Why Isn't This Book (or Series) Selling? Shea MacLeod on Analyzing Backlist Titles

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 24 / Learn how cozy and historical mystery author Shea MacLeod analyzes her books and makes strategic changes to create solid-selling books that satisfy readers. You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href= "https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the intro, Sara shares that she’s using</span> <a href="https://reedsy.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Reedsy</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to find translators for foregin editions of her books. Jami had a cover reveal and is trying the new technique of including characters from the next book in her second epilogue. Sara also shared a podcast she found helpful, Kobo Writing Life’s podcast,</span> <a href= "https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/199-selling-audiobooks-to-the-kobo-customer-with-elyse-daniels"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Selling Audiobooks to the Kobo Customer with Elyse Daniels</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How switching to a new genre helped Shea level up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Shea wishes she’d started her newsletter list earlier</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why signing with a traditional publisher was a mistake for Shea and the lessons she learned </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Shea analyzes her books and tries different tactics to increase sales including: </span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recovering a cozy series to fix discoverability problems and attract cozy readers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"