I recently spoke to an author who said her favorite part of my blog was that I share my numbers. So, here are the most recent download averages.
Amazon US...I average between 1 -2,000 downloads a day. As time goes on, it's closer to 1,000. But that seems to be the number that it required to stay on top of the FREE Bestsellers list. When I was at #1....I had more than 2,000 a day. When I sit around #5....it's at about 1,300 a day. When I'm in the low teens I'm usually at 1,000. Mondays and Tuesdays the numbers dip. Wednesday - Sunday they fluctuate. You'd think that the best day would be the weekends but sometimes it's actually Thursday night. I've been fortunate to have not left the top 20 since my book went FREE at the end of May. Staying visible is a huge help in promotion.
Amazon UK ..... I have 100 - 500 downloads a day. Usually closer to 100. I'm off of page one of their ranking. I'm #14 in the contemporary. When I was higher in the UK, my numbers were never that amazing. They never compared to the # in the US. What that tells me is that the books sitting at the top of the FREE UK list might not be pulling in huge numbers either.
Smashwords.... my total is close to 8,000 since April 21 of this year. I think I average between 50 - 75 a day. They aren't huge numbers anymore. However, the exposure I've gotten I credit Smashwords. They put my book in a large number of places and on all sorts of lists. When I put my second book up for money I'm definitely using Smashwords again. They have been very good to me.
Barnes and Nobel ....never put my book FREE....and my numbers have always been very low there. At .99 cents a download, I average 1 book every two days. Compare that to the 100 I had downloading a day at the same price on Amazon before they made my book FREE. At last check, my count for the month was 14 sales for July.
Amazon US...I average between 1 -2,000 downloads a day. As time goes on, it's closer to 1,000. But that seems to be the number that it required to stay on top of the FREE Bestsellers list. When I was at #1....I had more than 2,000 a day. When I sit around #5....it's at about 1,300 a day. When I'm in the low teens I'm usually at 1,000. Mondays and Tuesdays the numbers dip. Wednesday - Sunday they fluctuate. You'd think that the best day would be the weekends but sometimes it's actually Thursday night. I've been fortunate to have not left the top 20 since my book went FREE at the end of May. Staying visible is a huge help in promotion.
Amazon UK ..... I have 100 - 500 downloads a day. Usually closer to 100. I'm off of page one of their ranking. I'm #14 in the contemporary. When I was higher in the UK, my numbers were never that amazing. They never compared to the # in the US. What that tells me is that the books sitting at the top of the FREE UK list might not be pulling in huge numbers either.
Smashwords.... my total is close to 8,000 since April 21 of this year. I think I average between 50 - 75 a day. They aren't huge numbers anymore. However, the exposure I've gotten I credit Smashwords. They put my book in a large number of places and on all sorts of lists. When I put my second book up for money I'm definitely using Smashwords again. They have been very good to me.
Barnes and Nobel ....never put my book FREE....and my numbers have always been very low there. At .99 cents a download, I average 1 book every two days. Compare that to the 100 I had downloading a day at the same price on Amazon before they made my book FREE. At last check, my count for the month was 14 sales for July.
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