It’s been a week since my first novella has been available in the public for people to buy and read. Considering my marketing is largely me shouting on social media and interacting with other broke indie authors, it’s honestly gone a little bit better than I even though it might!
I wanted to be as real as possible, and talk about what sales look like. Bearing in mind that this week was mostly preorders from friends/family that are far too kind.
- Kindle/KU downloads and page reads: $8.25 (3 preorders, 1 not, and tiny page reads)
- Ko-fi store (US/CA/MEX only until I can figure out an average shipping cost over the ocean): $20.48 (3 preorders, and one not! Minus cost of me printing the books)
- The biggest surprise INGRAMSPARK (wide release of the paperback, hits most countries and isn’t Amazon): $2.00
Now you might be thinking :Two dollars, why is that a surprise/exciting? BECAUSE two of those sold in the UK. Which yes, I got incredibly emotional when I saw. Thank you, internet strangers, for taking a chance.
Books are, admittedly, a luxury item and the world is falling apart. So you know, rough time to try my hand at being an Indie/self published author in the US. This is just to say: Thank you to people willing to give my queer little novella a chance. I’m working on edits for the second one, and we’re gonna keep going.
Macabress Manuscripts 