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Self Publishing Diary: We Sold A Lot of Books This Past Holiday Season

Just a quick note thanking all of  you out there who bought my books in 2011. I have to say that months of planning and positioning for the holiday ebook buying rush worked out even better than expected.  I'm happy to announce that Glenneyre Press, my little indie publishing company  had an incredible holiday season. Simply put: we sold a LOT of books… even more than I expected.

Even back in 2005 when I founded Glenneyre Press, the writing was on the wall (so to speak). It was obvious things the winds of change were blowing in the publishing industry and I felt it was a perfect time to get in and start experimenting with ways to disrupt the norm. We put out some P.O.D. paperback books via Amazon and other online sales channels, got some mainstream attention thanks to Access Hollywood, caught the eye of some folks in NYC's vaunted publishing community and became profitable by 2008. But it wasn't until the ebook revolution came calling that things really got serious.

It was right after seeing our sales numbers from the 2010 holiday season that I realized exactly how quickly ebook publishing would become the most explosive platform available for me to exploit what it is that I do. By the end of February, I made a critical decision to make Glenneyre Press my full-time focus. By March, I had begun to put the pedal to the metal.

The Kindle, the Nook… these weren't "devices." No, they were platforms.

In April, "Where's My F*cking Latte" had climbed to #1 on Amazon's Kindle best seller list for books about Television. To date, it's bee atop that list ever since. In July, "The Killing of Osama Bin Laden" became Amazon's #1 book on terrorism and, in a very short time, sold incredibly well, becoming an Amazon non-fiction best seller in the process.

All in all, Glenneyre Press released twelve titles in 2011, five of which spent some time on  Kindle sub-category best seller lists. Other titles spent time on various best seller lists for Nook and iBooks titles. Not bad for a tiny company like us, I think.

But the main focus had always been to begin building up the catalog for the holiday buying rush I knew would happen. I knew the more back catalog we had out, the more Kindle, Nook and iBooks downloads we could sell. I watched the sales numbers start to track higher starting with the first night of Hannukah.

Then came Christmas day.

December was a record-breaking month for Glenneyre Press. We sold more ebooks (and physical books) than any other time in the company's history. The week between Christmas and New Year's was incredible. Amazon announced record ebook sales and  my push to be ready for the holidays really panned out.

We didn't need to raise the profile of the company that much. All we had to do was be in the water when the epic wave hit. The sales rankings of our books stayed about the same, but the daily sales numbers exploded. That alone, told me all I needed to know.

And as many devices and ebooks were sold last year, it's going to pale compared to what's coming for December 2012, so you better believe we're going to be gunning to have lots more titles ready by then. With the books we have planned, this year we go into our next phase… because I believe there's still plenty of vertical growth yet to come.

Self Publishing Diary: Where's My F*cking Latte Ends 2011 Still at #1

Back on April 22nd, 2011, I noticed that my book Where's My F*cking Latte had hit #1 on the Kindle best seller list for Television for the first time.

Ever since, WMFL has owned that chart, holding onto the top spot and I'm very proud to say that it will end 2011 still at #1.

THE DOOMSDAY CLUB is a FREE Kindle Download for a Limited Time

For just a few days, you can get my thriller THE DOOMSDAY CLUB for FREE for your Kindle! That's right, for free!

Ring in 2012 with a Doomsday of a different kind! And remember, the offer's only good for a few days so get your free copy while you can!

PISSED OFF Invades Top 10 Bestseller List for Humour for iBooks Canada

Thanks to iTunes Canada for featuring me on the front page of the Humour section of the Canadian iBookstore, eh!

PISSED OFF is now in the Canadian iBooks top 10 Humour bestseller list!

Link to PISSED OFF in the Canadian iBookstore!

The DIARY OF A MADMAN Paperback is Truly a Thing of Beauty…

Wow. These really came out great. The photo doesn't really do it justice.

And of course, if you want a limited edition signed copy… click here…

Oh, Did I Mention that INFINITY is a Sequel to DIARY OF A MADMAN?

