Hi Ruth,

As an author myself, I don't believe you have to give anyone any specifics about your sales. I sure don't! I feel like that's personal and it's the author's business unless they want to share it. I don't know any author who shares their sales information in public to be honest. To me, asking an author to reveal their sales is just like someone asking a person what they make from any other kind of job. You shouldn't feel obligated no matter what you post about.

Best Wishes!

http://www.stacy-deanne.net

Hi Stacy,
I don't give out the figures because I have to, but I do it so that when I tell my friends that lowering the price on Kindle is worth it, they might believe me. I keep running into authors who ask me how they can make more money from their writing, and up until last year in December, I had no idea what to tell them because I wasn't making more than $35 a quarter. But then I did start making money and thought maybe something I did might help them as well. When I recommend websites, blogs, putting their stories on ebooks, etc, they tell me they don't see the benefits. Sometimes I think it helps to see the numbers. Joe Konrath did this in one of his blogs, and I thought I'd piggyback off of him.

To be honest though, it makes me nervous to state numbers. I always fear I'll somehow upset someone who isn't making the numbers I am. I really hate to hurt someone else's feelings because I know a couple of them make what I used to. But I've had more requests on ideas to boost sales than any other email, so I figured I'd just get it out there.

I hope that makes sense. :-)