Well, it’s a New Year. A whole new year in which to achieve things. I’m hoping 2014 will be the big year, when I start making more self-publishing than it costs!
2013 was a pretty good year. I published 3 books, which I wouldn’t have predicted at the start of the year. I sold 675 books, and gave away a lot more, over 10,000! Never would have imagined that either. I’ve made a few hundred dollars, but it’s cost me more than that in editing, so no true profit yet.
I have big plans for 2014. The goal is to publish 4 more books. Two in my sci-fi series, A Barren Planet Romance, one non-fiction, and one other, which will probably be a fantasy of some sort. I’m planning some big promo when Reckless Recon, the third book in my series is released, and hoping to see some real movement on it.
It’s going to be a busy year!
What are your plans for 2014?
Fantastic achievements, Rinelle (I’m a teeny bit jealous of your sales and can now see what is possible with lots of work on promotion, which I know I haven’t done)
I have no doubt that you’ll reach and exceed your 2014 goals!
Yeah, unfortunately the promotion is unavoidable if you want to make sales! There are just too many books on Amazon these days. Writing a series also helps, my standalone has barely had any sales!
I definitely saw that with THSH – volume 1 has has 575 downloads on Smashwords, but the later volumes are still round 300 each, and each new volume gets to around 100 downloads almost immediately. Means people are (hopefully) actually reading them rather than downloading them just because they’re free.
Here’s to a profitable 2014.
Here, here! Hope you have a great year too, Nana.
I have nominated you to receive some (virtual) cake! 🙂 http://writermummy.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/super-sweet-blogging-award/