Comments on: When Failure is 90,000 Books Sold

By: Echo Heron

Echo Heron — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:10:17 +0000

On Ms. See’s feeling she failed at 90,000 books sold. I know EXACTLY how she feels. It seems, in this day and age, if a book does not become an overnight “blockbuster bestseller”, it’s considered a disappointment by the publisher. Sad for the editor, but mostly for the author.

By: Juliene Berk

Juliene Berk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:42:54 +0000

Why don’t you start a niche marketing site on the internet? I, and I’m sure every other author who is trying to live in a niche, would be happy to contribute a buck or bucks for every book sold. Nowadays, as you intimate, it’s all niche anyway.

Juliene

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:22:38 +0000

I wish I had some idea of sales figures in the States, but, you know, the publisher has to wait something like a year and a half to send me royalty statements.

So far, the book has earned me about $44 thousand, not counting my personal book sales. Not bad for a first book; not good for 5 years of effort.

Looking forward to the next one. It’s coming along.

By: The curmudgeon

The curmudgeon — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:34:01 +0000

The yummy Ms. Scanlon hit the spot with this one. Points well taken!

By: Bridget Biggane

Bridget Biggane — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:31:48 +0000

You’re an observant writer/editor/publisher who combines an authoritative voice with a jolly good set of questions; then you add a “pinch” of humor — with the occasional kick up the bum. (The “Maureen Dowd” of publishing critiques as it were….)

Another thought-provoking read. (I hope all those publishers out there ARE reading it, and taking note.) Well done.