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E-book Marketing

Nightjar: Series marketing for a thriller author

A marketing programme centred on read-through, using price promotions, newsletters and advertising to earn across the series.

Sector
Publishing
Typical client
Self-published author with a five-book series
Typical timeline
6-month programme
Typical team
1 strategist, 1 ads specialist
Series marketing overview with read-through, royalties and page reads
Reader acquisition across ad platforms with creative performance
Retail store visibility with category ranks and keyword positions

About this project

Authors with a series can earn most of their income from readers who continue beyond the first book, but advertising platforms only report the first sale, which hides what is really working.

Nightjar plans promotions and advertising around read-through across the whole series. Newsletter growth gives the author an audience that does not depend on any single platform.

Objectives

  • Improve read-through from the first book
  • Build an owned newsletter audience
  • Make advertising decisions on series profitability

What’s delivered

  • Store listing and keyword optimisation
  • Price promotion calendar
  • Reader magnet and newsletter sequence
  • Amazon, Meta and BookBub advertising
  • Series profitability reporting

Target outcomes

45%

target book 1 read-through

2.5x

series return target

10k

newsletter size goal

Top 10

category rank goal

Technology

  • Amazon Ads
  • BookBub
  • Meta Ads
  • MailerLite
  • Publisher Rocket

Services involved

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