Book sales, slow but sure
I’ve finally found the opportunity to sit down and quickly reflect on the publishing of this book. The text has been “released” for 8 days now, and has sold 115 copies thus far. 97% of these sales were through my own site, with the remainder being sold through Amazon (which is just fine with me – Amazon takes a ridiculous 55%!). Qualitative feedback has been strong, but I’m still waiting to see some kind of formal response to the contents (through reviews, discussion, etc). This is probably the largest challenge, now – to gauge the response, and try to create some sort of dialogue about the contents.
Shipping and handling is pesky, but not too difficult – I could see it being problematic if the quantity of books being moved was 3x or 4x, but the small number makes it fairly easy. It’s kind of interesting to see who is buying this, too: there are 17 international orders, with people interested as far away as Malaysia and Malta. I wish there was a way to see what these people look like; for some reason, I want to associate a face with each order, as if these people are sitting in a classroom with me or something.