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Above The Knee Writer, Amazon Kindle, Chappaquiddick Incident, eBooks, Falmouth Airpark, Flight From Katama, Flying, Katama Airpark, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing, Old Cape Cod, Sea and Sky, Self Publishing, The Sixties, Writing
Set in 1969, this novella plays off the ‘Chappaquiddick Incident,’ with young charter pilot Billy Coates and his friends from Cape Cod tossed into the world of presidential politics by a fictional twist. It was fun to write, because I lived in Falmouth in the Seventies and I first learned to fly there. The characters came easily, since I had known a few young locals like Billy in that seaside resort town, with his stalwart pal Ned Rogers and love interest Benedita Lopes.
Flight From Katama was my first self-published project, appearing on Amazon eight months ago. I intended it to be a short ‘Two Hour Quick Read’ which I could initially offer as a free promotion to introduce me and my writing. But readers have really responded well to the characters, so I’m planning to bring them back in a ‘Billy Coates Series’ of eBooks.
The biggest mistake I made on this project was the title. Pilots from all over the country might recognize ‘Katama’ as the popular grass airstrip at Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard, but most readers wouldn’t know that. So given the way that Amazon suggests books by interests and keywords, ‘Flight From Chappaquiddick’ might have sold many more copies.
Live and learn.
dscooperbooks 
Is it too late to change it?
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Re-issuing under a new title would be easy enough, but a revised cover might cost a bit too much. I also have to consider subtitles on the covers of future works, since Amazon uses all the words on the cover as search keywords.
Thanks for the comment – Writing is fun, but I’m still struggling with the merchandizing.
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That’s understandable. I’d definitely mention Chappaquiddick in your product description and wherever else you can in promoting it. Thus people googling “Chappaquiddick” might be more likely to run across your book. (Which you know already)
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