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Jason Huggins
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 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:29 pm Post subject: Broke 1000 YAY! |
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The first audiobook I recorded on ACX just broke 1000 in sales. That is pretty exciting for me! I think back on that book and remember the agony that I went through to deliver a 4 hour book in less than two months. Cracks me up that I could do it in a few days now.
Just wanted to share the victory! |
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Bish
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Cool Jason!
How long did it take?
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Jason Huggins
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| August of last year it was up, so 8 months...ish. It's makin me think twice about swearing off royalty share only books. |
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Bish
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That's not too shabby... not too shabby at all!
Every time I do any due diligence, the book slugs along slowly. My biggest sales have happened out of the blue on titles I didn't expect to take off. So, was yours luck or research?
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juliaknippen
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Great work, Jason! That must be so satisfying 
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Jason Huggins
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Mega luck. This was the first audiobook I auditioned for, and I got lucky. Plus it was a book about social media marketing...so the author no doubt did some of the things she teaches in the book. I had one day where 90 copies sold out of the blue...it was fun.
Satisfying indeed...especially when checks keep showing up in the mail. Mr. Bergen is right, royalties/residuals are the way to go. Too bad that's my only ones. |
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heyguido
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Keep it up, Jason. May you one day need a bigger mailbox. 
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todd ellis
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rockin' good news!
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Zach Meissner
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Fantastic, nice work Jason!
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cyclometh
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I'm super-jealous. Well done, sir!
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that's grand about your grand!
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Lee Gordon
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Pardon the (audiobook) newbie question, but how does one go about obtaining sales figures for an audiobook, in particular, an Audible.com book?
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Jason Huggins
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| For books that are self produced for authors via ACX.com, the numbers are available in you ACX login. I also get a monthly report with the royalty check that breaks it down by website and country. |
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voicy1stef
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:14 am Post subject: |
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Brill Jason! Congrats. Here's to many more.
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