The Self-Publishing Community's ONLY Service Dedicated To Perfecting Your First Chapter
So You Think You’re Ready To Self-Publish
The self-publishing checklist:
Stunning cover. Check.
Bold title. Check.
Hooky blurb. Check.
So why isn’t your book selling?
You’ve spent a pretty penny on that cover, hundreds on the blurb. Your author friends on social media love your title. You’re pushing targeted traffic to your book’s page with paid ads. And yet your book isn’t selling.
What the heck?
It seems like selling should be easier. You’ve listened to the podcasts. You’ve read the blog posts. But you can’t shake the feeling that you’re neglecting something.
Well, you are.
Most Authors Neglect This One Thing When Self-Publishing
What do you do when a title catches your attention in a bookstore? You pick it up, you flip it over to scan the back cover, and then you…LOOK INSIDE! You start reading. If that first chapter doesn’t grab you, you put the book down.
Here’s a secret: Readers do the same thing online. They “look inside” or download a free sample. And guess what? If that first chapter doesn’t pique their interest, they drop your book like a bad habit.
No sale. Lost revenue.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
What if you had veteran writers and editors whose only job was to make sure your first chapter hooked a potential reader? What if you could find a professional to check your first chapter to make sure nothing was left out?
We’re right here. Welcome to Chapter Check.
We’ve Been Self-Publishing From The Beginning
We’ve been in the independent publishing world since the beginning—going back to 2009, even before the “Kindle gold rush.” We know why books sell. And, more importantly, why they don’t.
Through client work and editing jobs, we’ve analyzed THOUSANDS of scenes. We know when scenes work and when they don’t—and we can show you how to fix a broken scene.
Do You Know How Potential Customers Make Their Purchasing Decision?
The first thing a potential customer will do when landing on your book page is look at your eye-catching cover. They’re interested, and so their eyes move to the title.
You’ve optimized for keywords and genre, so your title resonates. Up next, the potential customer reads your blurb (also called a product description). You’ve hired a pro to write this which means your potential customer is getting excited about your book.
1. Your cover
2. Your title
3. Your blurb
These actions take about 5 seconds or less, which brings us to the moment of truth. What do they do next?
If you said, “They buy the book,” you’d be wrong.
The Secret Sales Strategy Most Self-Publishers Neglect
The person “looks inside” and starts thumbing through pages (digitally). Assuming you haven’t gunked up the beginning with a copyright page, a lengthy table of contents, a long dedication, or a laundry list of acknowledgments, the potential customer now begins to read your first chapter.
Houston, we have a problem.
If your front matter is so full of digital garbage that they can’t get to the first chapter or if chapter one leaves them uninspired, you’ve just lost the sale.
Unfortunately, most authors neglect the first chapter which is the final stage of the sales process, and possibly the most crucial moment of the purchasing decision.
You need to look at your first chapter, free sample, or excerpt as marketing.
From Amazon KDP: The Importance Of “Look Inside The Book” For Self-Publishing
But don’t take our word for it. Amazon itself knows the importance of that first chapter. Here are the three ways the mighty Zon says the “Look Inside the Book” (and free sample) helps sell more books.
And here’s another thing. Amazon’s “Look Inside the Book” feature is automatically available on KDP titles for sale internationally!
Why Using One Editor When Self-Publishing Isn’t Enough To Make The Sale
“I paid an editor to work on my book, so I’m sure my book is fine.”
Don’t be so sure. Traditional publishing houses use teams of editors because they know that a single person can miss a thing or two.
But you’re not going to spend tens of thousands of dollars hiring a team of editors.
For less than a hundred dollars, you can make sure your first chapter is outstanding. A reader hooked by your first chapter will potentially forgive typos and other mistakes in the manuscript. But a reader who bails after reading a sample of your books is gone. Not only did you lose that sale, but you’ve probably lost all future sales from that customer.
Stop losing potential readers. Stop losing book royalties.
Do You Know How Much Money You Are Losing?
CLV stands for “customer lifetime value.” HubSpot defines it as “the metric that indicates the total revenue a business can reasonably expect from a single customer account.”
At the modest pace of one book per year, you could easily publish 50 books or more in your career. At $4.99, your CLV could be as high as $250. Or more.
Conversely, losing a reader from a shoddy first chapter can cost you $250. Or more. For every lost reader.
We’re here to help make your first chapter indestructible—Kryptonite to sluggish sales and paid ads that don’t convert.
A Simple Solution For Self-Published Authors
CHAPTER CHECK
Here’s how Chapter Check works:
- 1We send you our uniquely customized worksheet via Google Docs (no unwieldy file attachments).
- 2You fill it out and copy/paste your chapter into the document before replying to our email.
- 3An expert on our team will perform a “chapter check” and email you within fourteen business days with a thorough and complete diagnostic.
It’s that simple.
Now you’ll have a fully optimized product description page plus a “look inside” or free sample that almost guarantees the sale.
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Self-Publishing Success
You check your sales dashboard. Sales are up, and the balance in your bank account keeps growing.
Your ads convert better, and you’re starting to get positive reviews from readers. People love your first chapter. They couldn’t put it down.
Your cover, your title, your sales description—and now your free sample—are all working as a team of sales agents to prevent you from missing sales.
You don’t need another edit.
You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars.
You don’t even have to spend hundreds of dollars.
For $99, we’ll make your first chapter so irresistible that readers will click the Buy button as soon as they finish the sample.
Don’t miss out on another sale.
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