Book Sales January, a quiet month

January is famously a quiet month for me and book sales. There are next to no comicons (one this month), and the schools are slow to kick in at the start of term. That and my inability to make much happen online, and we can expect this to be the lowest tally of the year. In Jan 2025 I was very lucky to have one school that bought 54 Richard The Thirds, so that wasn't too bad a month, but in Jan 2024 I recorded next to no sales, and as recently as Jan 2023 I wasn't even expecting to sell books, so I shouldn't grumble.

Live events / classes et al - 56 books (£632)

Etsy - 6 books (£49.15)

D2D - 9 books  ($8.46)

Lulu - x books (£tbc)

Blurb - $0 (0 books)

Live Sales January 2026 = 56 books (£632)

Jan 20 - Fairley House school - 9 books (£81)

9 x Romeo & Juliet black & white

Jan 24 Craigmillar & Oxgangs Libraries - 7 books (£98)

7 x Romeo & Juliet colour

Jan 26 Rye Hills School - 7 books (£56)

A school who'd ordered books when I was there in November and I missed the email. They chased me up and I signed and sent them today

3 x Findlay Macbeth

3 x Hamlet Prince Of Denmark St

1 x Midsummer Nights Dream Team

Jan 29 Ty Castan Pontypridd - 3 books (£27)

3 x Romeo bw

Jan 31 Exeter Creed - 30 books, + caricatures (£370)

6 x Romeo col

2 x Richard col

3 x FM

2 x PODS

5 x MNDT

3 x Space Elain col

2 x Attack of Sausages (sold out)

7 x Colouring books:

- 2 x Doctors, Cult TV

- 1 x 60s, 20s, Bowie

Above: My table at the first comicon of the year, in a cold cattle shed in Exeter. I'm beside Pig Pennage. None taken.

Live Sales January 2026 = 56 books (£632)

(Jan 2025 = £490, Jan 2024 = £32.95)

Live totals = 

13 x Romeo & Juliet col

12 x Romeo & Juliet bw 

2 x Richard The Third col

6 x Findlay Macbeth

5 x Hamlet Prince of  Denmark St

10 x Midsummer Nights Dream Team

3 x Space Elain col

2 x Attack of Sausages (sold out)

7 x Colouring books:

- 2 x Doctors, Cult TV

- 1 x 60s, 20s, Bowie

Etsy Sales January 2026 - 6 books £49.15

2 x Eurovision vol 2

1 x Romeo col, 80s, 60s, Tales From Bible

D2D Sales Jan 26 - 9 books $8.46

4 x Romeo bw 

1 x Joseph, Esther, Elain, Richard, Bible

Lulu Sales Jan 2026 - x books (£x) Revealed Feb 14 approx tbc

Blurb sales Jan 26 - 0 books £0 - I don't know why I bother listing these, but best had, eh

My Books And Where To Find Them...

Romeo & Juliet (Colour)	Romeo & Juliet (bw)	Richard The Third (Colour)	Richard  The Third (bw)
Shakespeare Omnibus	Findlay  Macbeth	Prince of  Denmark Street	Midsummer Night's  Dream Team
Tales From Bible (Col)	Tales From Bible (bw)	Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories	Space Elain
Book Of Esther	Who Notes	Doctors Who? Colouring	Sweet Smell Of Sockcess
Kids Comics Annual 2026	Kids Comics Annual 2025	Socks Do Shakespeare	Colouring Books

Colouring Books: Doctors Who, Hollywood Legends, Punk, Cult TV, Eurovision Vol 1, Eurovision Vol 2, Eurovision Best Of British & Irish, 1960s Pop, 1970s Pop, 1980s Pop,  1990s Pop, 2020s Pop, Bowie, Scottish Pop, Royalty, Rom Coms