First Calendar Month Sales of New Book

Lemurion · 03-01-2014, 03:43 PM

So, I released a novel on Amazon, Feb 7th, it went free for 3 days on Feb 8-10, and then back to the full $2.99 price.

It's my third book on Kindle, I have another novel and a short story collection, and my first venture into KDP select.

Short version, I'll probably take that route again.

To give a baseline, I had 5 total sales in January, 3 of the existing novel, and 2 of the collection, which I released simultaneously on Amazon and Smashwords for $0.99.

With the new novel, I had 7 sales in the 12 hours before it went free (which I had previously announced), and another 76 in the remainder of the month. I also had 5 sales of the other, unrelated, novel on Amazon and 1 on Smashwords.

The collection didn't move at all in February.

I break it down in a few other ways on my blog, here.

Katsunami · 03-02-2014, 06:49 PM

Cool. Congrats.

So, let's say, around 80 books a month, at 70% royalties of $2.99; that would come down to $167 extra income (before tax). Not really enough to live on, but if you keep it up for an entire year, you'll be able to get a nice holiday (or at least a long weekend) out of it.

Also: if you release a new book, do your existing books see a spike in sales?

VydorScope · 03-02-2014, 08:21 PM

$167*12 = a nice vacation for sure. Or a nice rifle. Pending which you prefer!

Lemurion · 03-02-2014, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Cool. Congrats.

So, let's say, around 80 books a month, at 70% royalties of $2.99; that would come down to $167 extra income (before tax). Not really enough to live on, but if you keep it up for an entire year, you'll be able to get a nice holiday (or at least a long weekend) out of it.

Also: if you release a new book, do your existing books see a spike in sales?

It's a start, though I'm not going to project one month (actually 3 weeks as I released on the 7th) out through a year just yet.

As for secondary sales, I've had 5 sales of another novel, 4 of them in the last week of the month. Note that the new novel includes an excerpt of the other, complete with its Amazon link.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

$167*12 = a nice vacation for sure. Or a nice rifle. Pending which you prefer!

Electronics, or comic books.

03-01-2014, 03:43 PM	#1
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	First Calendar Month Sales of New Book So, I released a novel on Amazon, Feb 7th, it went free for 3 days on Feb 8-10, and then back to the full $2.99 price. It's my third book on Kindle, I have another novel and a short story collection, and my first venture into KDP select. Short version, I'll probably take that route again. To give a baseline, I had 5 total sales in January, 3 of the existing novel, and 2 of the collection, which I released simultaneously on Amazon and Smashwords for $0.99. With the new novel, I had 7 sales in the 12 hours before it went free (which I had previously announced), and another 76 in the remainder of the month. I also had 5 sales of the other, unrelated, novel on Amazon and 1 on Smashwords. The collection didn't move at all in February. I break it down in a few other ways on my blog, here. Last edited by Lemurion; 03-01-2014 at 06:13 PM.

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03-02-2014, 06:49 PM	#2
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Cool. Congrats. So, let's say, around 80 books a month, at 70% royalties of $2.99; that would come down to $167 extra income (before tax). Not really enough to live on, but if you keep it up for an entire year, you'll be able to get a nice holiday (or at least a long weekend) out of it. Also: if you release a new book, do your existing books see a spike in sales?

03-02-2014, 08:21 PM	#3
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	$167*12 = a nice vacation for sure. Or a nice rifle. Pending which you prefer!

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