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I decided to break down my royalties for all of my books and stories this year. This isn’t profit as I’m not quick in the positive yet. This is now my 2nd full year of publishing.

Amazon KDPTotal Royalties- $174.80Total Copies sold- 138

VellaKindle Vella bonuses total= $180.01Stories posted= 2IngramSparkTotal royalties= $7.15Total sales= 7

Findaway VoicesRoyalties- $1Sales- 2ACX/ AudibleRoyalties- $3.81Sales- 3OverallTotal copies sold- 150Total Royalties- $366. 77

Anyone want to try to save this tour from being cancelled by signing up before it gets taken down?

Turn the Page Tours

Hi, y’all!

We’re thrilled to be bringing you our tour sign-ups for our first ever BookTok tour, with a conjoined creative blog tour, for Amy’s Rebellion by Julia Goldhirsh. We hope you’re as excited as we are, and we welcome you to sign-up for this tour!

We’ll be looking for 10-25 hosts for each portion–blog and booktok. This tour will be taking place on September 5th through 10th. We will be prioritizing those who identify with the given representation in the book.

REPRESENTATION: Bisexual, Genderfluid, ADHD, Autistic, Deaf, Lesbian, Asexual

TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING(S): Violence, Some Crude Language, Scene Depicting Misgendering of a Character

Physical copies will be available INTL and will be limited. Digital copies will be provided to all hosts.

Interested in signing up? Click the button below! For more information on the book, please continue to scroll through this post.

Amy’s Rebellion
(Gemstone Massacre Series, #1)
by Julia Goldhirsh

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This book is one where I’m trying to be more strategic in how I spend my money, so here’s what I’ve invested into the book so far.

Amount invested so far-

Editing

Sensitivity reader- $500Editor- $582

Art/Cover-

E-book Cover- $112.50

Promotion

Bookmarks for The Librarian box- $186.37

Total- $1380. 87

Spellbound/Rose is Spellbound-

Amazon sales- 56

Page reads- 2595

Total $ from Amazon= $74.59

Gabriel is Cursed-

Amazon sales- 5

Total $ from Amazon- $10.10

War of the Twin Swords-

Amazon sales- 27

Total $ from Amazon- $9.17

Audible

Audible sales- 6

Total $ from ACX= $4.90

Findaway voices

Apple sales- 9

Total $ from Apple= $3.78

Chirp sales- 3

Total $ from Chirp- $1.35

Barnes and Noble=

Units sold-3

Royalties= $0.60

Ingramsparks is being put as other because I can’t view which books were sold when viewing for the whole year.

USD=

Units- 5

Total money= $4.92

AUD=

Units- 4

Total money= $2.28

UK=

Units- 1

Total money= $1.78

Total across all platforms= $113.47

Pre-launch/ Pre-order

post teaser chapters and scenes for newslettercover reveal with help from street teampost teaser images on InstagramRun a free book promo (book doggy) for “Spellbound” Gather a review team (via newsletter and Twitter)Pre-order giveaway?

Launch week

Live stream launch party on YTDo several author takeoversStreet team posts on social mediaDo a few giveaways with book 1

Post Launch

Do paid NL promotions –> Try for BookbubCharacter art giveawayDo author takeoversCraft and post character merchbook keychainsmugsshirtsDo Q+A sessions about the book on YTWork on growing NLConvention?

Amazon Royalties

-$53.94

Barnes and Noble Royalties

-$0.20

Audible Royalties

-?

Ghostwriting

-$1,200

Article writing

-$30

Hubpages

-$2.97

Total

$1287.11

Goal

10% of income or about $1,500

 

Who can enter the competition?   

Anyone can enter the competition by pre-ordering Amy’s Rebellion and filling out this form.

What are the prizes?

(Note: large physical prizes such as signed books are U.S. and Canada only unless specified otherwise. For international winners, if you have a specific prize you want, I will send it through Amazon instead if possible.)

1st prize–

$10 Amazon gift card- Digital card
 a Spellbound bookmark
a signed copy of Amy’s Rebellion and “War of the Twin Swords.”
A book box from Book and Chocolate in your preferred genre
 pick five items of your choice from the picture
a shout out on my social media accounts (If you want)

2nd prize–

$5 Amazon gift card
a signed copy of “Amy’s Rebellion”
pick four items of your choice from the picture
a shout out on my social media accounts (If you want)

3rd prize–

$3 Amazon gift card
a signed copy of “Amy’s Rebellion” and “Spellbound”
 pick three items of your choice from the picture
a shout out on my social media accounts. (If you want)

Everyone–  exclusive sneak peeks and extended teasers of the book.

Monthly prizes-  Each month, I will randomly select one person to win one the following prizes

A Once Upon a Time Pendant that says “Magic always comes with a price deary”
A Book dragon mug
Merlin Mug
An audiobook code for “War of the Twin Swords”
Hand made bookmarks
“War of the Twin Swords” themed jewelry custom made by me
deleted scenes and book teasers
And some other surprise gifts that will be revealed throughout the contest.

