Eva Pasco's Blog - Posts Tagged "royalties"
Bottom Lines!
Before I get to the bottom lines of an Indie author’s struggles to sell books—and I’m talkin’ strictly the Kindle Edition on Amazon—I’ll accent the positive.
My Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel, ‘An Enlightening Quiche,’ merited three more 5-Star Reviews at Amazon this week, for a total of 18 customer reviews since its release:
http://tinyurl.com/h4jdwbn
http://tinyurl.com/jfv9a8r
http://tinyurl.com/zsmjv4t
Backing up a bit: During the 2nd week of February, I received my first royalty check representing eBook sales for September 2016. Since the Kindle Edition priced at $3.95 (361 pages) was launched on Sept. 20th, a stipend exceeding twenty bucks for a span of ten days is none too shabby!
Bottom lines:
1 -Because I opted to publish my print and eBook with a POD self-publishing company, I’m not privy to detailed daily sales reports at Amazon. However, I do check my “universal link” at BookLinker on a daily basis to access statistics on how many clicks my link generated.
http://www.booklinker.net/
2- I am not at liberty to set up Kindle Countdown Deals-- time-bound promotional discounting for my book, or Free Book Promotion where readers worldwide can get my book free for a limited time. This has severely limited my choice of free/paid online promotional venues and has hampered results. My eBook priced at $3.95 cannot compete with those books in my genre that are free or $.99!
On March 1st, my ad went live on The Fussy Librarian newsletter. My universal link got 2 hits! There is no incentive for me to solicit future paid promos.
3 – On 03/02, I finally received a royalty report covering Kindle Edition sales for the months of October, November, and December. Pathetically, I sold 5 eBooks and earned a pitiful royalty of $1.58 per copy!
If and when I publish a third novel, it behooves me to choose Amazon and Createspace so I can better my bottom lines—and view them!
My Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel, ‘An Enlightening Quiche,’ merited three more 5-Star Reviews at Amazon this week, for a total of 18 customer reviews since its release:
http://tinyurl.com/h4jdwbn
http://tinyurl.com/jfv9a8r
http://tinyurl.com/zsmjv4t
Backing up a bit: During the 2nd week of February, I received my first royalty check representing eBook sales for September 2016. Since the Kindle Edition priced at $3.95 (361 pages) was launched on Sept. 20th, a stipend exceeding twenty bucks for a span of ten days is none too shabby!
Bottom lines:
1 -Because I opted to publish my print and eBook with a POD self-publishing company, I’m not privy to detailed daily sales reports at Amazon. However, I do check my “universal link” at BookLinker on a daily basis to access statistics on how many clicks my link generated.
http://www.booklinker.net/
2- I am not at liberty to set up Kindle Countdown Deals-- time-bound promotional discounting for my book, or Free Book Promotion where readers worldwide can get my book free for a limited time. This has severely limited my choice of free/paid online promotional venues and has hampered results. My eBook priced at $3.95 cannot compete with those books in my genre that are free or $.99!
On March 1st, my ad went live on The Fussy Librarian newsletter. My universal link got 2 hits! There is no incentive for me to solicit future paid promos.
3 – On 03/02, I finally received a royalty report covering Kindle Edition sales for the months of October, November, and December. Pathetically, I sold 5 eBooks and earned a pitiful royalty of $1.58 per copy!
If and when I publish a third novel, it behooves me to choose Amazon and Createspace so I can better my bottom lines—and view them!
Eva’s Byte #245: In Hot Pursuit of…
The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: My overdue royalty check from 2018 owed by the publisher of my Contemporary (2016). Even after their cut, the pennies I’ve earned for each $3.95 eBook sale on Amazon have accumulated to a substantial amount.
The fight for glory—monetary entitlement.
I’ve scheduled a phone conference on Thursday afternoon, where I intend to press for definitive answers not forthcoming in a recent runaround email exchange. While on point, I’ll be sure to ask when I can expect my 2019 royalty statement.
I am looking forward to 2021 when my 5-year contract with them expires. Eight years prior to 2016, I had walked away from social media due to time-consuming and exhausting obligations. I had also put my writing endeavors on hold until a spirited revival. During my self-imposed exile, I was ignorant to the viable self-publishing options for Indies.
Consequently, I’d wizened up of for the subsequent publications of: 100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the ‘60s (2017); Mr. Wizardo (2019).
Calling attention to one’s books and procuring each sale takes time and ingenuity on a daily basis. That’s not a complaint. It’s what I choose to do for exposing my work to potential readers.
Like everyone else who works hard in their chosen field, I expect to be paid without fighting for what’s mine.
At a future date, I’ll compose a follow-up blog on this issue, which I hope has a favorable resolution.
*May all independent artists reap intrinsic and monetary rewards from your creative endeavors.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
The fight for glory—monetary entitlement.
I’ve scheduled a phone conference on Thursday afternoon, where I intend to press for definitive answers not forthcoming in a recent runaround email exchange. While on point, I’ll be sure to ask when I can expect my 2019 royalty statement.
I am looking forward to 2021 when my 5-year contract with them expires. Eight years prior to 2016, I had walked away from social media due to time-consuming and exhausting obligations. I had also put my writing endeavors on hold until a spirited revival. During my self-imposed exile, I was ignorant to the viable self-publishing options for Indies.
Consequently, I’d wizened up of for the subsequent publications of: 100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the ‘60s (2017); Mr. Wizardo (2019).
Calling attention to one’s books and procuring each sale takes time and ingenuity on a daily basis. That’s not a complaint. It’s what I choose to do for exposing my work to potential readers.
Like everyone else who works hard in their chosen field, I expect to be paid without fighting for what’s mine.
At a future date, I’ll compose a follow-up blog on this issue, which I hope has a favorable resolution.
*May all independent artists reap intrinsic and monetary rewards from your creative endeavors.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
