I think I may have sold my last book on Amazon. Think Like a Teacher hasn't sold a single copy in several weeks—nearly a month, in fact. I admit I didn't market the book very aggressively, but I honestly thought there'd be more interest, given how en vogue homeschooling is these days.
A few more people on Instapundit, when I flogged the book there, echoed John McCrarey's sentiment that the word "teacher" is off-putting to righties, given how teachers are so out of favor. I might try retitling the book and selling it again. Rebranding is a thing, after all. Maybe I need to mail free copies of the book to certain YouTube personalities.
More updates later, but the news is pretty somber right now.
UPDATE: the problem with renaming the book is that I'm going to have to waste two more of my ISBNs. Every title change requires a different ISBN, and I paid a lot of money for my batch of ten, so you can understand why I might not be motivated to change the title.
Sorry to hear this news. There is definitely a market for a book like this out there; the challenge is finding a way to reach that audience.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I met a published author yesterday (he was sitting at the bar where we were playing our dart match), and he was lamenting some marketing issues after he and his agent parted ways. He promised to send me a link to his newest (and as yet unpublished) effort for my review. I saw this morning I have an email from him, so I guess I have another book to read.
Good luck going forward with whatever you decide.