Milestone prizes-

I will also give away prizes that you get to vote on at the following milestones

50 pre-orders
100 pre-orders
250 pre-orders
1000 pre-orders

How do I enter the competition?–  You can enter the competition by filling out the form, and you can gain even more entries by sharing this competition with the tags #amysrebellion #giveaway #preordercontest

Please tag me using any of the accounts below.

Twitter- @ButterflysDust

Instagram- @wanderingteacherbooks

Facebook- @wanderingteacherbooks

Who will win?:  When the pre-order ends, the winners will be randomly selected and will be notified via email. Please make sure you have my contact details saved to avoid the message getting filtered.

When will the competition end?  The competition start date is June 18th, 2020.  I will pick winners for the smaller prizes at the end of each month. The grand prize winner will be picked on July 12th, 2021.

Here is the picture-

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Hi everyone. I have an easy and fun contest for you. My stories are on some of the Goodreads list, and my goal is to hit #1 in these lists. If you vote on my books or share the links below encouraging others to vote, you gain an entry. At the end of next month, I will draw 3 winners. Here are the top prizes.

1st place– A signed copy of “Spellbound” and a Barnes and a $10 Amazon gift card

2nd place– a $5 Amazon gift card, and a free audio book copy for “War of the Twin Swords” (when it releases)

3rd place– a $3 Amazon gift card, and a “Spellbound” bookmark. An e-copy of “War of the Twin Swords”

I will add in an extra prize if any of them hit the #1 spot.
Here are the links where you can vote or nominate my books-
YA Arthurian Fantasy-

https://www.goodreads.com/…/36275.YA_Books_With_Arthurian_L…

Rapunzel re-telling-

https://www.goodreads.com/l…/show/41398.Rapunzel_Retellings…

Fairytales for everyone-

https://www.goodreads.com/…/113126.Fairy_Tales_for_Everyone…

Hi everyone. I’m currently doing a fan art competition because I want to see some awesome fan art. To enter, you can post any fan art of characters from Spellbound or War of the Twin Swords. All artist levels and abilities are welcome.

Who can enter the competition?    Anyone can enter the competition, but I wanted to extend this competition to everyone on this newsletter first.. If you know anyone who would like to enter, you can invite them!

What are the prizes?–    (Note: Physical prizes are U.S. only, but you can still receive the digital prizes if you win)

1st prize–

$10 Amazon gift card
 a set of pens that can be used for book signings
 a Spellbound bookmark
a signed copy of Spellbound
 pick three items of your choice from the picture below
a shout out on my social media accounts
I will post and share the winning artwork on my social media pages.

2nd prize–

$5 Amazon gift card
some fun anime art (See images at the bottom of this email)
 an e-book copy of War of the Twin Swords
pick two items of your choice from the picture
a shout out on my social media accounts.
 I will post and share the winning artwork on my social media pages.

3rd prize–

$3 Amazon gift card
 a book light/bookmark combo
 pick one item of your choice from the picture
a shout out on my social media accounts.
 I will post and share the winning artwork on my social media pages.

Author’s pick-  In addition to the top 3, I will do an author’s pick. My personal favorite will get a book box from Book and Chocolate (International shipping okay!) You will get to choose from the genres available on their website. Their boxes include a book and chocolate based on your genre tastes.

Do I need to be an expert artist to enter?  No, you don’t. Artists of all skill levels are welcome. Just have fun with it!

How do I enter the competition?–  You can post your fan art of characters from  Spellbound or “War of the Twin Swords” on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter and tag me in it to enter. Please use the following hashtags #fanartcompetition #warofthetwinswords

Please tag me using any the accounts below.

Twitter- @ButterflysDust

Instagram- @wanderingteacherbooks

Facebook- @wanderingteacherbooks

If you want to enter, but don’t have the above social media, email me to let me know.

Who will win?:  The artwork with the most votes will win.  Likes, retweets, and shares will count as 1 vote each. In addition, I will create a poll that you can send to friends, family, etc once all of the artwork for the competition has been received in case you know people that want to vote but don’t have the above social media.

When will the competition end?  The competition start date is June 12th, 2020.  You can enter your artwork until July 15th, 2020.  The winners will be picked on July 18th, 2020.

Editing–

ProWritingAid (2 year membership) – $70 , but really $0 because I got it as a gift.

Developmental editing- $305.49

Line editing- $364

 

Cover Art-

TBD but projected at $400-500

 

Formatting-

TBD but projected $200-300

 

ISBN–

Planning on doing a bundle for about $400

Marketing–

(Predicted Budget)

Bookmarks/swag- $50-100

Arcs/ Giveaways- $100

Influencer marketing/ Newsletter promotions- $300-400

FB/ Amazon/ Bookbub/ etc self-serve ads- $100