September fit my expectations. A noticeable drift down from August... with one surprise. I'll elaborate below.
As a reminder, the running totals are the sales for the year.
Keep an Ace in the Hole sold 11 copies, bringing the running total to 175.
The Thin Black Line Between Infernal and Divine sold 14 copies, bringing the running total to 137.
Dire:Born sold 43 ebook copies, 4 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 75 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1259.
Dire:Seed sold 37 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 88 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 957.
Dire:Sins sold 70 ebook copies, 7 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 70 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1052.
Dire:Time sold 36 ebook copies, 2 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 40 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 938.
Dire:Wars sold 33 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 39 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1716.
The Dire Saga: Season One sold 6 copies and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 114.
Final Frost sold 4 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the total to 109.
It was looking to be a fairly quiet month, the usual month two after a launch. Then, out of nowhere, I got a sales spike. Seven copies of Dire:Born sold in a day, and the Kindle Unlimited pages quadrupled. Then it held steady at those numbers. It's dying down now, but I'm still catching a bit of that wave.
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on. I believe that it ties back to a review I got on Dire:Born, back on September 24th. Good review, an in-depth five star review, but the big thing is that review came from an Amazon top 500 reviewer.
Nothing I could control, nothing I anticipated or expected, but by my estimation it increased this month's sales by about twenty percent.
So I guess the lesson there, is don't give up. Two years since that book was published, then someone finds it and BOOM, it gets a boost. Keep writing, think in trilogies or greater runs, and find ways to put time on your side.
Alright, on to the fall con season. Got one coming up this month, and the next. After that, Dire:Hell should be out, then it's on to different lines and different genres for a bit...
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September fit my expectations. A noticeable drift down from August... with one surprise. I'll elaborate below.
As a reminder, the running totals are the sales for the year.
Keep an Ace in the Hole sold 11 copies, bringing the running total to 175.
The Thin Black Line Between Infernal and Divine sold 14 copies, bringing the running total to 137.
Dire:Born sold 43 ebook copies, 4 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 75 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1259.
Dire:Seed sold 37 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 88 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 957.
Dire:Sins sold 70 ebook copies, 7 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 70 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1052.
Dire:Time sold 36 ebook copies, 2 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 40 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 938.
Dire:Wars sold 33 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 39 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1716.
The Dire Saga: Season One sold 6 copies and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 114.
Final Frost sold 4 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the total to 109.
It was looking to be a fairly quiet month, the usual month two after a launch. Then, out of nowhere, I got a sales spike. Seven copies of Dire:Born sold in a day, and the Kindle Unlimited pages quadrupled. Then it held steady at those numbers. It's dying down now, but I'm still catching a bit of that wave.
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on. I believe that it ties back to a review I got on Dire:Born, back on September 24th. Good review, an in-depth five star review, but the big thing is that review came from an Amazon top 500 reviewer.
Nothing I could control, nothing I anticipated or expected, but by my estimation it increased this month's sales by about twenty percent.
So I guess the lesson there, is don't give up. Two years since that book was published, then someone finds it and BOOM, it gets a boost. Keep writing, think in trilogies or greater runs, and find ways to put time on your side.
Alright, on to the fall con season. Got one coming up this month, and the next. After that, Dire:Hell should be out, then it's on to different lines and different genres for a bit...
As a reminder, the running totals are the sales for the year.
Keep an Ace in the Hole sold 11 copies, bringing the running total to 175.
The Thin Black Line Between Infernal and Divine sold 14 copies, bringing the running total to 137.
Dire:Born sold 43 ebook copies, 4 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 75 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1259.
Dire:Seed sold 37 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 88 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 957.
Dire:Sins sold 70 ebook copies, 7 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 70 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1052.
Dire:Time sold 36 ebook copies, 2 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 40 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 938.
Dire:Wars sold 33 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 39 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1716.
The Dire Saga: Season One sold 6 copies and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 114.
Final Frost sold 4 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the total to 109.
It was looking to be a fairly quiet month, the usual month two after a launch. Then, out of nowhere, I got a sales spike. Seven copies of Dire:Born sold in a day, and the Kindle Unlimited pages quadrupled. Then it held steady at those numbers. It's dying down now, but I'm still catching a bit of that wave.
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on. I believe that it ties back to a review I got on Dire:Born, back on September 24th. Good review, an in-depth five star review, but the big thing is that review came from an Amazon top 500 reviewer.
Nothing I could control, nothing I anticipated or expected, but by my estimation it increased this month's sales by about twenty percent.
So I guess the lesson there, is don't give up. Two years since that book was published, then someone finds it and BOOM, it gets a boost. Keep writing, think in trilogies or greater runs, and find ways to put time on your side.
Alright, on to the fall con season. Got one coming up this month, and the next. After that, Dire:Hell should be out, then it's on to different lines and different genres for a bit...
- - - Updated - - -
September fit my expectations. A noticeable drift down from August... with one surprise. I'll elaborate below.
As a reminder, the running totals are the sales for the year.
Keep an Ace in the Hole sold 11 copies, bringing the running total to 175.
The Thin Black Line Between Infernal and Divine sold 14 copies, bringing the running total to 137.
Dire:Born sold 43 ebook copies, 4 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 75 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1259.
Dire:Seed sold 37 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 88 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 957.
Dire:Sins sold 70 ebook copies, 7 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 70 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1052.
Dire:Time sold 36 ebook copies, 2 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 40 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 938.
Dire:Wars sold 33 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 39 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 1716.
The Dire Saga: Season One sold 6 copies and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the running total to 114.
Final Frost sold 4 ebook copies, 3 print copies, 0 direct sales, and had 3 kindle reads, bringing the total to 109.
It was looking to be a fairly quiet month, the usual month two after a launch. Then, out of nowhere, I got a sales spike. Seven copies of Dire:Born sold in a day, and the Kindle Unlimited pages quadrupled. Then it held steady at those numbers. It's dying down now, but I'm still catching a bit of that wave.
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on. I believe that it ties back to a review I got on Dire:Born, back on September 24th. Good review, an in-depth five star review, but the big thing is that review came from an Amazon top 500 reviewer.
Nothing I could control, nothing I anticipated or expected, but by my estimation it increased this month's sales by about twenty percent.
So I guess the lesson there, is don't give up. Two years since that book was published, then someone finds it and BOOM, it gets a boost. Keep writing, think in trilogies or greater runs, and find ways to put time on your side.
Alright, on to the fall con season. Got one coming up this month, and the next. After that, Dire:Hell should be out, then it's on to different lines and different genres for a bit...