Total Books Sold, 2025 Half Year Check In

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6/25/20253 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 I have hit the half way point 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 would subtract that from the total number of in person books I have sold.

Total

For those who don't want to read all this, here is the total number:

  • Total Sold: 4,776 (increase of 509 since 1/1/25)

    • 269/509 online

    • 240/509 in person

    • 3510/4776 online

    • 1056/4776 in person

  • KENP: 416,777 (increase of 47,452 since 1/1/25)

  • Given Away: 7,873 (increase of 2,605 since 1/1/25)

Some notes for this edition:

  • You will notice a large uptick in given away editions for all my Jubal County books. This is because when I launched the second editions I set all the books in the series to free for five days to celebrate. 

  • The omnibus editions now have KENP numbers, as when I did the second editions I put them in KU. This is a short term experiment. 

  • I no longer track my 'this many KENP equals the equivalent of X numbers of books read.' I am secure enough in myself now to say that I did that to help soothe my ego I think.

  • I now include audiobook numbers.

Individual Numbers

Bringing Home the Rain:

  • Launch Date: August 22, 2021

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 470.20

  • Online Sold: 614

  • In Person Sold: 431

  • Given Away: 5072

  • KENP Read: 117,466

  • Audiobook sales: 141

The Depth of the Water:

  • Launch Date: November 13, 2021

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 450.73

  • Online Sold: 897

  • In Person Sold: 59

  • Given Away: 643

  • KENP Read: 67,929

  • Audiobook sales: 52

Feet in the Fire:

  • Launch Date: January 26, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 363.15

  • Online Sold: 725

  • In Person Sold: 43

  • Given Away: 578

  • KENP Read: 61,662

  • Audiobook sales: 17

Praying The Day's Not Poison:

  • Launch Date: August 23, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 360.00

  • Online Sold: 467

  • In Person Sold: 37

  • Given Away: 598

  • KENP Read: 57,287

Walking the Darkness Down:

  • Launch Date: March 15, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 400

  • Online Sold: 383

  • In Person Sold: 20

  • Given Away: 450

  • KENP Read: 47,687

Calling the Devil Partner:

  • Launch Date: July 31, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 405

  • Online Sold: 271

  • In Person Sold: 15

  • Given Away: 451

  • KENP Read: 42,452

Southern Saudade:

  • Launch Date: October 16, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 731.50

  • Online Sold: 76

  • In Person Sold: 118

  • Given Away: 81

  • KENP Read: 19,708

The Demons That Haunt Him - Omnibus 1:

  • Launch Date: December 18, 2022

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 200.00

  • Online Sold: 37

  • In Person Sold: 263

  • KENP Read: 765

Burning Wisdom - Omnibus 2:

  • Launch Date: July 31, 2023

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 200.00

  • Online Sold: 23

  • In Person Sold: 84

  • KENP Read: 1705

Create Your Way To Freedom:

  • Launch Date: October 2, 2024

  • How Much It Cost To Publish: 345.00

  • Online Sold: 17

  • In Person Sold: 15

  • Given Away: 1

  • KENP Read: 116


Grand Totals:

  • How Much They Cost To Publish: $3,925.58

  • How Much Online Sales Total: $8302.32 **

  • Online Sold: 3510

  • In Person Sold: 1056

  • Given Away: 7873

  • KENP Read: 416,777

** I only list the online sales total, because my in person sales totals have a variety of products mixed in, ranging from art cards to zines. So it's too hard for me to go back and calculate accurately the total amount I have earned from my books. I have earned over $40,000 since August 2020 when I started keeping stats.

FAQ:

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.