OK, Who Is Brave Enough To Post Their November Numbers?

[David McAfee]

I'll start. My numbers in November aren't as good as rsullivan's, (AWESOME job, BTW!), or even as good as my October numbers in terms of actual book sales, but I'll take 'em. Here they are:

33 AD: 564 (Best month ever in terms of number sold, and that includes August 2010 when I had my KND sponsorship)
Saying Goodbye to the Sun: 100
The Lake and 17 Other Stories: 501
GRUBS: 25
A Pound of Flash: 35

Total Returns: 6 (3 for 33 A.D. and 3 for The Lake and 17 Other Stories)
Total Sales (after returns): 1,225

These are Kindle numbers only, US and UK.

[Daniel Arenson]

In November, I sold 191 books (that I know of).  I might have sold a few more on BarnesAndNoble and Kobo which Smashwords isn't reporting yet.  Here's my November breakdown:

Firefly Island : 105 (total: 1433)
Flaming Dove : 63 (total: 262)
The Word Weaver's Grimore (Creative Writing Tips and Tricks) : 12 (total: 24)

Overall, a decent month for me, and my second-strongest month to date.  Last month I sold 203, but last month I had a Kindle Nation Daily sponsorship.  I'd love to sell over 200 in December.

[David McAfee]

Having read Firefly Island, I can honestly say it deserves more than 105 sales a month.

[rsullivan9597]

The final numbers for November

  2,539 - The Crown Conspiarcy        
20,631 - Avempartha*                    
  1,149 - Nyphron Rising                  
     988 - The Emerald Storm              
     986 - Wintertide                            


*Note some large % of these were "free downloads" - don't know the total breakdown yet.

[FrankZubek]

d*mn David you get up early down south!

Empath sold 16 ( !!!  )  in November which is 6 more than usual for the previous two months of
 Sept (10) & Oct. (10)

A BURNING ANGER (Book 2 in a running series)  should come out this weekend- (I'm polishing it now -for those out there waiting) and I hope it at least matches my monthly average (which seems to be about 10 a month)

I think that's a decent amount considering it's a mystery/paranormal (though, non-romantic paranromal) horror book since it's premiere in September
EDITED to include my UK numbers- don't want to ignore my over-the-pond readers! 
7 sold in UK in November   Thanx to all overseas

[FrankZubek]

Awww, nuts -I had to follow rsullivan??

I think next month I'll wait a bit.....  but awesome numbers up there-- you can retire from nearly any day job with those numbers. Can't you?

[derekprior]

"Thanatos Rising" - 68

"The Resurrection of Deacon Shader" - 28

"Foundations for a Better Physique" - 14

Plus 9 paperback sales.

[Zack Hamric]

The final numbers for November

  2,529 - The Crown Conspiarcy         
20,571 - Avempartha*                     
  1,142 - Nyphron Rising                   
     984 - The Emerald Storm             
     981 - Wintertide                             


*Note some large % of these were "free downloads" - don't know the total breakdown yet.

The thing I'm loving about those numbers is that even after throwing out the freebies, that's a huge number of books at $2.99 or more...Way to go!

Zack

[D.A. Boulter]

Nothing to write home about:

Courtesan: 22
Pelgraff: 8
Novellas: 4

Total 34 . . . which is a lot better than October (14) but 6 short of a record for me.

[Zack Hamric]

Blank Slate- 121
Crescent Rising- 316
Crescent Rising DTB- 12

Total for November- 449

Zack
December should be rockin' for everyone!

[JJWestendarp]

Sold 18 total copies: 14 at Amazon, 2 at B&N, and 2 at Smashwords.

[Dawn Judd]

Reining In - 52
Phantom Rising - 11

Not huge numbers, but I've never sold that many in one month.  Phantom Rising was just released this month.  Until last month, Reining In never sold that many in a month, and it's been out for over a year.

[John Hamilton]

I sold 8 at $2.99, which actually netted me more money than last month's 33 sold at $.99.  I'm kind of letting "Night Touch" die on the vine.  It was a good learning experience, but now I'm concentrating on my historical adventure novel, which should come out this week or next.  Gotta keep trying!

Dang, you guys up above are pulling down rock-star numbers!  Congrats!

[Christine Merrill]

33 on Amazon
1 on Amazon UK
and credit for 4 Kobo sales on Smashword.

