What I've Learned in Self Publishing (thus far)

Tracking sales on a book that's been out roughly three weeks is kind of difficult, but I've actually come across some interesting facts about my book sales thus far.



Firstly, in spite of a lot of traditional publishing data to the contrary the ebook sales have been pretty menial, while Hardcover has outsold both the Paperback and ebooks combined, which is kind of fascinating to me mostly because going in I was sort of debating the hardcover option for the pure fact that I was under the impression the ebooks would always outsell the print copies. I have an iPad, I can see why you'd want an ebook more than a print edition; conversely there's something exciting about the print version of your own book. Holding your own book is an incredibly powerful thing. Signing your book is incredibly powerful too. Honestly holding my book and signing my book is probably the most exciting part of this whole process (and making money for my work doesn't hurt either).