When I first released Face the Music, sales were going...okay. A few here, a few there, but nothing to write home about. iBook sales picked up in August, but after many flattering reviews, flatlined after a few weeks.

In September, I started working with a designer (Judy Bullard: http://www.customebookcovers.com/inde...) on a new cover. I didn't necessarily want to invest more money in the book (I'd already paid an editor $3,000), but I reasoned that a new, professional looking cover might be the face lift that Face the Music needed.

I may have been right. At least from Amazon's perspective.

In the first three months, a whopping 87 copies sold through Amazon. The new cover was uploaded on September 10th, and between that time and the end of September, sales jumped to 181.

So far this month, Face the Music has sold 796 copies.

It all adds up for a total of 977 copies sold since uploading the new cover. I guess it turned out to be a wise investment, after all.

It's been said that a picture is worth 1,000 words. I have no doubts now that a new cover is worth 1,000 books sold. At least.