I've made my 1 a day goal for the month.  Now I get to set a new goal.   The thrills are cheap over here.

And congratulations to everyone who kicked my butt.

[Daniel Pyle]

Not including paperbacks, I sold 104 last month.

Down the Drain:  40
     Amazon:  34
     Amazon UK:  3
     B&N:  1
     iBooks:  1
     Website:  1
Dismember:  64
     Amazon:  35
     Amazon UK:  8
     B&N:  4
     iBooks:  15
     Smashwords:  1
     Goodreads:  1

Dismember wasn't available until November 9th (and not until the 19th in iBooks), so I'm pretty pleased with those numbers.  I'm anxious to see how I do in my first full month with a full-length novel.

(I sold 36 paperbacks in November, so if you throw those in, my total is 140).

[rsullivan9597]

Awww, nuts -I had to follow rsullivan??

I think next month I'll wait a bit.....  but awesome numbers up there-- you can retire from nearly any day job with those numbers. Can't you?

Michael has been writing full time for the last 5 years - we've basically been living off one income.  But...his sales over the past few months constitute a "living wage" - (just not where we live where the COL is VERY high).  What we don't know is if it is a "blip" or the start of a trend - if a blip I have to keep my day job - if a trend then I would like nothing more than to quit my day job two and have our whole family supported off his writing.

[Daniel Arenson]

Having read Firefly Island, I can honestly say it deserves more than 105 sales a month.

Thanks, David.    Want to buy a couple hundred this month? 

[FrankZubek]

Actually, Daniel, as I recall, nobody can buy more than one copy per Kindle.

If thats true (not counting the ability to share books lately) everyone's numbers are impressive since each sale is a totally new person who was interested enough to buy your book. I would think once some word of mouth gets going, (with Kindle buddies emailing each other to suggest books to read a book to others.....) the sales really pick up.

[Blodwyn]

Har - 23. But it's my first month out there and it hasn't been promoted, so I feel okay about it. I do dislike the brown bar of shame that appeared this morning!

[EllenFisher]

Here are mine, including Amazon US and UK and PubIt:

In the Mood: 357
Isn't It Romantic?: 333
Unwrapped: 329
All I Ever Wanted: 219
Never Love a Stranger: 144
Love Remembered: 55
Farthest Space: 15


...plus about forty sales under my pen name.

In the Mood was my top seller on US Amazon; All I Ever Wanted did best on UK Amazon; Unwrapped did best on PubIt.  There's a clear pattern here; readers like my contemporaries best.  But overall everything's doing fairly well except poor little Farthest Space... I think maybe I'll just start giving that one away.

[Valmore Daniels]

ebooks: 1606 @ $2.99
dtb: 20 @ $15.99

[JoeMitchell]

Shard Mountain - November

210 Kindle @$2.99
  11 Kindle UK @£2.17
   5 Pubit @$3.99
   0 Smashwords @$3.99
   4 DTBs @$14.99

Total sales so far combined: 662

[robertduperre]

My sixth straight month of improvement:

The Fall - 131 kindle, 3 pubit, 3 paperback

The Gate - 16 kindle

147 total

[David 'Half-Orc' Dalglish]

Weight: 425  (@ 0.99)
Cost: 252  (@ 1.99)
Death: 181  (@ 2.99)
Shadows: 357  (@ 2.99)
Omni: 225  (@ 3.99)
Dance: 716  (@2.99)
Guardian: 130  (@ 0.99)
Ash: 80  (@ 0.99)

Total: 2366

Freaking awesome month. Dance's sales continue to blow me away. My original goal for it, since it was outside my series, was 50 a month. Hahahah. I'm so often wrong. Can't wait to see what the iBookstore numbers are!

David Dalglish

[ericbt]

A grand total of 5 ebooks and 0 DTBs.  I think October was better, but I'm too discouraged to check.  I exhausted my list of family and friends long ago, so all of these sales are to people I don't know.   At least that's encouraging.  And I've already had a sale today, so maybe Dec will be a better month. 

SEAMS16:A New Home
   Amazon - 0
   Amazon UK - 2
   Smashwords - 0
SEAMS16:Arrival
   Amazon - 2
   Amazon UK - 0
   Smashwords - 0
Sam And The Dragon
   Amazon - 1
   Amazon UK - 0
   Smashwords - 0