Yes, you read that right. INFINITY follows DIARY OF A MADMAN, but in the same way that DIARY OF A MADMAN follows ANGEL OF DEATH…

INFINITY takes place in a distant-but-not-too-distant future from the events of DOM… And it alludes to specific events that take place in between the end of DOM and the beginning of INFINITY.

And although it hasn't been written yet, I've been planning out a direct sequel to DOM that picks up moments after DOM ends (and moments after ANGEL OF DEATH ends)… It will go into filling the timeline before INFINITY begins… but I have no concrete date for when DOM2 will come out.

And if you want an advance peek at INFINITY (let's just say with some blazing action) I've placed a small preview of the beginning of INFINITY in the paperback version of DIARY OF A MADMAN.

The 2012 drop date for INFINITY has yet to be determined… I want to finish recording the audiobook version first… so stay tuned for details to come!

 

Diary of a Madman Paperback Now On Sale at Amazon

That's right! Now you can order a physical copy of DIARY OF A MADMAN in trade paperback from Amazon! 

Plus, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, in the back of the book is an EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW of my upcoming thriller, INFINITY. 

That's right, be one of the first to check out this extremely kinetic, action-packed story!

Oh, and if you want a signed copy of DIARY OF A MADMAN, click here.

PCH: 2011 Holiday Cracktackular

Hey, one last free episode of PCH because I really appreciate the fanbase out there. Bask in the holiday glory of perennial PCH faves "The Interview with Jesus", "My Most Favorite Christmas Ever", "Santa's Gay" and "I'm Gonna Punch You in the Mouth for Christmas" and of course, "Just Stockings On" by the awesome MUNK.

Mike and I will be returning for another season of PCH in 2012… Stay tuned for details coming soon!

Oh, and PISSED OFF: Is Better Than Being Pissed On..  makes a great holiday gift! Plus, it's only 99 cents, you cheap bastards!

  

DIARY OF A MADMAN now in Paperback!

YOU ASKED FOR IT, you got it! The most requested MYN back catalog release to get the dead tree book treatment, DIARY OF A MADMAN, is now available for order in trade paperback!

Turns out I had a free afternoon after finishing the TRANSISTOR RODEO SOUNDTRACK ALBUM so I decided to take a couple of hours and put together a paperback version and get it uploaded to Amazon's Createspace for some good ol' fashioned book-binding…

It'll be up in the regular Amazon store in a few days, but right now you can order a copy from the DIARY OF A MADMAN Amazon CreateSpace page for just $9.99. 

This was all pretty last minute stuff and I put the pedal to the metal in order to get it out so that you could order one for the Holidays, if you so desire.

And yes, I will be offering signed copies for sale, but not until after the 1st of the year because, believe it or not, I still haven't gotten my copies of the book yet, LOL…

Oh, and just to sweeten the pot, I included a SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW of my upcoming action-thriller series INFINITY in the back of DIARY OF A MADMAN. 

So pick up your copy now… CLICK HERE TO ORDER and be the first to read the first few pages of INFINITY!

Watch the trailer for DIARY OF A MADMAN!

The TRANSISTOR RODEO Soundtrack Album – Now Available!

TRANSISTOR RODEO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM – Featuring 16 tracks and OVER 2 HOURS OF MUSIC! All original underscore written and produced by yours truly… pop your earbuds in while you read and let this pulse-pounding electronic and percussion score bring the story alive.

Only $2.99. CLICK HERE

Some of you may remember the Transistor Rodeo audiobook podcast that I originally did a couple of years back and how I had decided to try something nobody had done before–write a complete musical underscore for the entire book, wall-to-wall… It was a lot of work but I think it really added something to this already incredible story. Now that TRANSISTOR RODEO is out for Kindle, Nook, iBooks and in Paperback, I thought it would be cool to go back and remaster a whole bunch of those original music score tracks and release them so you can experience the book in a whole new way…

Here, check out some of the tracks!

Transistor Rodeo Soundtrack by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff