Sales Report for Everblossom and Iwishacana!

Double the books, double the sales!

Which book first? Hmm, we'll look at Everblossom first.

Now here are the sales for Everblossom so far:

October: 1

November: 4

December: 3

Here's the breakdown:

Amazon US: 3

Amazon UK, ES, IT, FR: 0

Smashwords: 0

Barnes and Noble: 0

Print Sales (Createspace): 0

And I know I need to come up with an Excel Sheet and I will soon. As soon as I catch my breath, I will def hop on that and give you all a bar graph. Maybe even a pie graph to see how much marketing I do and what the effect that is.

Yep, that's right: I do marketing. I feel like a little business woman, lol. Seriously though, self-publishing is a business, so I need to act accordingly. So that's what I do. Hopefully, I will give y'all some tips on how to market your book too. But let's get back to sales. 

Now to the most interesting of all: Iwishacana/Acanawishi

As you guys know, I have released this to the masses back in August and I got quite a few sales.

August: 2

September: 0

October: 1

Here's the breakdown of those sales:

Amazon US: 2

Amazon UK, ES, IT, FR: 0

Smashwords: 1

Barnes and Noble: 0 

Now here are the current sales:

December: 0

Breakdown:

Amazon US: 0

Amazon UK, ES, IT, FR: 0

Smashwords: 0

Barnes and Noble: 0

Print Sales: 0 

Here are the previous sales report (if you're curious) here.

I know this looks all so disappointing, but you know what? Sales are so up in the air in the first place. I'm so glad that I have 6 plus readers who were willing enough to buy my books and try me out. I know without a shadow of a doubt that this too shall pass. 

I know what you're thinking, "Wow, how can she be so sure that things will get better?"

Well, I have a lot promotional things going on next month. I have the Iwishacana/Acanawishi Tour coming up (starts January 3rd, check it out here for more details), I also have Iwishacana/Acanawishi going for free at LibraryThing (pick up your copy here) and my book cover was even featured in an art show here! 

Not to mention some reviews of Everblossom I didn't even catch here, here, and here. 

I know this may prove fuel for the fire for traditionalist, who might say, "See? This is exactly why you need a traditional publisher! To get your book into the right hands, and to get it marketed!"

But you know what I say to the traditionalists: Who's to say my books would even make it into 6 readers hands without self-publishing?

Poetry and short stories aren't going to be traditional published by anyone in this economy. Iwishacana/Acanawishi might have had a chance, but who's to say? It would be sitting in my desk waiting instead of being read and enjoyed by the people I'm in this for: The readers. 

Therefore, I will admit this is a minor setback, but I am so glad that I'm being read enjoyed by readers. Now all I have to do is spread the word about my books to more and more people.

Tricky, but I think I can do it. :)

And if you have any questions, concerns, success stories of your own, then please feel free to leave it here!