Summer

I got my monthly statement from the publisher yesterday, which lags a few months behind in accounting and paying for sales. The summer was good to me. It’s interesting in that the marketplace reports differently. By that, I mean the sales I’m getting paid for are from July for Amazon and B&N, while the timeframe is August for iBooks (Apple). I’m not sure why it takes so long to push everything through the system. After all, I thought computers were supposed to make everything easier and faster. Anyway, this is by far my biggest month, but it took an awful lot of advertising to do it. Let’s just say I’m not quitting my day job. We’re talking hundreds of dollars, not thousands. I’ve said this before, but if you took a look at what I’ve spent on publishing and advertising vs. income, you’d question my sanity. There’s a reason people who self-published went through what used to be called a “vanity press” although you don’t hear that term so much anymore. I suppose spending a lot of your own money to put out a book could be considered vain, although the alternative is to never publish unless it’s through a big house publisher. I like that we have the ability to self-publish, no matter what you call it.