Here, courtesy of Peggy Sue Macrea on Facebook, is the very first example of one of my colouring book pages actually coloured by someone. They've done the first page of the Eurovision Book, let's hope they've moved on to the slightly more famous faces since.
It's appropriate that the Eurovision Book should have been so commemorated. Because, after three months of a very busy 2022, during which time I've been a bit busy with house moving and trying to write a crime novel, I've been able to monitor the sales of my books, mostly the Colouring ones, which trickle in on a daily basis, and one book has done better than the rest. No runaway successes here, but better than a poke in the eye with a sharp colouring pencil.
Eurovision - 37 (+5 on Etsy)
1980s Pop - 33
Scottish Pop - 17
Book Of Esther - 16
80s Superstars - 14
Bowie - 10
1970s Pop (newer) - 9
Punk - 9
1990s Pop - 8
2020s Pop - 8
1960s Pop - 6 (+2 on Etsy)
1970s Pop (old) - 6
Rom Com - 6
Xmas Movies - 4
PODS - 2 (+1 on Etsy)
MNDT - 2
Pop Annual - 1
Queens - 1
Situation Murder - 1
FM - 0 (1 on Etsy)
The Eurovision Colouring Book was the first to get reactions on all the social media, and in the last week has started to get noticed on Tik Tok. I'll try publicising my other books there and see what happens. Eurovision has definitely found a niche, which I know could be exploited better.
Scottish Pop did well from a little bit of publicity, including an article in the Sunday Post and an interview on BBC Radio Scotland. And Book Of Esther has done well online, on top of which the Jewish Museum in New York ordered 15 copies. Let's see how I can reach more people with that one.
The also-rans in this year's endeavours are my three 'proper' books, namely my Shakespeare adaptations. Though they did best at the comic festivals last year, they've sold hardly a copy this year. I must find a way of reaching people with them. Let's see what Tik Tok could do.
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