Category: Book

I suppose I could have posted this back on the 10th when the book “officially” went live, but between the accidental early-release of the audiobook on Audible and the fact that Amazon’s version of August 10th is apparently the evening of August 9th in my time-zone, it doesn’t really matter. The book is live NOW and the the sales have taken off considerably more than I anticipated.

Because the novel is deeply personal to me, I was quite content to have a life-time sales of maybe 50 copies of my book. I figured that would cover the hard costs (the book cover, the ISBN, and maybe some initial copies that I’d keep on hand). I think the life-time sales of most self-published books is around 100.

Today, we are 4 days into the official launch of my book, and we’ve already broken 56 purchases across all three platforms (paperback, Kindle, and Audible), with a number of sales not yet reported. I’m absolutely blown away by the response, and I’ve had a number of people tell me that they’ve bought a copy for themselves AND a friend.

I have no idea how far this is going to go, but I’m extremely pleased. To have met my personal goal in less than a week is phenomenal, and it’s really just encouraged me to write even more. I’ve already started the preliminary groundwork for book #2, which will be the second story of the trilogy. I can’t wait to get it done and have you all read them!

Thanks so much to everyone who has followed me so far. It means the world to me!

Well… I didn’t mean for this to happen, but the audiobook just went live on Audible!

I really didn’t want it to go live until August 10th to sync with the Paperback and Kindle version, but I can’t figure out how to switch it off, so… here we go!

Well, almost complete. I’ll be done by tomorrow, as I have just a tiny bit of end-credits and an epilogue to record. I’ve been recording and editing for two whole months now, and it has been a TON of work. Exhausting. I can finally understand why audio book narration can end up costing $250 per completed hour. 

Everything is moving forward as planned, and I’m currently running a simple marketing campaign on a few platforms, centered around the “… I wrote this book for you” theme. I’m eager to see what happens on launch day!

About a month ago, I ran a poll on twitter to see if people who consumed books were primarily interested in kindle books, paperback books, or audio books. At the time, only 10% of the poll respondents said they preferred audio books, and that sort of solidified my decision to not record an audio version of my book. But after reading some author reports that MOST of their sales came through their audio books, I’ve decided to go ahead and get a recording going.

Fortunately, I already own all the necessary recording equipment. Back in 2020, my wife and I ran a podcast about our life on a boat, and I got pretty comfortable with being in front of a microphone, as well as recording and editing. So… time to start recording!

I did it! The book is available for Preorder now on Amazon Kindle. You can click here to purchase.

It’s hard to believe that I’ve actually launched this thing. I don’t really have much else to say about it. I’m just giddy about the whole thing.