Sales for 2011
Now that I'm pretty sure I have all the sales numbers in for all platforms, I'd like to share how many novels I sold or had downloaded last year as an independent author, to give encouragement to those that aren't sure they can do it. I've been doing this for about 4 years, 1 1/2 of which I've actually put any effort at trying to promote my novels, since I've written three in that time span. Last year, I sold or had D/L's of 24,151, in 2010 – 520, 2009 – 68, and in 2008 – 37. Here are the numbers for 2011 for each book and where, from first book or short story published in order to latest:
Amazon (which combines US & UK sales, link to US though)
Out of Time – 2238 (free and paid)
Don't Mess With Earth – 692
The Usurper - 13,310 (free and paid) (currently free to borrow in Lending Library)
Shattered Earth – 6637 (free and paid)
Voyager & The Aliens – 9
Dust Storm – 0
New Frontier (published December 20, 2011) – 4
Apple
Out of Time – 77
Don't Mess With Earth – 10
The Usurper – 3
Shattered Earth – 55
Voyager & The Aliens – 2
Barnes & Noble
Out of Time – 51
Don't Mess With Earth – 175
The Usurper – 180 (currently exclusive to amazon 'til March 7)
Shattered Earth – 81
Voyager & The Aliens -
Dust Storm -
New Frontier – 1
Createspace paperback (which were sold on Amazon or other bookstore sites)
Out of Time – 9
The Usurper – 48
Shattered Earth – 21
New Frontier –
iUniverse (original publisher of Out of Time paperback)
Out of Time – 5
Kobo
Out of Time – 30
Don't Mess With Earth – 1
The Usurper – 4
Shattered Earth – 7
Voyager & The Aliens
New Frontier
Smashwords (free and paid)
Out of Time – 25
Don't Mess With Earth – 27
The Usurper – 176
Shattered Earth – 239
Voyager & The Aliens – 151
Dust Storm – 2
New Frontier – 1
Sony
Out of Time – 8
Don't Mess With Earth – 1
The Usurper – 5
Shattered Earth – 16
Voyager & The Aliens – 18
Virtualbookworm.com (original publisher of Don't Mess With Earth paperback)
Don't Mess With Earth – 7
So, with a lot of hard work and determination, this is what I sold. I know, not the #'s of some of the bigger names in indie publishing, but I feel like I'm accomplishing something.
