Tag Archives: sales figures

#BookBub Featured Deal – follow up

February 8, 2021 · by · in Indie publishing, My books · 22 Comments

As I know many of you were interested to know about any lasting effects from the sales bonanza generated by my BookBub Featured Deal, I thought I’d do a follow-up post one month on, and here it is! Obviously sales have been lower this month as I’ve not done much in terms of promotion, just […]

Sharing results of my #BookPromo – #IndieAuthors #Marketing

December 23, 2016 · by · in Indie publishing · 10 Comments

Although I just released a new book (The Prince’s Son), as it is the second in series (even though it stands alone, ‘Book Two’ is emblazoned on the cover), I decided against promoting it except to my existing contacts (Facebook, Twitter and email list) because why would anyone buy #2 if they haven’t yet read #1? […]

My first 6 months as an Indie Publisher – sharing figures

February 3, 2014 · by · in Fantasy novels, Indie publishing, Most popular, Writing · 4 Comments

I recently shared with you my experiences as a traditionally published author of non-fiction, so now it’s time to share my indie experience 😀 First though, I want to draw your attention to some extra figures that have come my way since writing the above piece. Back when I first started earning money as a […]

Sharing my traditionally published book earnings – or, why I went indie!

January 16, 2014 · by · in Most popular, Writing · 7 Comments

Recently, a traditionally published author shared the truth about her novel advances from Harper Collins, and her subsequent earnings. Within four hours the post had been removed – due, she tweeted, to ‘contract disclosure reasons’. Now she wasn’t complaining, just sharing the reality of being an ordinary working author and the cold hard facts of the figures for […]