I'm going to list people in order of total sales, starting with the lowest first. I hadn't asked anyone about marketing or anything else, but some people did give me comments, which I found interesting so I'll include that here.
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Annie Bellet
Jul - 3
Aug - 4
Sept - 3
Oct - 4
Nov - 2
Dec - 12
Jan - 17 (released another book in Jan)
Feb - 18 (released another book in Feb)
Total Sold: 60
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Literary (all short stories), Sci/fi (1 novelette, 1 short story collection), Fantasy (novel)
I don't really promote and I've just started getting actual novels up under the name that has some traditional publishing sales, so I figure it can only go up from here.
*****
K.A. Jordan
Aug - 16
Sept - 5
Oct - 4
Nov - 1
Dec - 4
Jan - 16
Feb - 15
Total Sold: 61
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Contemporary romance
*****
Tiffany Turner
Jan - 3
Feb - 2
Mar - 0
Apr - 3
May - 4 (2nd bk release on Kindle)
Jun - 8
Jul - 11
Aug - 7
Sep - 0
Oct - 0
Nov - 4
Dec - 9
Jan - 18
Feb - 6
Total Sold: 75
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Middle Grade
*****
Talia Jager
Jul - 4
Aug - 6
Sept - 6
Oct - 8
Nov - 3
Dec - 15
Jan - 17
Feb - 20 (released 2nd book)
Total Sold: 89
Number of Books: 2
Genre: YA - drama
*****
Matthew & Stefanie Verish
Jul - 23
Aug - 10
Sept - 2 (raised price)
Oct - 6 (lowered price)
Nov - 14
Dec - 9
Jan - 23 (Added novelette)
Feb - 34
Total Sold: 121
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Fantasy
*****
John Hamilton
Jun - 3
July - 7
Aug - 1
Sep - 2
Oct - 44
Nov - 8
Dec - 19
Jan - 57
Feb - 55
Total Sold: 141
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Horror, Historical Thriller
*****
Steve Silkin
Jun - 1
Jul - 1
Aug - 0
Sept - 3
Oct - 4
Nov - 41*
Dec - 12
Jan - 15
Feb - 103*
Total Sold: 180
Number of Books: 4
Genre: Political Thriller, Short Story Collections
*Kindle Nation Daily sponsorships
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Chris J. Randolph
Jun - 15
Jul - 20
Aug - 10
Sep - 41
Oct - 42
Nov - 49
Dec - 20
Jan - 27
Feb - 23
Total Sold: 247
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
*****
Consuelo Saah Baehr
Aug - 0
Sept - 10
Oct - 20
Nov - 25
Dec - 33
Jan - 60
Feb - 112
Total Sold: 260
Number of Books: 6
Genre: Historical; Women's Fiction/Suspense; Memoir (non-fiction); Short Stories
*****
Scott Cleveland
Jan - 0
Feb - 1
Mar - 0
Apr - 0
May - 1
Jun - 13
Jul - 10
Aug - 26
Sept -17
Oct - 34
Nov - 31
Dec - 42
Jan - 43
Feb - 46
Total Sold: 264
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Sci-Fi
*****
V.J. Chambers
May - 3
Jun - 19
Jul - 21
Aug - 5
Sept - 4
Oct - 2
Nov - 6
Dec - 3
Jan - 6
Feb - 3
Mar - 1
Apr - 0
May - 9
Jun - 7
Jul - 6
Aug - 9
Sept - 3
Oct - 31
Nov - 27
Dec - 70
Jan - 71
Feb - 106
Total Sold: 341
Number of Books: 8 (but were obviously not all out the entire time. Last two released in February)
Genre: YA Supernatural Romance, YA Horror, Urban Fantasy, Horror (adult)
*****
Judi Coltman
Aug - 8
Sept - 4
Oct - 30
Nov - 16
Dec - 17
Jan - 163
Feb - 179
Total sold: 497
Number of books: 1
Genre: Humor
*****
Michael Crane
Jul - 5
Aug - 12
Sept - 12
Oct - 40
Nov - 38
Dec - 107
Jan - 188
Feb - 222
Total Sold: 627
Number of Books: 4
Genre: Horror/Dark Humor, Short Stories
*****
J.M. Pierce
Apr - 5
May - 11
Jun - 11
Jul - 16
Aug -18
Sept - 19
Oct - 127
Nov - 75
Dec - 152
Jan - 123
Feb - 81
Total Sold: 638
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy
*****
J.M. Zambrano
Jul - 9
Aug - 3
Sep - 1
Oct - 32
Nov - 373
Dec - 40
Jan - 40
Feb - 81
Total Sold: 659
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Mystery/Suspense
*****
Joel Arnold
May - 44
Jun - 62
Jul - 100
Aug - 104
Sept - 99
Oct - 71
Nov - 79
Dec - 73
Jan - 107
Feb - 98
Total Sold: 837
Number of Books: 8
Genre: Horror, Short Story Collections, YA, Mystery
