July 8th: I called the Ingram hotline yesterday and its still only reporting sales of those 3 copies, yet my Amazon sales rank has been bouncing up and down from 70,000 to 300,000, leading you to believe I’m selling copies. Maybe I am, and those are being printed through Amazon’s Booksurge, and I won’t see sales figures for two more months.
In other news, I posted an ad in the Lulu forum offering to help others with their book covers. I’m only charging $50.00 for a full cover (front and back) design if the author provides me with artwork or ideas. (Jeremy Robinson offers full book cover design for $850.) Two people have already responded. I’m currently working with one author, and finished the other last night. The finished author paid me $60.00 and wants me to do another cover for his next book. Why this isn’t important to my book’s lifespan and promotion, I am recouping the money I spent on the BC Pro program.
Yesterday, I also shipped the copy of my book which I sold on Amazon. Due to the holiday weekend and all, I went ahead and shipped it Priority Mail which costs me $4.80. That only leaves me with $5.35 profit, but the book was free to me and the customer will get it quicker. Amazon has strict shipping guidelines on how quick you need to ship and how long it can take for a customer to get a book from you, so just be aware of that before posting your own books for sale out there.
With the sale of this book, and my new book cover design offering, here’s how I will be reporting sales figures from now on…
Total money invested on this project to date (after book sales only): $582.63
Total money invested on this project after all sales and services: $524.67 (This is the sales figure above minus $57.96 made from my first book cover design project. Paypal took $2.04 of the $60 as a fee.)
I spent $167 on the Book Cover Pro program, so another 2 or 3 book cover jobs at $50 each will have paid for it!
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