December Wrap
Well, here we are, the last day of the year. Time to tally the December sales numbers!
Seventh Bride
Kindle: 1469
D2D: 34
Smashwords: 14
PDF Direct Sales: 0
Total: 1517
Toad Words
Kindle: 254
D2D: 10
Smashwords: 9
PDF Direct Sales: 0
Total: 273
Nine Goblins
Kindle: 189
Smashwords: 15
Total: 204
Total Sales to Date
Seventh Bride: 2819
Toad Words: 1674
Nine Goblins: 2890
So last month was pretty much the best month I've ever done for self-pub sales, and I didn't even have a new book out.
I assume being a Kindle Daily Deal was the primary reason, but I actually moved more copies of Seventh Bride the second month than I did in the first, and it gave a big bump to the other two along the way. Very little advertising, all word of mouth and friends on Twitter mentioning it...and of course, the Kindle Daily Deal thing.
It's trending down now, of course, but that was a nice jump.
Other overall trends of note--I am confirmed that my initial rush of readers buys on all platforms, including Smashwords, but once that first flush passes, everybody else is finding it on Kindle.
Finally, Seventh Bride is selling much faster than Nine Goblins did. I don't know if that's something specific to this book or what, but I guess I'll find out next May when I release my next fairy-tale retelling.
(My personal guess? Bird skull on the cover. Bird skulls sell. If we put Cloak Guy on the cover holding a bird skull, perhaps against a snowy background with a dark figure walking away, I would sell ALL THE BOOKS FOREVER.)