Now that I have a book available for purchase, people ask me how to find my book online. So I decided to check out my competition on the behemoth of digital bookstores, Amazon. Here’s what I learned about how NOT to find my book on Amazon.
Did you know there is a genre of erotica called Adult Nursing Erotica? Me neither. Until I searched sex after pregnancy books in the hopes that my book, From Ouch! To Ahhh…The New Mom’s Guide To Sex After Baby would be one of the search results.
The good news: it is.
The not-so-good-news: it can be found on page three, buried far beneath titles I am a bit confused about.
It did reassure me about my book title (and book cover—although pregnant babes in lingerie sell more copies). One title I came across, Satisfying Him While Pregnant (And After). He Still Needs Service, seems overly focused on the non-pregnant partner for my taste.
You see, your partner is like a luxury car, while you, my pregnant friend, are like a gas station….
Billionaires and Their Curvy Cravings (of the renowned Billionaire/BBW Bareback Pregnancy erotica series) and the singular, Saved By The Warebear, were on page two of the search results. The intriguing titles in the Billionaires series include: The Billionaire’s Curve Compulsion and Curves for My Billionaire Upstairs.
(Here’s the hyper-link to the search results. You can’t make this stuff up.)
I was happy to see a Dan Savage title I didn’t know about also on page two. The Kid. What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided To Get Pregnant. I will check this one out, soon.
Page three opened with gusto. A title with the most categories I’ve ever seen in a book title. Little Rachel’s After School Detention (Forbidden Interracial First Time Pregnancy Punishment Erotica).
Really, it speaks for itself.
Success! Finally, here it is halfway down page three, #40 out of 71 results, and only two spots below Earning his Promotion: BDSM in the Office. I’m relieved it made the list at all after so many strong contenders.
This research adventure taught me a lot. I learned there are many categories of erotica I didn’t know about, namely breast-milk erotica. It reinforced one thing I already knew—I have little understanding of how Amazon’s search algorithms work. But one thing is clear, sex sells—hence, the more informational the book, the lower it will rank (my book is not the only victim).
Lessons Learned: When my Grandma asks how to find my book on Amazon—I’m sending her the direct link.
When my little brother, who is about to become a first-time dad, asks for it, I’m guessing (looks at watch), oh about six weeks or so after his baby is born, I’m just giving him search terms.
Sibling torture lasts well into adulthood.