Something I never take for granted and never will is the simple fact that people buy, download and read my books.
Now I appreciate that as a self-published author with eight books bearing my name that that might seem a crazy thing to say but let’s reflect on this for a moment.
Stop to think for a moment how many books are available via Amazon either as eBooks or as paperbacks. The last stats I could find are several years out of date and at that time there were circa 7.5M books available for Kindle.
So, in that huge ocean of words, how does anyone ever find mine?
That’s a question I don’t know the answer to.
I rarely share details of the royalties that I earn from my books because to be honest, most people don’t believe that it amounts to as little as it does.
So far September has been a good month.
What really excited me when I looked at the stats was that someone has purchased a paperback book from me. So much blood, sweat, tears and sweary words go into pulling those paperback editions together that to sell even one is a big deal to me.
And something even bigger is seeing people from around the world reading my books. I am a UK based author and to see that my USA market is bigger than my UK one is mind blowing!
Seeing my eight books on Amazon with their twinkling stars fills me with pride. (And that’s something that has taken me a long time to admit out loud)
I may not be raking in millions and fighting off publishing contracts, but I have seen the dream not only come true but continue year after year. This is especially encouraging as I am only too aware that I haven’t published a new novel for a while. For those who are impatiently waiting on Book Baby 9, it is coming. More on that soon.
For now, though I want to pause and take a moment to reflect on what I have achieved. Sometimes its not about looking ahead to see how far you’ve got to go but about pausing to look back at how far you’ve come.
Thank you for sharing the journey with me.
And if you’ve yet to find my books among the millions on Amazon, allow me to help you.
Silver Lake series
Amazon.com links –
Stronger Within – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VXDSC1M
Impossible Depths – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C0GS30K
Bonded Souls – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XSQHG71
Shattered Hearts – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZY8ZSDM
Long Shadows – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RR1FGLG
Amazon.co.uk links –
Stronger Within – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VXDSC1M
Impossible Depths – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01C0GS30K
Bonded Souls – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XSQHG71
Shattered Hearts – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZY8ZSDM
Long Shadows – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RR1FGLG
Riley
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9SWP6K3
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B9SWP6K3
Ellen
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYHKR44
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FYHKR44
Beginnings
Beginnings – a collection of poems eBook : McCallum, Coral: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Coral McCallum 