Just How Many Books Have I Sold? - 2024 Half Year Check Up

TRANSPARENCYMILESTONE

6/29/20243 min read

So, as anyone who has spent any time here knows, I like to be open and transparent on the numbers. I like to think that me doing so might help someone out, and I also hope that other folks will follow suit. The more information we have, the better our decision making will be and all that. Since we are half way through the year, here is the next tally of how many books I have sold. When it comes to in person sales this number is as close to accurate as I can get it. I totaled up how many I have ordered, then subtracted what I have in inventory. I have given some away, so I subtract 22 to get the total number of in person books I have sold.

FAQ:

I don't want to read all this, so what is the Total number you have sold? 3,708 books sold (online and in person) with 325,743 in KU page reads (which equals roughly 1,122 books).

Why do you sell so few of books 2-6 in person? Because I basically stopped taking them to events once I had my omnibus editions. I now only sell those online, or in a bundle of all 7 books I have out for 100 bucks.

Why do you sell so few of Southern Saudade? I joke that it's my unmarketable book (despite being my best book imo), so I am still figuring out how to market it.

Bringing Home the Rain:

  • Launch Date: August 22, 2021

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 470.20

  • Online Sold: 477

  • In Person Sold: 270

  • Audiobook Sold: 39

  • Given Away: 4720

  • KENP Read: 95426

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 305.85


The Depth of the Water:

Launch Date: November 13, 2021

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 450.73

  • Online Sold: 844

  • In Person Sold: 49

  • Given Away: 235

  • KENP Read: 54983

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 218.19


Feet in the Fire:

  • Launch Date: January 26, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 363.15

  • Online Sold: 679

  • In Person Sold: 38

  • Given Away: 151

  • KENP Read: 49696

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 186.83


Praying The Day's Not Poison:

  • Launch Date: August 23, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 360.00

  • Online Sold: 425

  • In Person Sold: 33

  • Given Away: 162

  • KENP Read: 45446

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 157.80


Walking the Darkness Down:

  • Launch Date: March 15, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 400

  • Online Sold: 338

  • In Person Sold: 16

  • Given Away: 0

  • KENP Read: 36,479

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 126.66


Calling the Devil Partner:

  • Launch Date: July 31, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 405

  • Online Sold: 215

  • In Person Sold: 10

  • Given Away: 0

  • KENP Read: 28881

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 126.66


Southern Saudade:

  • Launch Date: October 16, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 731.50

  • Online Sold: 64

  • In Person Sold: 51

  • Given Away: 0

  • KENP Read: 14,832

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 28.74


The Demons That Haunt Him - Omnibus 1:

  • Launch Date: December 18, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 200.00

  • Online Sold: 25

  • In Person Sold: 106

  • This book is not enrolled in KU, so there are no KENP stats to track.


Burning Wisdom - Omnibus 2:

  • Launch Date: July 31, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 200.00

  • Online Sold: 14

  • In Person Sold: 37

  • This book is not enrolled in KU, so there are no KENP stats to track.


Grand Totals:

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 3,580.58

  • How Much They Have Earned Me To Date: 16,017.63 (Arrived at by totaling my in person and online sales numbers from my monthly hustle reports. Technically my in person sales also include sticker sales so this isn't 100% accurate, but it's pretty close.)

  • Online Sold: 3,120

  • In Person Sold: 588

  • Ebooks Given Away: 5,268

  • KENP Read: 325,743

  • How many books the KENP averages to be: 1,122.31