Me and Chairman Mao

1 Million Books Sold!

Is something that Nora Roberts can now apparently say about her Kindle book sales! (Along with James Patterson and Steig Larsson, although if Steig is saying anything about his book sales the zombie uprising has begun and we should all head for the hills with as many guns as we can carry. Toilet paper and can openers wouldn't hurt either.)

As for me, I have not cracked the million mark yet. If you round down, I'm still about, oh, one million away. (Bet you saw that coming.)

But I just did actually do the math, and I have now officially cracked the 60 book barrier---63, to be exact--which as we all know is the hardest hurdle to overcome on the way to one million. So yeah, I'm pretty much there ....

On a more, shall we say, realistic note, I guess I am (sort of) closing in on one hundred, which is pretty cool, given my limited marketing budget (zero), limited ad campaign (zero), and--most importantly--limited number of people I am friends with who have bought it in Kindle form (1, maybe 2.)

Yes, 100, here I come! Hopefully before this summer ...

Amazon Action.

Two amusing things have recently happened with Amazon. The website, not the big-ass South American river. Although I would wager, since it's like 4,200 miles long or so, two--or more!--amusing things have happened on the actual Amazon as well. Along with all the depressing stuff like deforestation and assimilating / just plain killing off all the indigenous people.

But back to me. And Amazon. The site.

First, I got a royalty check for the Kindle sales of my book. I won't say how much it is (less than 6 figures--by four or so figures), but it was enough to pick up an overpriced six-pack of imported beer at the mini-mart down the street and a Lottery ticket. (I didn't win. What are the odds?) I expect a similarly massive royalty check .... eventually, I guess. Either way, you can be sure I'll let you know.

Second, I got an author page. (For real--you can see it here.) With pictures. Of me! If you care. And based on past experience, you probably don't--pictures of me haven't historically been in high demand. (Unlike, of course, the Kindle version of my book.) In fact, if I set it all up right, you can read this post there in less than 24 hours! Which, admittedly, is a cable-company like estimate, but it's what Amazon gave me. We'll see.

Or maybe YOU'LL see. Or maybe you already have. Or maybe you only saw it on Amazon in the first place.

Either way, you'll be seeing more soon.

PS: From me. Duh.