Weekly sales update

Yes, this may be the season where people grow frantic and spend way too much time in shopping malls and not enough time remembering the reason we have this season in the first place … but they’re still finding time to buy Kindle books. And that’s a very good thing.

Weekly sales update: Loving the Brits

The book had just come off going free last Sunday, so there wasn’t much point in posting sales numbers.

Saturday, Dec. 3 — 12

Sunday, Dec. 4 — 2
Monday, Dec. 5 — 8
Tuesday, Dec. 6 — 7
Wednesday, Dec. 7  — 4
Thursday, Dec. 8 — 8
Friday, Dec. 9 —  4
Saturday, Dec. 10 — 9

Paperbacks: 2
Amazon US 25
Amazon UK 15
Total for the week:  42
Total for December: 57

Total to date: 913

The really great news this week is the book finally came off free status in England after month and started selling. I’d probably sold three copies total in the UK during the previous four months, so to sell 15 in one week is wonderful.

It also gives me hope for Amazon’s India and Australian stores, which I expect to open in 2012.

I’m off work tomorrow because I have to work this coming Saturday, so I’m hoping to make some progress on chapter 3 of the new book.

Weekly sales update: My new favorite month

What’s not to love about November? You may mention the earlier sunsets, the chilly days, the onset of winter. But when November has been as kind to you, sales-wise, as the past 30 days have been, you forgive all that other stuff.

Weekly sales update: Sweet spot?

Interesting question this week: Are the numbers below the “long legs” effect from going free earlier this month or have sales reached a “sweet spot” where word-of-mouth is generating steady sales?

Weekly sales report: All abord the free train

October sales
Kindle: 69
Paperback: 16
Total: 85

The book went free Monday night on Amazon US. The idea here is to get your book onto a lot of Kindles in hopes readers will like it and buy future books and recommend you to their friends.

Amazon US
Tuesday: 4,264 downloads
Wednesday: 2,996 downloads
Thursday: 1,772 downloads
Friday: 1,461 downloads
Saturday: 1,303 downloads
Total for week: 11,796 downloads
Peak ranking: #27 free, #2 religious fiction (free)

Amazon UK
Wednesday: 55 downloads
Thursday: 53 downloads
Friday: 72 downloads
Saturday: 516 downloads
Total for week: 696
Peak ranking: #34 free, #1 religious fiction (free)

Someone in the UK must have blogged about the book on Saturday because I was totally not expecting that to happen. I had only sold 2 books in the UK to date, so to put the book in the hands of nearly 700 readers there is fantastic.

On Friday, I started the process to “reprice” the book. It now has a price at iTunes, B&N and Smashwords, so it’s only a matter of time before Amazon follows. Hopefully, some of the incoming traffic will be converted to sales.

 

Weekly sales report: A great week

It was  bit unpredictable, but I’ll take weeks like this anytime.

Weekly sales update: Paperbacks outsell e-books

Another reason why you should have all your bases covered, format-wise.

Weekly sales update: Back down to earth

 

Going four days with zeros is easier to digest after 18 sales on Sunday, the final day of the Kindle Nation Daily promotion.

Weekly sales update: We have liftoff

After a few lackluster weeks, a paid promotion finally got things rolling.

Week 7 sale report: Freefall

First, some numbers.