Sunday, 4 October 2026

October Book Sales

Me and my photo in the programme for the Lakes International Comic Festival where I started the month with what looked to me like the biggest single sales day of the year so far*

LIVE SALES

Saturday Oct 3 - LICAF Kendal day one - 41 books, 4 comics (£435)

*Okay, it turns out to be second to Hi Vis last month where I sold even more. But given that I spent two hours in the morning doing a class at the Library, this was a pretty impressive run, selling out of a couple of key books, embarrassingly.

8 x Romeo col
6 x Romeo bw
5 x Richard col (sold out)
3 x Richard bw
2 x FM
3 x PODS
3 x MNDT
2 x Omnibus (sold out)
2 x Elain
2 x Kids (Humpty, Pigs)
6 x Colouring
- 2 x Xmas, Doctors
- 1 x 2020s, Euro vol 2
4 x Shakes comic

Sunday Oct 4 - LICAF Kendal day two - 24 books (£236)

4 x Romeo col (sold out)
3 x Romeo bw
2 x Richard bw
3 x FM
1 x PODS
1 x MNDT
1 x Esther col
1 x Tales From Bible
2 x Elain (sold out)
2 x Socks Shakespeare
1 x Kids (Sausages) (sold out)
3 x Colouring
- 1 x 2020s, 90s, 80s

Memo for next time: make sure you are fully stocked with the popular books! Romeo & Juliet in colour, and Richard The Third in colour both sold out, as did the Shakespeare Omnibus and Space Elain. Admittedly I had ordered books and they all arrived back at home while I was away,  too late (I hadn't left enough time for them to come after big sales at Hi Vis and Marlborough, so must remember: there is no harm in over-stocking. I sold 12 colour Romeos and 5 colour Richards and would have sold more if I'd had them, ditto Omnbusses.)

9 Oct - King Arthurs Wincanton - 1 book  (£8)

1 x FM
(more orders to come, after the fact, I think*)

(* Never happened)


(above: my new table cloth makes its debut at Bristol Creed. Did it attract a near-record number of people to my table, or was that down to the organisers who delivered another super-busy event, where the traffic and sales kept going right to the last minute?)

Sun 11 Oct - Bristol Creed - 40 books (£438)

5 x Romeo col
1 x Romeo bw
3 x Richard col
3 x FM
2 x PODS
2 x MNDT
4 x Omnibus (sold out)
4 x Elain col
2 x Kids Pigs
1 x Kids Poopy
1 x Kids Sausages
12 x Colouring:
- 7 Doctors
- 1 x 2020s, Xmas, 90s, Hollywood, Euro vol 1 

Tues 13 Oct - Ashton Keynes Primary, Wilts - 15 books (£174)

5 x Romeo col
2 x Romeo bw
6 x Richard col
2 x Richard bw

Sat Oct 17 - Papworth & Yaxley Libraries - 12 books + 2 comics (£144)

2 x Romeo col
3 x Richard col
2 x Tales From Bible
1 x Elain col
1 x PODS
2 x MNDT
1 x Kids: Sausages
2 x Shakes comic

Thursday Oct 22 - Cranleigh Arts - 7 books (£91)

2 x Romeo col
2 x Richard col
1 x PODS
1 x Omnibus
1 x Kids: Sausages

Sat Oct 24 - Stamford Arts - 10 books, 5 comics (£166)

3 x Romeo col
1 x Richard col
1 x FM
2 x Elain col
1 x Kids Pigs
1 x Kids Sausages
1 x Kids Poopy
5 x Shakes comic

Sun Oct 25 - Arts Depot, Finchley - 10 books (£130)

7 x Romeo col (sold out)
2 x Richard col
1 x PODS

Weds Oct 28 - Plough Arts - 11 books (£127)

2 x Romeo bw
1 x Richard col
1 x MNDT
1 x Omnibus
1 x Elain col
1 x Kids Pigs
2 x Kids Humpty
1 x Kids Sausages (sold out)
1 x Kids Poopy

Thurs Oct 29 - Grantham Guildhall - 16 books, 1 comic (£159)

3 x Romeo bw
3 x Richard col
1 x Richard bw
1 x MNDT
1 x Elain col
2 x Esther col
1 x Shakes comic

Sat Dec 31 - YALC day one - 17 books, 3 comics (£277*)
(*£195 of that book sales, £82 caricatures)

4 x Romeo col
5 x FM
1 x PODS
3 x MNDT
1 x Omnibus
1 x Joseph
2 x Tales From Bible

Live book sales October 2026 =  177 books, 14 comics (£2099)

40 x Romeo col
17 x Romeo bw
26 x Richard col
8 x Richard bw
15 x FM
10 x PODS
13 x MNDT
9 x Omnibus
11 x Space Elain col
3 x Esther col
1 x Joseph col
3 x Tales From Bible
2 x Kids: Poopy
4 x Kids: Sausages
3 x Kids: Pigs
3 x Kids: Humpty
2 x Socks Shakespeare
21 x Colouring books
10 x Shakes comic

Live events / classes et al  =  177 books, 14 comics (£2099) 
(Sept 102 + 4, £1322; August 136 + 32, £1665; July 98 + 20, £1141; June 111 books + 17 comics, £1313; May 72, £862.90; April 185, £2111.54; March 181, £2153.41)
D2D -  9 books ($10.59)
(Sept = 17, $23.34; Aug = 19, $23.13; July = 84*, $27.65; June = 4, $5.42; May = 7, $8.09; April = 12, $13.54; March = 54, $74.79)
Etsy - x books (£x)      
(Sept = 5 books (£23.92), Aug = 4, £23.77; July = 7, £56.97; June = 1, £7.99; May 6, £50.95; April 2, £8.98; March 4, £32.96)
Lulu - x books (£x)   
(Aug = 4, £5.03; July 2, £1.43; June 4, £7.79; May 6, £12, April 6, £6.91; March 7, £6.11)
Blurb - x book, £x     
(Sept = 0, Aug = 1, £1.26; July = 0; June 1, $1.68; May 0, April 0, March 1, 61p)
Podcast downloads - 222 
(Sept = 236, Aug 205, July 188, June 259, May 278, April 164, March 96)
Blog views  - 262,981
(Sept 284k, Aug 201,519, July 293,000, June 497,446; May 365,397, April 340,000, March 300,000)
Youtube views  - x, subs x    
(Sept 6291, Aug 2032, subs 4982 ; July  3555, subs 4977; June 2070, subs 4973)


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