My final Colouring Book of 2021 is the Punk & New Wave Colouring Book. Another labour of love, I'm realising it appeals to such a niche market that it's possibly never going to sell worth a damn (after two days on sale it's sold one copy). But I have enjoyed doing it, as I have with all these colouring books. And looking at my sales for the past month and the whole year, the stats are fascinating.
In the month of December, the Eurovision book is the clear success story, having sold 33 copies in only a fortnight. It will be interesting to see how that progresses. Having had longer on sale, though, the 1960s book has hardly sold any. That's what makes me realise that it, and the Punk book, were done more for me than anyone else. Then when we look at the whole year's sales, we see that the 1980s book is the hit of the year. It was the fourth book I published, the first to be drawn in the line style I've stuck with, and for whatever reason it's sold 3 times as many as any other book. Is it the cover? Is it the decade? Whatever the reason, 101 sales for the 1980s book will have earned me about £250 (it's hard to say as the royalty varies, it may be more) and should, fingers crossed, continue to sell. As for my 'proper' books, the Shakespeare graphic novels, there they are at the foot of the table (with one of them, Midsummer Night's Dream Team, not having sold a copy on Amazon at all). I console myself that, at live events, the Shakespeare books have been the big sellers (see below). Let's see how this all continues in the new year.
Amazon sales Dec 1 - 31 2021
Eurovision (pub Dec 14) - 33
1960s Pop Stars (pub Dec 9) - 6
Punk & New Wave (pub Dec 28) - 1
1980s Pop Stars - 47 (total 101)
1970s Pop Bumper - 27 (total 38)
2020s Pop Stars - 24 (total 37)
1990s Pops Stars - 11 (total 20)
Pop Stars Annual - 10 (total 18)
1970s Pop Original - 6 (total 25)
Total Amazon sales Jan 1 - Dec 31 2021
1980s Pop Stars - 101
1970s Pop Bumper - 38
2020s Pop Stars - 37
Eurovision (pub Dec 14) - 33
1970s Pop Original - 25
1990s Pops Stars - 20
Pop Stars Annual - 18
Halloween Colouring Book 1 - 14
1960s Pop Stars (pub Dec 9) - 6
Action Blank Comic Book - 5
Halloween Colouring Book 2 - 5
Halloween Blank Comic Book - 3
Super Blank Comic Book - 3
Findlay Macbeth - 2
Prince Of Denmark St - 2
Cute Blank Comic Book - 1
Punk & New Wave (pub Dec 28) - 1
Convention Sales (Clevedon, Coventry, Lakes, Thought Bubble, credit card sales only)
Midsummer Night's Dream Team - 49
Findlay Macbeth - 44
Prince Of Denmark Street - 44
Colouring Books - 20
Wallop Annual - 2
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