Stats and sales and success and crap

I don't post a whole lot here about the business end of writing, nor about the ins and outs of self-publishing. This is partly because I think the business end of writing is boring as hell. I mean, I have to worry about it because the IRS might wonder where the extra income is coming from, but it's not something I particularly enjoy dwelling on here. Also, I've said pretty much all I'll ever have to say about the pros and cons of self-publishng when I wrote for Publishing Renaissance, and I h...