neven's portion as I had originally intended with the reborn reboot. Given the time lapse, I felt it was better to go way back to the beginning where the story was a risk, challenge and niche.  

A gay protagonist is a risk to write even in this day and age.  There have been one or two times where I've been called out to tone down the gay/romantic scenes.  I thank Webnovel for sensitive-beta readers who has helped me form a version that most people can sit through.

The other risk is being LGBTQ, the readership remains female.  I haven't drawn in a lot of male interest despite being an action-adventure story.  As such, I'm still trying to adjust the marketing mix to suit. I'll get there eventually. 

I'm happy with the product I've put on shelves, knowing I've given my all and the best of my current capabilities. 

The next challenge is writing on book two. Sequels are always harder since you're expected to given more depth and challenging situations to the characters.  

Better get to it.

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2019 Blast Off From Being AWOL

☆* It's 2019 For Story Action! *☆

Where have I been for 2018?  Well, I've been:

• here -> https://www.wattpad.com/user/VeronicaPurcell3 
• here-> https://www.wattpadwriters.com/u/VeronicaPurcell3 and now 
• here -> https://www.webnovel.com/profile/4303350478

This year, I'm back to Blogger, providing progress updates to my proper book release for the Seriphyn Knight Chronicles. After 13 Years!  Seriphyn Knight is finally going paperback.

It's all thanks to the support I've received from wonderful Wattpad readers and fellow writers.  Now with WebNovel.com picking up the interest, I feel 2019 is the right time for this story series.

Zaldizko will be ready for paperback on the 15th February 2019.  Along with a for sale ebook release. It will continue to be read for free at WebNovel.com and Wattpad.

Read the story here via Wattpad's embed widget!



I'm back and feeling great about this story this time around.

Cheers.

Veronica

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Hitting Strides With Zaldizko

I'm almost at the halfway mark with my story and likely to hit my end of year target and intended go to market of February 2019 for paperback and specially formatted ebook versions.

It has taken a short 12 years to reach this point and I'm, so far, happy with the results.

The story is available for reading at Wattpad now.

Note: the cover at Wattpad will be the cover for the paperback and special ebook versions as well.

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