So sit down, shut the !@#$ up, stop worrying about it, and get back to work the work of creative design and publishing.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Book of Monster Templates 1st Quarter Sales Numbers
11/01/10 – 01/31/10
Book of Monster Templates 1st Quarter Sales
11/01/10 -11/30/10
Vendor Copies Sold
One Book Shelf 61 PDF
Paizo.com 36 PDF
Paizo.com 30 Print
Lulu.com 13 Print
12/01/10 -12/31/10
Vendor Copies Sold
One Book Shelf 17 PDF
Paizo.com 10 PDF
Paizo.com 5 Print
Lulu.com 3 Print
01/01/11 -01/31/11
Vendor Copies Sold
One Book Shelf 10 PDF
One Book Shelf 2 Print
Paizo.com 11 PDF
Paizo.com 6 Print
Lulu.com 2 Print
Indie Press Revolution 6 Print
11/01/10 -01/31/11
Vendor Copies Sold
One Book Shelf 92 PDF
One Book Shelf 2 Print
Paizo.com 57 PDF
Paizo.com 41 Print
Lulu.com 18 Print
Indie Press Revolution 6 Print
Total Copies Sold 216
But what does it all mean, Basil?
It means that Book of Monster Templates was very profitable for Rite Publishing, and even after the initial 30 days we are still seeing 30 sales a month. I think it also shows that if your primarily a PDF company your customer base is still PDF based as we sold 57 PDFs at paizo vs. 41 Print copies at Paizo, It proved to me that you really need mainstream distribution and really has caused me to embrace my partnership with Cubicle Seven when it comes to print products.
What about Critical Reception?
If you don't think Reviews have an impact your wrong, many people wait for for a review before they purchase I product. I will also point out, its about ego, reviewers are the first and most detailed form of feedback you as a designer are about to get.
Six 5/5 star reviews
Two 4/5 star reviews
So the average rating is 4.75 out of 5 Stars.
What did I learn from them, that I should have given the proofreaders more than a week to go over the product, but I had a release date set in my mind and I would not miss the release date.
I also saw some grassroots come out in a podcast I did not even listen to or know existed.
So as far as Rite Publishing is concerned The Book of Monster Templates is both a Critical and Economic success and I am working on a sequel of sorts, The Book of Simple Monster Templates.
What do you think?
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