ebook sales for January 2012
The Lord was very good to me for January, specifically in the form of a post-holiday sales surge – I sold 3,261 books in January across all platforms. People needed to fill up all those Christmas Kindles, Nooks, and iPads, after all.
And I am happy to provide the filler.
For historical purposes, here’s what my numbers have looked like since April, when I started with ebooks.
April 2011: 22
May 2011: 105
June 2011: 236
July 2011: 366
August 2011: 489
September 2011: 1335
October 2011: 1607
November 2011: 2142
December 2011: 2340
January 2012: 3261
-JM
Congrats!
The numbers don’t lie, it looks like the ebook format has been very good to you. I have a question though, the success you have acheived so far, is this typical for the ebook format*, or is it because you are a good writer and your sales strategy (first book in a series free)?
*And by typical, I don’t mean to undermine your success. I mean does in the ebook in general pay well, so that anyone could in theory could get into and be successful, or is it all up to the author?
Thanks!
I suppose anyone could do this, but not everyone would. Like, any able-bodied person could exercise five times a week, but how many actually do?