Eighty-three? Not that bad.

Eighty-three really isn't that bad.  My brother was born in 1983 during a winter storm but I'm not talking about him.  Eighty-three represents the total number of books I sold in my first full month of eBook sales.  (The total includes sales from Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes and Noble.)  Believe it or not, I sold more eBooks in one month than I ever did in paperback books.  (My first novella, I Wish I Would've was published in May 2009.)  My numbers this month look like they will be better than last month.  I will say that I have learned more in the last three months about self-pubbing and I am getting more exposure. 

Another note about last month, I received wonderful reviews and emails from readers.  One reader emailed me to tell me about an experience she had that was almost the exact experience as the boy in Sixty-7.  (It was a good experience.) 

Here's her review:  "After reading the first novel in Aynoit Ashor's "Family Secrets Series", I quickly grabbed this download and headed to my favorite coffee shoppe. I was not disappointed and as before I could not put it down until finished. Once I finished reading Sixty-7, I found myself reflecting on my childhood (I was blessed) and those of some of my friends and relatives (who faced ugly trials as children). I have to point out that I related so much to a particular event in the novel that I had to stop and regroup before I continued on. (Don't want to give anything away, so I will email the author.) It is an emotional read well worth your time. I await the next in the series!!"
Well, I am working on Novella #3 in the Family Secrets Series, the working title is Too Young for What.