[CraigInOregon]

OK, this is minor minor minor for most of you, but...

Sometime between Friday night when I low-teched it for Shabbat, and tonight when I checked in...

Someone bought a copy of Most Likely on Amazon and I have no idea where the sale came from!

I mean, I can usually trace the source of my handful of sales so far.

Someone will tell me, "Oh I bought yours today" and within a couple hours at most, it'll show up on my sales report.

Or I'll do a big social media post and a sale might pop up... I don't know who, but I know it probably came from that push.

But I've been observing the Sabbath and totally offline over the past, say, 30 hours... and I got a sale without actually doing something to create awareness!

For the first time!

Sure, I haven't sold tons yet; I sold 5 on Amazon and 1 on Nook in May. In June so far, I've sold 5 on Amazon US, and 2 on Amazon UK.

So, 13 paid copies total in just under a month of release. Not huge, but not shabby, either.

But I'm more thrilled about my first "where in the heck did that sale come from" sale than I am about the 12 others I worked hard to earn! If that makes any sense...

I'm suspecting my PR efforts leading up till now might be the culprit... and that'd be cool!

A nice omen, I think, going into my week-long blog tour this Monday... Yay!

 

[HeidiHall]

I know exactly what you mean... and the feeling hasn't gone away yet! When I stop to think about all the people I don't know who are reading my book, well, it send a thrill through me. I wonder if our readers have any idea how much their purchases mean to us. Congrats to you!

 

[Maria Romana]

Hey, milestones are all relative.  My teenage daughters talk a mile a minute now, but I still remember the moment they spoke their first words like it was yesterday...as you shall remember your first unprodded sale--the first of many, I'm sure.  Congratulations!

--Maria

 

[CraigInOregon]

Yup.

I'm sure each of us has their own little moments along this path that really jazzed them up. This one was nice because it was unexpected.

 

[13893]

I know what you mean, Craig. Those unaccountable sales feel so wonderful.

And they will only increase.

 

[CraigInOregon]

LK,

I sure hope so...

 

[Victorine]

Congratulations! And I totally know what you mean too. It does feel so good to think someone was looking at all the books on Amazon and chose to buy yours. Awesome.

Vicki

 

[Imogen Rose]

Congrats!!

 

[CraigInOregon]

Thanks, Imogen.

Hey, you just were added to my also-boughts today! More good company to be in.

 

[cidneyswanson]

This. Is. The. Best. I also cried when I read my first reviews. Posted by complete "I don't know you" strangers who each caught different things I'd done carefully/deliberately.

Thanks for sharing your happy moment! They are so important.
Cidney

 

[CraigInOregon]

Thanks Cidney, Vicki, and everyone...

Eep, it's Monday...

My blog tour starts soon, today, here-ish: http://tlhaddix.com/content/category/interviews-with-writers-artists-and-other-creative-types/

Not up yet, but soon, I imagine...