• Episode 155: Reflections On 2 Million Ebook Sales In 12 Years Of Self-Publishing

  • Apr 24 2023
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Episode 155: Reflections On 2 Million Ebook Sales In 12 Years Of Self-Publishing

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  • This week's episode marks my 12th anniversary of self-publishing. I look back on 2 million ebook sales during that time, and reflect on lessons learned. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 155 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is April the 21st, 2023, and today we're going to reflect on 12 years I've spent self-publishing and the 2 million ebooks I have sold in that time. First up, let's have a look at where I'm at with my current writing projects. Editing is underway for Cloak of Dragonfire. I'm making good progress and if all goes well, I really want that book to be out sometime in the first week of May, which is coming up soon, so I shouldn't dally. That book will also be accompanied by a short story that my newsletter subscribers will get for free called Iron Drive. So if you want a free ebook copy of that short story, sign up for my newsletter. In audiobook news, I'm proofing Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight right now. Hopefully that will be out sometime towards the end of May, if all goes well. Ghost Exile Omnibus Three is now available. You can get that at Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books. It is almost 45 hours long, making it the longest audio book collection I have ever put out. So if you get it off Audible, that is excellent value for your credit right there. And once Cloak of Dragonfire is done and out, my main focus will be the next Dragonskull book, Dragonskull: Doom of the Sorceress. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:01:25 Reader Questions Let's have a few questions from readers before we get to our main topic. Our first question comes from Jenny, who asks: At the end of Child of the Ghosts, Maglarion says Caina has survived for seven years after she was rescued by the Ghosts. At the beginning of Ghost Aria, it says it's only been five years since. Is Aria set before the first book? Close, but not quite. Ghost Aria is a short story that is set during the first book. Child of the Ghosts takes place over a seven year span of Caina's life and Ghost Aria takes place during the time about halfway through the book, when she's working with Theodosia at the Grand Imperial Opera. So it's not a discontinuity or anything like that, it's just the Ghost Aria takes place during the events of Child of the Ghosts. Our next question is from James who asks: Are there or were you planning on writing sequels to the Malison series? Technically, I already have. All ten books of the Dragontiarna series are kind of a sequel to the Malison series since they take place both in the world of the Malison and Andomhaim from Frostborn and Sevenfold Sword, though I haven't written any sequels that are set exclusively in the setting of Malison. That said, I haven't entirely decided what I'm going to do once the Dragonskull and Silent Order are done, so returning to the world of Malison is a possibility that I am considering for the new epic fantasy series I will write once Dragonskull is done, hopefully later this year. 00:02:56 Main Topic: Reflections on Self Publishing So now on to our main topic this week. This month, April 2023, marks the 12th anniversary since I started self-publishing. If my math is right, by the end of March, I have also reached 2 million ebooks sold. 12 years! That's a long time. That's honestly the longest consecutive time I've ever done anything. The longest traditional job I've ever held was for 10 1/2 years. Like, in the US, you can only be President for maximum of eight years, barring a technicality where a Vice President who becomes president and then is reelected twice. And I think only six UK Prime Ministers have ever held that office for longer than 12 years. 2 million ebooks is also a staggering figure. Thanks for reading, everyone. I'm grateful to still be on the road, so to speak, after 12 years. Since I'm a writer, I will mark this milestone in the most writerly fashion possible: a rambling, freeform essay. Let's look back at some of the things I've learned over the last 12 years. Learning to finish books is the most important skill a new writer should learn. Occasionally I get asked whether a new writer should be working on their social media presence or website or mail list or whatever, and inevitably they haven't finished a book yet. Writers have a bad habit of lapsing into endless rewrites or activities that are technically writing related, like working on the website, but don't help finish the book. So if you're a new writer, learning to finish things is the first skill you should learn, and since you do have to regularly finish things to be a writer, this will help you learn if you really want to be a writer or not. The second most important skill is learning to finish the series. This is harder, though. Nothing beats plodding persistence over the long term. A little bit every day adds up over the long term, and something I've learned quite forcefully since I've bought a ...
