Simon Denman is founder of British web start-up, http://Readersintheknow.com (Readers in the Know), the first global book promotion website for Amazon-listed books. He is also the author of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089YQPI0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0089YQPI0&linkCode=as2&tag=lifeprobab-20&linkId=KJOCBVQYPW3TOMBT (CONNECTED), a speculative science novel published in 2012, which reached number one in Amazon's bestseller ranks for both thrillers and science fiction within five days of release. Prior to this he spent 26 years in a variety of senior roles within the IT networking and security industry.

In this interview we talk about


how Simon got 10k downloads of his first novel http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089YQPI0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0089YQPI0&linkCode=as2&tag=lifeprobab-20&linkId=KJOCBVQYPW3TOMBT (CONNECTED) with KDP Select free days promo and after that sold 1500 copies  in 6 weeks

Why did he create http://readersintheknow.com (Readers in the Know) and what differentiates it from other book promotion websites

The difference of results between the Amazon US and Amazon UK markets

http://www.readersintheknow.com/list-of-book-promo-sites (The helpful resource of 120 websites), that promote books with all the details you need to know that Simon has put together for you