Week one of self-publishing experiment

How Astrid Found Her Passion has been available on Kindle for nine days and at Smashwords for a week.

In the week on Smashwords, it's been purchased three times, and a sample downloaded eleven times. In the nine days on Kindle, there's also been three sales. I don't have the sample downloaded figures there.

So the first question – it seems clear from the data provided by Smashword that none of those sample downloads have resulted in purchases. Does that mean there's something wrong with the first part of the story? Is it not grabbing people? Or do people not buy immediately after downloading a sample because they've not read it yet. Are those samples on the various TBR piles and sales are forthcoming?

I don't know what the expected percentage of downloads to purchases is – is this too high, or is it the norm? These are all interesting questions that I shall research the answers too.

I've not done any publicity for the book, apart from the initial announcement letting people know. So this week, I'll do a couple of publicity bids for it and see what impact that has on sales. May not report in directly next week since I'll be in Melbourne and I'm anticipating very little internet connectivity, but we'll see.

In the meantime – have you bought your copy?

[image error] Astrid Summer has never been sure what her purpose in life is. On a regular trip to think about her options, she finds herself in a strange place with a multitude of options. What will she do?