Sales numbers for a few items

[valarltd]

Amber Quill:
Curse of the Pharaoh's Manicurists: 206
Alive on the inside 113
Master Bear 321

For comparison:
Phaze:
Collared Hearts:297
Frosted Hearts: 166
Pushing the boundaries of Reality 13

Torquere:
Kestrel on the Horizon 170
Color of magic/color of money 97
Averages sales in 08 and 09 were about 115/book, from a low of 20 to a high of 190.

Pink Petal:
Shell-Shocked: 474
Showdown at Yellowstone River: 38

Ellora is so far off the scale it's not funny.
For Love of Etarin: 881
Glad Hands: 1004
Heart of a Forest: 511
Ellora's Cavemen: 443

Comments

[deza.livejournal.com]

Have you pimped Shell-Shocked to the disability community yet? I know sites like http://www.disaboomlive.com/ have forums with the occasional announcement of a book featuring a disabled protagonist. Just a thought. ;)

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. It wasn't one of my usual promotional places. Although if you'd like to rec it, I would be tickled. (If you haven't read it, I'll send a copy so you can)

[deza.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm not an emotional place where I can read about fictional characters in chairs just yet. :( I know, weaksauce excuse, but I'm still coming to grips, and I wouldn't be able to give it a fair treatment. OTOH, if you want to shoot me a short blurb and the relevant info, I'll happily put that up for you!

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It's not an excuse, it's your reality. And I totally get that.

Blurb, link and cover art link on the way via PM

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

They're all right. Not "making a living at this" numbers, not even average, according to Emily's graphs, but not too awful.

I figured Master Bear would do well. Contemporaries do. I think Chain-male will do better because it's cute and fluffy and slightly kinky with no big issues.

Manicurists is failing on the title, I think.

Glad Hand's numbers are for 18 months of sales. Heart of the Forest's numbers are for 10 months. Etarin has been 2 and a half years.

[deza.livejournal.com]

You've been pimped! I hope it helps out. :)

[heraldofdarknes.livejournal.com]

*applauds* These numbers are yay, Angela. I'm so happy for ya!

And to be fair, I loved Manicurists. The title threw me off a little, and made me look at the book with the spock eyebrow. But once I dug in, it was one of your better pieces.