It had NEVER crossed my mind that Wild Montana Sky would make the USA Today list as a self-published ebook, although I had a vague wish that it might happen someday when I became an Amazon Montlake author.
The congratulations came pouring in. The wave of acknowledgment was amazing.
So many of my self-published friends were especially excited because it gave them hope that someday, they, too, would hit the list. (My wish for them too!)
I emailed my Montlake editor, and she called. Lindsay was so excited for me. In her opinion, making the USA Today list was a better achievement than the New York Times list because USA Today List takes real numbers from booksellers, while the stores the New York Times list pulls from are a secret.
What a way to wrap up my one-year anniversary! I'll be posting a blog in a few days that discusses my year long numbers. But I have some number crunching to do before then.
What did change this month was for some (unknown) reason Wild Montana Sky started to sell well on Nook. The numbers kept escalating, double and even triple the amount I sold on Amazon. I hit the top 100 Nook list and dropped as low as #20. I've been on the list for about two weeks. Currently I'm #40. The sales for Starry Montana Sky and Stormy Montana Sky were less than Amazon all month, but increased as the month went on and readers came back to buy the second and third books. I've ended out-selling Amazon in total numbers for the Montana Sky series.
Here's the cake from my former writing teacher and current editor, Louella Nelson. She took me to lunch on Saturday.
Congratulations! That is wonderful news...so exciting! They are great books. And to think I found them through buying your book on grief (finding them in the back of the Kindle book I bought).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Margaret Mary!
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