I have been having a bumper month when it comes to book sales. I have sold more books in January than I did in November and December combined.
Now, granted, half of those book sales were to me. So, kinda cooking the numbers in an unintentional way. I bought the books so I can sell physical copies at a convention that a friend in publishing is going to be attending, so they will count as sales eventually, but for now it looks like January is just a very good month.
Of course, physical book sales have a much lower margin, and since I had to pay for these, even if I manage to sell all of them, they’re not going to make back all of what I spent… if I’m very lucky, I might break even… assuming that I sell most of them.
Ah well. The goal is just to get books in people’s hands, and hopefully they like them and buy more eventually… and that they buy those directly from me, which means I make money on the sales rather than lose. That’s the goal at least.
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!