*****
Jamie DeBree
Aug - 7
Sept - 9
Oct - 7
Nov - 28 (Lowered to .99 cents)
Dec - 42 (Joined Independent Author Network for marketing)
Jan - 255 (Released 2nd book)
Feb - 391
Total Sold: 847
Number of Books: 3 (one Mar. release)
Genre: 2 Romantic Suspense, 1 Erotic Romance
*****
Daniel Pyle
Aug - 37
Sept - 28
Oct - 59
Nov - 109
Dec - 176
Jan - 260
Feb - 283
Total sold: 1,042
Number of books: 2
Genre: Horror
*****
Suzanne Tyrpak
Aug - 27 (Dating My Vibrator at $2.99)
Sept - 27
Oct - 27
Nov - 158 (lowered price of Dating My Vibrator to .99cents)
Dec - 352 (added Vestal Virgin at .99 cents mid-month)
Jan - 415 (raised price of Vestal Virgin to $2.99 Jan 2, Kept Dating My Vibrator at .99cents)
Feb - 456
Total Sold: 1,462
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Humor, Historical Romance
*****
Anne Marie Novark
Aug - 9
Sept - 4
Oct - 24
Nov - 9
Dec - 131
Jan - 643
Feb - 826
Total sold: 1,646
Number of books: 7
Genre: Regency Romance, Contemporary Western, Contemporary
*****
Katie Salidas
Mar - 37 (Original Price 4.99)
Apr - 378
May - 401
Jun - 175
Jul - 119 - (Price Drop 3.99)
Aug - 109
Sept - 49 - (Price Drop 2.99)
Oct - 51
Nov - 38
Dec - 81 - (Price Drop to 0.99, Released sequel to the series)
Jan - 195
Feb - 124
Total Sold: 1,757
Number of Books: Author has 5, these numbers are for 1 book.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
*****
Sandy Night
Aug - 2
Sept - 8
Oct - 16
Nov - 44
Dec - 97
Jan - 348
Feb - 1,483
Total Sold: 1,998
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
*****
William Esmont
May - 1
Jun - 11
Jul - 6
Aug - 11
Sep - 10
Oct - 29 (Released 2nd book at end of the month)
Nov - 40
Dec - 99
Jan - 538
Feb - 768
Total Sold: 2,025
Number of Books: 2
Genre: 1 Espionage Thriller, 1 General Thriller
*****
Diana Estill
Aug - 8
Sept - 22
Oct - 105
Nov - 94
Dec - 469 (released third book)
Jan - 942
Feb - 612 (price increase on one book)
Total Sold: 2,252
Number of Books: 3
Genre: Humor
*****
Joseph Mitchell
Jun - 5
Jul - 63
Aug - 70
Sept - 113
Oct - 148
Nov - 210
Dec - 722
Jan - 877
Feb - 445
Total Sold: 2,653
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy
*****
Martin Sharlow
Dec - 6
Jan - 8
Feb - 16
Mar - 5
Apr - 7
May - 35
Jun - 56
Jul - 31
Aug - 52
Sep - 68
Oct - 61
Nov - 91
Dec - 151
Jan - 389
Feb - 2,317
Total Sold: 3,293
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Y.A. Fantasy
*****
John Pearson
Jan - 74
Feb - 48
Mar - 110
Apr - 276
May - 136
Jun - 285
Jul - 345
Aug - 287
Sept - 166
Oct - 248
Nov - 72
Dec - 372
Jan - 1,144
Feb - 579
Total Sold: 4,928 (that's since Jul 09)
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Humor
*****
William Meikle
Apr - 100
May - 300
Jun - 500
Jul - 450
Aug - 1,547
Sept - 2,255
Total Sold: 5,152
Number of Books 8
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror
About 1/2 of the sales were from the Sci-Fi title THE INVASION
*****
Jan Hurst-Nicholson
Jun - 1
Jul - 0
Aug - 0
Sept - 11 (this is when Amazon UK came on line - I think)
Oct - 18
Nov - 34
Dec - 181
Jan - 2,355
Feb - 2,876
Total Sold: 5,476
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Humor
*****
Joseph Nassise
Jan - 7
Feb - 5
Mar - 100
Apr - 106
May - 164
Jun - 161
Jul - 274
Aug - 410
Sept - 431
Oct - 404
Nov - 444
Dec - 844
Jan - 1,633
Feb - 2,121
Total Sold: 7,104
Number of Books: 4
Genre: Urban fantasy, horror
Each significant jump in sales for me was a result of either a change to the cover or to the description. I've done very little promotion, aside from an occasional mention on my blog.
*****
L.C. Evans
Feb - 77 (2 Books priced at $1.99)
Mar - 265
Apr - 415
May - 294
Jun - 169 (Raised price to $2.99)
Jul - 143
Aug - 51
Sept - 108 (Released a third book, Jobless Recovery)
Oct - 90
Nov - 82
Dec - 252
Jan - 1,852 (Released fourth book, The Witness Wore Blood Bay and lowered prices to $.99. Got new cover for WITD.)
