Hey everyone,

I’m in need of some assistance. I am literally so new to all of this that I don’t really know what a book page really needs to be appealing. What does a book page need to be successful and what is mine lacking?

What can I do to make people look at the page, interact with the story, get some recs or comments?

Please check it out and let me know how I can make it better: www.inkshares.com/books/jump-the-gun

If you’re willing to do deal with the extra logistics, you can find one person who doesn’t mind using their credit card, and get up to nine of the card-wary people to join with them in a group; then that first person places an order for multiple books, on behalf of the whole group and you can redistribute the books later.

First, don’t underestimate that "local" support.  My two books I’ve funded was done almost entirely through personal contacts that I rallied to the cause through various....means :-)  For now, starting out, that local base is your foundation.

Second, I’m not saying go recruit with the message "buy my book and you have to go jump through all these steps!"  It’s hard enough already, that would complicate things.  I would save the suggestions for stuff like this ONLY for people who are wary of using their own card information and express that as the only barrier.