June was a great month for sales for a lot of people. I thought July was going to be a dud, but it turned out better than I thought. But not necessarily for my biggest seller. I finished up at a total of 35 fewer books sold in July than in June. But the percentage of copies sold of each book was completely different. Here’s how it worked out on percentages of total sales.
June: A Rocky Path 1%, Club Blood 88%, See Me 10%, Starfane 2% (comes to 101% because of rounding)
July: A Rocky Path 4%, Club Blood 69%, See Me 20%, Starfane 7% (100%)
I don’t know why the sales of the other books went up and Club Blood went down. (Probably because I lowered the price on A Rocky Path and Starfane, even though they are longer.) But honestly, I would rather it be that way than have my sales depend on one book. Starfane is fairly new, so it hasn’t had as much exposure. Hopefully, sales on that one will get better since it’s my favorite. It may not be my best one, I just don’t know, but it’s my favorite.
June was a solid month for me, but July was even better. If my numbers continue as they have so far this month, August will be even better yet.
And thanks for the reviews. I’ll try to return the love once I’m finished with my current reading, Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Gulp. That might take a while.
I’m glad your numbers have been good. August is looking pretty good for me, but we’ll see.
I can honestly say I’ve never read War and Peace. The 3 longest books I’ve ever read are Les Miserable, Atlas Shrugged, and Battlefield Earth. I just don’t think I can tackle War and Peace. But you never know….
W&P is actually a good book, but you don’t realize it until you’re at least 400 pages into it. It takes that long just to be able to tell the multitude of characters apart from one another. Doesn’t help they all have various Russian names and nicknames for the same characters, and that characters will disappear for hundreds of pages at a time before returning.
I’ve read Atlas Shrugged, and Les Mis is on my TBR list. Not sure I could tackle Battlefield Earth.