Feb - 3,702
Total Sold: 7,500
Number of Books: 4
Genre: Mystery, Chick Lit, Non-Fiction
*****
Valmore Daniels
Jul - 13
Aug - 93
Sep - 194
Oct - 1,583
Nov - 1,642
Dec - 1,118
Jan - 1,768 (Released 2nd Book)
Feb - 1,330
Total: 7,641
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy
*****
Sibel Hodge
Mar - 44
Apr - 60
May - 158
Jun - 197
Jul - 273
Aug - 312
Sept - 359
Oct - 444
Nov - 472
Dec - 1,152
Jan - 2,073 (released My Perfect Wedding)
Feb - 4,012
Total Sold: 9,556
Number of Books: Mostly 2 books (3rd one released last month)
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Chicklit Mystery
*****
Abigail Lawrence
Apr - 13
May - 46
Jun - 50
Jul - 69
Aug - 104
Sept - 96
Oct - 157
Nov - 281
Dec - 1,802
Jan - 3,500
Feb 3,226
Total Sold: 9,772
Number of Books: 1
Genre: YA Coming of Age
*****
Ellen O-Connell
Feb - 182
Mar - 309
Apr - 300
May - 492
Jun - 864
Jul - 678
Aug - 600
Sept - 673
Oct - 571
Nov - 708
Jan - 2,580
Feb - 1,930
Total Sold: 9,887
Number of Books: 3
Genre: Romance, Mystery
*****
David McAfee
Mar - 11
Apr - 97
May - 146
Jun - 256
Jul - 350
Aug - 957
Sept - 1,075
Oct - 1,246
Nov - 1,225
Dec - 1,668
Jan - 2,857
Feb - 2,098
Total Sold: 11,986
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Horror
*****
Monique Martin
Feb - 20
Mar - 18
Apr - 25
May - 16
Jun - 12
Jul - 26
Aug - 80
Sept - 411
Oct - 306
Nov - 321
Dec - 1,167
Jan - 4,461
Feb - 5,899
Total sold: 12,780
Number of books: 1
Genre: Paranormal Romance
*****
Rachel Yu
Sept - 134
Oct - 1,081
Nov - 1,690
Dec - 2,507
Jan - 7,146
Feb - 3,626
Total Sold: 16,184
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Picture Books for Children
*****
Lexi Revellian
Aug - 9
Sept - 81
Oct - 664
Nov - 1,559
Dec - 4,281
Jan - 5,940
Feb - 3,692
Mar - 735
Total Sold: 16,952
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
In February, Remix was no longer featured on Amazon UK's ebooks under £2 page, which was brilliant exposure - I think this is why sales dropped.
*****
Karen Cantwell
Jun - 45
Jul - 151
Aug - 1,083
Sept - 1,909
Oct - 1,628 (released Marr-nia short story collection)
Nov - 1,505
Dec - 3,685
Jan - 7,213
Feb - 8,429
Total Sold: 25,648
Number of Books: 2
Genre: Mystery, Short Stories
*****
David Dalglish
Feb - 76
Mar - 103
Apr - 341
May - 332
Jun - 475
Jul - 727
Aug - 840
Sept - 843
Oct - 2,146
Nov - 2,366
Dec - 4,635
Jan - 7,514
Feb - 7,682
Total sold: 28,000
Number of books: now up to 8 (plus an Omni).
Genre: all fantasy but for one short-story anthology.
*****
Beth Orsoff
Jun - 4 (1 book, 1 week)
Jul - 118 (released 2nd book in week 3)
Aug - 571
Sept - 767
Oct - 644
Nov - 1,157 (released 3rd book in week 1, put all three books up on B&N Thanksgiving weekend)
Dec - 3,836
Jan - 13,194
Feb - 12,169
Total Sold: 32,460
Number of Books: 3
Genre: Chick Lit, Romantic Comedy
*****
Michael J. Sullivan
(These numbers are approx.)
Apr - 1,000
May - 1,000
Jun - 1,000
Jul - 1,000
Aug - 1,000
Sept - 1,000
Oct - 2,600 (5th book released)
Nov - 7,600
Dec - 10,500
Jan - 11,500
Feb - 10,500
Total Sold: 48,700
Number of Books: 5
Genre: Fantasy
*****
Victorine Lieske
Apr - 7
May - 151
Jun - 456
Jul - 176
Aug - 106
Sept - 389
Oct - 1,401
Nov - 2,670
Dec - 11,162
Jan - 21,484
Feb - 28, 745
Total Sold: 66,766
Number of Books: 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
*****
Tina Folsom
Jun - 410
Jul - 1,223 (released my 2nd Vampire novel on July 2 & redesigned covers of older books)
Aug - 3,215 (signed up with Smashwords)
Sep - 1,901
Oct - 14,779 (signed up with Pubit!, also: Amazon had my short story Steal Me as a 4-day freebie - sold 9,500 copies, these are included in this figure, because Amazon paid me royalties on this)
Nov - 3,663
Dec - 23,597 (released my 3rd Vampire novel on Dec 2)
Jan - 26,852
Feb - 22,406
Total: 88,046
Genre; Romance/Paranormal/Erotic
Titles: 12 (incl. short stories)
*****
