I've joined the self-published ranks

Wow...that's crazy. It's not like the book was that expensive and they'd have to be really fast readers since Fiendish is at over 600 pages.

How many days does Amazon give for returns?

@priosner24601-I'm trying not to stress over it. I don't need anything more to lead me down the crazy road. LOL I did just readjust my categories so I'll see if that leads to an increase or not. I just never thought to return a book, even if I didn't like it, but I guess it does happen.

@WriterBN--wow...that's crazy.

@LOTLOF--Thanks for that bit of info. So far my monthly sale numbers are still low, so hopefully I won't see many more returns, but anything can happen.

thanks for the responses.

Thanks for the feedback on the returns. I've not tried to dwell on it and have been trying to focus on book 2. I'm hoping my concentration will return next month once my kiddies go back to school.

So again I'm happy to have numbers to report. They aren't gonna get me on any best seller lists anytime soon, but something is better than nothing.

I hosted a giveaway on Goodreads that ended on the 15th that generated some interest in my book. It's been added to a lot of TBR lists, around 400 or so. I'm hoping a few of those people actually get around to buy and reading it.

So far all the reviews have been positive. I don't have many, but the ones I have gotten are good so that makes me happy. I am participating in the site-wide sale on Smashwords, but that hasn't generated many numbers.

I never heard back from Fire and Ice blog tours, I'd emailed them with some questions. I have signed on to do a tour next month with Girl Hearts Books tour. An author friend of mine used them and had good things to say. Her prices were reasonable since my marketing budget is super low. Hopefully it'll give me a mini spike in sales next month.

That's about all for now.

Sales June 21-July 20

Smashwords-1
Barnes and Noble-2
Amazon-5

Totals

Amazon-26
Barnes and Noble-7
Smashwords-2
iTunes-3

So this has been my best month so far.

Yawatta Hosby aka AgathaChristeFan did an author interview of me on her blog. YAY for exposure! I did a blog tour organized by Girl Heart Blog Tours. It ran for a week and I got lots of exposure and some great reviews. That's always a plus. The tour was smooth with only 1 missed stop so I am over all happy with the experience in working with her. I also managed to have my book reviewed by one of the other blog review sites I'd contacted a while back. So far all the responses have been positive. That review site had a network of other bloggers that retweeted her review for a week so even more exposure there!

Every little bit helps and the extra exposure did manage to help me reach one small goal. I've wanted to get out of the 100 thousand + ranking, just for a day. I would have been happy with 99,999 just to lose that extra digit and I did. Highest (well lowest I guess) number I hit so far 74,155. Still far far off from being a best seller but I'm happy . My next goal to hit at least 100 total sales.

Now I'm trying to stop focusing so much on promoting Fiendish and put that energy towards book 2.

So the numbers
B&N was a bust this month. A big fat zero
Amazon-17 (with 1 return)
Smashwords-2
iTunes-1

Overall since release
Amazon-43
B&N-7
Smashwords-4
iTunes-4

Literateparakeet said:

Congrats!

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Thanks.