On 7th July 2011 I uploaded my first e-book to Amazon. It went live on the 8th. I was curious as to how it would go. 6 months ago I published the data I had collected over the previous few months, and said I would report back again in six months. Six months passed. I was flattened by flu on the anniversary date but I took a snapshot of my sales with the idea I would write them up as soon as I felt better. Other factors lengthened the delay. More illness, deadlines and a holiday without access to the Internet intervened. Anyway, better late than never... So how did it go? Better than I ever imagined when I did that first upload. In my first year I sold approximately 18000 e-books. I say approximately because all of the numbers are not yet … [Read more...]