Sales Report: December

[jeriendhal]

Summary: Much better sales this month. I'm still a believer in the Christmas Bump, as I managed to get five sales alone on Christmas Day. Adding in the total year's sales from Smashwords and I've easily topped five hundred dollars in pre-tax profit. That's a first in the three years or so that I've been selling my stories online.

Things to Do: Before Spring comes, I'm going to finish Shadow of Her Sins. My goal after that is two write a couple of more stories in the pre-Ring era of For Your Safety and release an anthology, then perhaps a second one focusing on life on the Ring, or perhaps just a smut book with Quisling and Khan.

Beyond that, I've got an opening to Legacy of the Red Vixen that badly needs revising. In 2013 I only published Mimsey's Tale and I Fought the Claw... and I'm hoping to improve on that. If I can get a few more stories published, and sales remain consistent, this whole operation is going to become a significant part of my income.



Sales Report:


Captive of the Red Vixen: 4

For Your Safety: 13

Good Landing: 10 *

I Fought the Claw & the Claw Won: 5 (1 CA)

Mimsey’s Tale: 12

Prisoners of War: 3 (1 IT)

Shadow of the Red Vixen: 7 (1 CA)

Teal's Bargain: 1 (1 CA)

Teal's War: 1 (1 CA)

Teal's Choice: 1 (1 CA)


Total Paid Sales: 47

Comments

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

This month was the first time I "found" more than $100 in my money-from-Amazon/Smashwords bank account, although I'm pretty sure it was about three months worth of earnings [wry g] -- I have a hard time thinking of it as earned money, because it just sort of shows up in my bank account on its own recognizance. But I'm beginning to wonder if someday I mignt not be able to pay my mortgage from my writing money. Someday.