I’ve found a few more writers who are publicly tracking sales of their self-published ebooks. These aren’t top sellers, so give a different view of sales than what you hear of the media sensations. <\/p>\n
First up is Tobias Buckell<\/a>, an author who is also commercially published, tracking sales of his self-published short story collection Tides from the New Worlds<\/i>. It’s an interesting read because he charts sales and profits at several different price points, and notes what it takes to settle in at about $40\/month profit. The unexpected part: he makes that profit more consistently at a higher price point. Love the graphs, too!<\/p>\n Karly Kirkpatrick rounds up March sales of her first ebook<\/a>, noting that she met some goals this month, including making $200 profit on just under 100 sales total for the month. Her second book will be published next month, and I hope she keeps releasing her sales figures as she progresses. This is very interesting stuff.<\/p>\n And over at Peeling Cheeks, S.A. Huggins posted the first two months<\/a> of sale data for the novel, Belvoir<\/i>. Much appreciation for all authors who put their sale info out there!<\/p>\n I linked before to a Kindle Board topic<\/a> in the Writers’ Cafe where various authors have been tracking their sales, in some cases for over a year now. I wanted to add a link to a different thread, the one sale a day support group<\/a>, which includes some folks who haven’t yet made even that lofty level of sales as well as some folks whose sales have increased over time. The Writers’ Cafe is a pretty supportive place for authors at any level of sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"