April 16th, 2006
A strange thing happens as soon as an author hears their book is out there in the world–they become number obsessed. Never mind that these numbers usually mean NOTHING. They can’t help themselves they spend hours scouring the web for numbers, any numbers they can find that gives some picture of how their book is selling.
In case any of you fit this profile, I thought I’d share a link a friend shared with me (I am concealing her identity to protect the obsessed). This particular link explains one of the most addictive places for meaningles numbers–Amazon. Read, obsess, enjoy. :)
Lori
must fight…the numbers…must fight the stats…
I have a strange question; if anybody knows the answer, please tell me? How do we know how many ebooks we’ve sold? Does it say on the pay-statement? (Yes, my ignorance is showing.)
by Jan April 16th, 2006 at 8:52 amAre you talking about ebooks with Kensington or some other publisher?
by Lori April 16th, 2006 at 3:48 pmLori
Dumb as it sounds, I mean any epublisher, but I’ve got a book coming out with Triskelion in May. I’ve just wondered how do you know how many books have sold…since I’m paid a royalty on net, how do I figure it? I’m not privy to their “costs” that they’ll take out, so…oh vay. I sound stupider and stupider, don’t I?
by Jan April 17th, 2006 at 8:40 amDon’t they send you a royalty statement? I’m not familiar with how e-publishers do it, but that is what I would assume. I think most of them do it a lot more frequently than the bigger presses–which supply one only twice a year. (Or at least I know e-pubbed authors that are paid monthly. I assume they get an accounting along with that payment.)
by Lori April 17th, 2006 at 8:46 amI thought it was just me… So glad to know I am normal… relatively speaking
by Dennie April 18th, 2006 at 10:11 amoh and as to Jan’s question: depending on your contract and when you receive royalty info - you should get a statement per that - I am w/ Samhain and they send out monthly statements and it has total sold as well as what you earned as per your % - hope this helps
by Dennie April 18th, 2006 at 10:14 amawesome, Dennie. Thanks!
by Jan April 18th, 2006 at 12:04 pm