Foreign sales, perhaps?
Book Report is revealing all kinds of weird things
Today, at this moment, I have three $2.99 books showing the following incomes:
1: one sale, for zero dollars
2: one sale, for $1.05 total
3: two sales, for $1.05 total
I... don't understand...
1: one sale, for zero dollars
2: one sale, for $1.05 total
3: two sales, for $1.05 total
I... don't understand...
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I just checked. They're US sales, as far as I can tell.SevenDays said:Foreign sales, perhaps?
My sales numbers and the income reported seem to swing wildly, as if on bungee cords. Sometimes the tool reports income higher than the combined gross sale prices (not royalty), sometimes it's too low.
It may have something to do with foreign sales and the time zones there? Or perhaps it is able to see royalties separate from sales, or KU borrows before they are paid at 10%? I'm only guessing, here.
It also seems to get more accurate the closer it gets to the midnight cutoff.
Maybe the programmer can shed some light on this?
It may have something to do with foreign sales and the time zones there? Or perhaps it is able to see royalties separate from sales, or KU borrows before they are paid at 10%? I'm only guessing, here.
It also seems to get more accurate the closer it gets to the midnight cutoff.
Maybe the programmer can shed some light on this?
I think I know what I'm seeing.
$1.05 is 35% of $2.99. I saw this once before on a royalty report, where if the purchaser is in a country that doesn't have its own Amazon dot whatever, the 70% doesn't apply.
So maybe what I'm seeing is:
1: sale hasn't gone through yet
2: sale has gone through but from country without its own Amazon
3: one sale has gone through from country without its own Amazon, one sale hasn't gone through yet
$1.05 is 35% of $2.99. I saw this once before on a royalty report, where if the purchaser is in a country that doesn't have its own Amazon dot whatever, the 70% doesn't apply.
So maybe what I'm seeing is:
1: sale hasn't gone through yet
2: sale has gone through but from country without its own Amazon
3: one sale has gone through from country without its own Amazon, one sale hasn't gone through yet
I was confused by a number, then realized it was the proceeds from a borrow.
In the 5 or 6 days that I used Book Report, the daily totals were almost always wrong, no matter the time of day. Very slick interface, but inaccurate.
+1. Same experience here.Domino Finn said:Very slick interface, but inaccurate.
I'm puzzled too. For today I've got:
a) One borrow at $1.34
b) One borrow at $1.69
c) Two borrows totaling $3.03
a) One borrow at $1.34
b) One borrow at $1.69
c) Two borrows totaling $3.03
I honestly don't think the totals have anything to do with Book Report, I think they have to do with Amazon.Domino Finn said:In the 5 or 6 days that I used Book Report, the daily totals were almost always wrong, no matter the time of day. Very slick interface, but inaccurate.
The numbers may be wrong but it's wonderful for the ego lol.
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I'm going to run this for a full month and then compare the graphs and totals, because Amazon do adjust things and I'm never convinced that Amazon's reporting is up to par. There are a few bugs in Book Report and if I'm not sure of the figures I exit out and re-enter it and usually that puts it right.
Overnight switch and update is the worst issue for me because it will switch to the new day at UK midnight, and then stop counting the sales/borrows that occur after that period, where in the USA it's not midnight. It just collects the sales that occur in other timezones. When I reboot the App, it goes back and collects the remaining data and updates my totals.
The secondary issue is I sometimes (actually, make that often) see totals for book sales that don't correlate at all. Yet, as said, at the end of the day they seem to make more sense.
e.g. a book borrowed this morning at £1.20 and another sold at £0.48p - yet the total is £8.34 then minutes later I get another borrow (same book) and the total for that book is now £2.09 and it should (by all accounts) be £2.40 and the grand total is now £9.34
I can only put it down to the fact that the sale amount reflects books purchased yesterday, but paid for after the day end and so the income comes into today's figures, but the sales went into yesterdays.
Overnight switch and update is the worst issue for me because it will switch to the new day at UK midnight, and then stop counting the sales/borrows that occur after that period, where in the USA it's not midnight. It just collects the sales that occur in other timezones. When I reboot the App, it goes back and collects the remaining data and updates my totals.
The secondary issue is I sometimes (actually, make that often) see totals for book sales that don't correlate at all. Yet, as said, at the end of the day they seem to make more sense.
e.g. a book borrowed this morning at £1.20 and another sold at £0.48p - yet the total is £8.34 then minutes later I get another borrow (same book) and the total for that book is now £2.09 and it should (by all accounts) be £2.40 and the grand total is now £9.34
I can only put it down to the fact that the sale amount reflects books purchased yesterday, but paid for after the day end and so the income comes into today's figures, but the sales went into yesterdays.
+2 same hereNoahPorter said:+1. Same experience here.
Book Report just shows what Amazon sends to it.
Sales register within five hours or so of the transaction, but the money doesn't show until it clears the bank. If you check your Amazon spreadsheets, you will see that Book Report exactly mirrors them (but in a much nicer to read format).
Sales register within five hours or so of the transaction, but the money doesn't show until it clears the bank. If you check your Amazon spreadsheets, you will see that Book Report exactly mirrors them (but in a much nicer to read format).
I may have the answer:
"Today" really means "The Last 24 Hours."
I've concluded that because right now, it's showing 13 sales and 38 giveaways. I had a free promotion yesterday, so that number is not just for today.
[Edit] I take this back. Even the normal KDP graph is showing 38 free downloads today.
"Today" really means "The Last 24 Hours."
I've concluded that because right now, it's showing 13 sales and 38 giveaways. I had a free promotion yesterday, so that number is not just for today.
[Edit] I take this back. Even the normal KDP graph is showing 38 free downloads today.
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My reading switches at midnight 'Casablanca Time' So.... here's looking at you Kid! (No!)TromboneAl said:I may have the answer:
"Today" really means "The Last 24 Hours."
I've concluded that because right now, it's showing 13 sales and 38 giveaways. I had a free promotion yesterday, so that number is not just for today.
However, I do think that Amazon continues to report previous days sales after the midnight deadline where those sales are processed after the cut-off time and slips them into the correct day. Where BookReport is confined to processing them absolutely within the 24 hours starting from your 'local' midnight.
I think this could be changed by adding a field into the report settings where you can choose your cut-off time to Amazon's, or anywhere else in the world.
I think Cherise has put her finger on it. This morning, mine is showing four sales and income of $19.26. Even with different exchange rates, I don't think it's possible to make $19 off four sales of a $3.99 book. Some of that must be income from sales that occurred yesterday but didn't get processed until today.Cherise Kelley said:Book Report just shows what Amazon sends to it.
Sales register within five hours or so of the transaction, but the money doesn't show until it clears the bank.
I'm a little put off by the monthly charge, but I plan to give it a try. Perhaps with a steady income from it, the developer will continue to make improvements.
Yesterday I had a sale but no income. Today I have income but no sale. It obviously waits to show the income until after it has been processed by the bank, or whatever.
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