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How to Move 1,000 Books in Your First Month

Three keys to my self-publishing success

J.R. HEIMBIGNER, AUTHOR
2 min readMar 22, 2022
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It is every self-publishing author’s dream to ship tons of books. Most self-published books don’t send more than 250 copies in their lifetime. That was true for my first book.

248 Copies after Two and a Half Years

From the date I published my first book, Productivity Success, to the time I relaunched it, I sold 248 copies. Most of those happened in the first month. The rest sold over two years.

2,412 Copies after Six Months

In 2021, I launched my third book to the tune of 2,000 books in the first month. Over the last five, I have had 412 sales and counting since then.

What made the difference?

Three things made the difference in how these books have done:

  1. Keywords/Categories
  2. Book Covers
  3. Promotion

I have learned that hitting the right keywords, categories, book cover, and promotion will make a book move. And that’s it.

Learn how I shipped, 1500 books in 25 hours!

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J.R. HEIMBIGNER, AUTHOR
J.R. HEIMBIGNER, AUTHOR

Written by J.R. HEIMBIGNER, AUTHOR

Husband & Father of 3, Author of 18 books (14 Bestsellers), Helping Christians grow closer to God, experience Jesus, and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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