Thursday, 11 May 2023

Book sales - slight improvement, and a puzzle


Who are swestbooks, and how are they selling my book on Amazon? I asked them, and the very next day this book (Eurovision Volume 2) suddenly became unavailable on Amazon. Such is the mysterious world of selling things online. Eurovision volumes one and two are now unavailable on Amazon - you can get them here on Etsy. However their translated versions are out there, as you'll see below.

For sales made a slight improvement this month...

It's not a King's ransom, or indeed anywhere near what my books were doing a year ago, but I have made £52.26 from Lulu for books sold via Amazon (and, other places) in May. This compares with:
April just £8.56, March £38.57, Feb £35.25, and Jan £26.84.

Here's how the sales break down:

Eurovision Spanish Edition - 12 copies:  4 (UK) - £5.25 + 1 (US) - 89p + 2 (Italian) - £2.53 + 5 (Germany) £6.34 
Eurovision French Edition - 7 copies (via Hachette) - £10.81
Eurovision Swedish Edition - 4 copies: 1 (Australia) - £1.45 + 1 (US) - £1.01 + 2 (Germany) £2.90
Punk - 3 (US) - £2.76
Midsummers Nights Dream Team - 2 (Germany) - £2.93
Eurovision Best Of British - 2 (UK) - £2.88
Doctor Who - 2 (UK) - £2.55
Rom Com - 2 (US) - £2.02
80s Superstars  - 1 (UK) - £1.54
2020s Pop - 1 (Italy) - £1.48
Royalty - 1 (German) - £1.48
Findlay Macbeth - 1 (Aus) - £1.47
80s Pop - 1(UK) - £1.45
Shakespeare Omnibus - 1 (UK)  - 54p


So, no sales for the English language versions of the Eurovision books, or for the German or Italian versions - despite sales coming from Germany and Italy! Madness. Over on Etsy, it looks like this:

Etsy sales April 2023 = £171.05

Eurovision Volume 1 - 10 copies - £90.87
Eurovision Volume 2 - 6 copies - £41.94
Punk - 3 copies £20.97
Eurovision 2 digital - 1 - £0.99
Tales From The Bible - 1 - £10.99
Midsummer Nights Dream Team - 1 £5.99


Most profitable side-hustle at the moment is flogging stuff on eBay. This £259 worth from the last 3 months includes two of my childhood Action Men, that went for £23 and £46 each, and also...

9 x Punch mags 1998-91 - £21
6 x Fringe programmes - £5.50 (cost more to post than I'd been paid, even inc postage)
4 x Fringe programmes - £8 (got stolen and replaced with a lump of wood)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - £5.99
James Bond Aston Martin - £3.99
Batmobile - £8
... and sundry other magazine bundles for around a fiver each.

NB You can't sell old NMEs from the 2000s, why do you even try?

Update: There's a lot of this going on. I've found my books being sold by lots of people. Then this just came into my in-tray:




My Books and where to get them:

Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy 
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon
Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy 

Eurovision Colouring Vol 1 Amazon -  Lulu  - Etsy 
Eurovision Colouring Vol 2 - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 

Eurovision French edition - édition en français
Eurovision Spanish edition - Libro para colorear
Eurovision German edition - Popstar Malbuch
Eurovision Italian edition - il libro da colorare 
Eurovision Swedish edition - Popstjärna Målarbok
Eurovision Colouring Best Of British - Amazon

Doctor Who Colouring - Amazon - Lulu  - Etsy 
Punk Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
60s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
70s Pop Star Colouring - Amazon  - Lulu  - Etsy 
80s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
80s Superstars - Amazon
90s Pop Star Colouring Lulu - Etsy
2020s Pop Star Colouring Amazon
Bowie Colouring - Amazon
Scottish Pop Star Colouring - Amazon
Rom Com Colouring - Amazon
Royalty Colouring - Lulu
Christmas Movies Colouring - Amazon

NB: Etsy editions are signed and posted by me, and generally cheaper 






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