Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino is wildly successful
This morning I was listening the webinar “Alignment, Attraction, Engagement” by Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing. According to him, most books don’t sell 100 copies. This is across the board—not just eBooks. I was stunned. Last month, the first month that Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino was available, I sold 69 books. Granted,…
Copyrighting book was easy
Today I applied for copyright of Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino. The US Copyright Office Website was very explanatory. I was momentarily confused about whether to submit the book electronically or by mail, and if I needed to send one or two copies. Once I determined that I needed to submit two copies…
Three Ways that writing my first book has changed me.
Writing a nontechnical book was never one of my life’s goals. Whenever people found out that I was a technical writer, they would inevitably ask when I was going to publish my first book. Apparently, in their minds, technical manuals are not “real” books. Though my life is chock-full of unusual experiences, I did not…
Tying up loose ends after finishing Women of the Way
Now that I have finished writing Women of the Way, Embracing the Camino, I have been tying up the loose ends. I worked on the Website adding PayPal and a way to get a signed copy. I spent two days trying to develop a better header and then took a poll only to find out…
Successful launching of Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino
I am thrilled by this first month’s sales. I sold 15 books personally (mostly friends and relatives), 25 on CreateSpace, 28 on Kindle and one autographed book from my website. Amazingly, a third of the online sales were from Europe. For a newly published author, sixty-nine books in the first month is, in my opinion, …