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This week's episode marks my 12th anniversary of self-publishing. I look back on 2 million ebook sales during that time, and reflect on lessons learned. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 155 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is April the 21st, 2023, and today we're going to reflect on 12 years I've spent self-publishing and the 2 million ebooks I have sold in that time. First up, let's have a look at where I'm at with my current writing projects. Editing is underway for Cloak of Dragonfire. I'm making good progress and if all goes well, I really want that book to be out sometime in the first week of May, which is coming up soon, so I shouldn't dally. That book will also be accompanied by a short story that my newsletter subscribers will get for free called Iron Drive. So if you want a free ebook copy of that short story, sign up for my newsletter. In audiobook news, I'm proofing Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight right now. Hopefully that will be out sometime towards the end of May, if all goes well. Ghost Exile Omnibus Three is now available. You can get that at Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books. It is almost 45 hours long, making it the longest audio book collection I have ever put out. So if you get it off Audible, that is excellent value for your credit right there. And once Cloak of Dragonfire is done and out, my main focus will be the next Dragonskull book, Dragonskull: Doom of the Sorceress. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:01:25 Reader Questions Let's have a few questions from readers before we get to our main topic. Our first question comes from Jenny, who asks: At the end of Child of the Ghosts, Maglarion says Caina has survived for seven years after she was rescued by the Ghosts. At the beginning of Ghost Aria, it says it's only been five years since. Is Aria set before the first book? Close, but not quite. Ghost Aria is a short story that is set during the first book. Child of the Ghosts takes place over a seven year span of Caina's life and Ghost Aria takes place during the time about halfway through the book, when she's working with Theodosia at the Grand Imperial Opera. So it's not a discontinuity or anything like that, it's just the Ghost Aria takes place during the events of Child of the Ghosts. Our next question is from James who asks: Are there or were you planning on writing sequels to the Malison series? Technically, I already have. All ten books of the Dragontiarna series are kind of a sequel to the Malison series since they take place both in the world of the Malison and Andomhaim from Frostborn and Sevenfold Sword, though I haven't written any sequels that are set exclusively in the setting of Malison. That said, I haven't entirely decided what I'm going to do once the Dragonskull and Silent Order are done, so returning to the world of Malison is a possibility that I am considering for the new epic fantasy series I will write once Dragonskull is done, hopefully later this year. 00:02:56 Main Topic: Reflections on Self Publishing So now on to our main topic this week. This month, April 2023, marks the 12th anniversary since I started self-publishing. If my math is right, by the end of March, I have also reached 2 million ebooks sold. 12 years! That's a long time. That's honestly the longest consecutive time I've ever done anything. The longest traditional job I've ever held was for 10 1/2 years. Like, in the US, you can only be President for maximum of eight years, barring a technicality where a Vice President who becomes president and then is reelected twice. And I think only six UK Prime Ministers have ever held that office for longer than 12 years. 2 million ebooks is also a staggering figure. Thanks for reading, everyone. I'm grateful to still be on the road, so to speak, after 12 years. Since I'm a writer, I will mark this milestone in the most writerly fashion possible: a rambling, freeform essay. Let's look back at some of the things I've learned over the last 12 years. Learning to finish books is the most important skill a new writer should learn. Occasionally I get asked whether a new writer should be working on their social media presence or website or mail list or whatever, and inevitably they haven't finished a book yet. Writers have a bad habit of lapsing into endless rewrites or activities that are technically writing related, like working on the website, but don't help finish the book. So if you're a new writer, learning to finish things is the first skill you should learn, and since you do have to regularly finish things to be a writer, this will help you learn if you really want to be a writer or not. The second most important skill is learning to finish the series. This is harder, though. Nothing beats plodding persistence over the long term. A little bit every day adds up over the long term, and something I've learned quite forcefully since I've bought a ...
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