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Sometimes he just gets it right. By which I mean, I agree with him 
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8415
Bolding mine:
"Some factors to keep the disappointment in perspective if your numbers are very low.
- If you are a new writer, let me simply say, duh. Of course they are going to be low. You only have ten or twenty things out and you haven't learned how to tell a story yet that a ton of people want to read. Keep writing and keep focusing on learning, you'll get there if you keep working at it for a number of years. Realize that most of us in the old days made NO MONEY at all for years and years and years. Consider yourself lucky you have this new world and you are making even coffee money."
"If you think selling 20 books average per month of all your titles across all sites is bad and your average price is $5.99, you really need to have an attitude adjustment. Get a friend to tap you gently on the top of the head until wake you up and realize your sales are just fine and you need to keep writing and get more books out."
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8415
Bolding mine:
"Some factors to keep the disappointment in perspective if your numbers are very low.
- If you are a new writer, let me simply say, duh. Of course they are going to be low. You only have ten or twenty things out and you haven't learned how to tell a story yet that a ton of people want to read. Keep writing and keep focusing on learning, you'll get there if you keep working at it for a number of years. Realize that most of us in the old days made NO MONEY at all for years and years and years. Consider yourself lucky you have this new world and you are making even coffee money."
"If you think selling 20 books average per month of all your titles across all sites is bad and your average price is $5.99, you really need to have an attitude adjustment. Get a friend to tap you gently on the top of the head until wake you up and realize your sales are just fine and you need to keep writing and get more books out."