June 17th: Last night I ordered 1 dozen copies of my book. Let’s add $122.04 to my running total. One of these will go to Rick Reed, the author who wrote the blurb for my book. One will go to the Amazon reviewer I’ve mentioned. A few will go in media kits, which I’ll discuss later. And two or three copies will go on my own bookshelf. But one copy is being used for a promotion on my author weblog right now. I’m holding a contest and giving away one free copy. If you’d like to sign up, then click here.
Total investment in this project to date: $519.47
June 19th: I received an email from Lulu today saying my ISBN has been accepted into the Bowker’s system, which means as systems update it is now available to all companies who use the Books In Print system. That was pretty fast, 11 days actually since I finalized the project on Lulu. The email also states over the next 6 weeks the book will be uploaded to Amazon, B&N, etc. In speaking with other Lulu authors, I know this process can happen much quicker, especially with Amazon. I’ll keep you posted. I’ll be checking Amazon every day!
June 20th: I’m not on Amazon yet, but I did get an email from Lulu last night saying my dozen copies had shipped and will be here next Tuesday. I went with UPS shipping this time since it was a bit cheaper than Postal Priority. Here’s some interesting information…my sales rank on Lulu for this book was at 65,000 prior to today. The only copies sold are the ones I’ve purchased. Today, my sales rank jumped to 34,000. I didn’t know the Lulu Sales Rank counted your own sales. It might as well, I guess. Every sale helps no matter who bought it.
June 21st: Woo! Hoo! Just sold my first copy of my book to a friend’s relative who was visiting. They gave me $15.00 cash. That brings my investment down to $504.47! Hey, gotta start somewhere!
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