http://www.evilhat.com/home Swallowing Your Soul Since the Twentieth Century! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:26:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/442560.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/442560.html#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 18:10:24 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/442560.html
2009Q1: January-March, IPR

What's particularly interesting about our IPR sales is the volume to retailers. Do some quick thumbnailing to figure out the approximate percentages, and you'll see what I mean.

DLYM PDF: 16
DLYM SC: 62 (41 to retailers, 3 at cons)

DRYH PDF: 29
DRYH SC: 85 (52 to retailers, 2 at cons)

SOTC PDF: 14
SOTC SC: 174 (107 to retailers, 2 at cons)

SOTS PDF: 9
SOTS SC: 8

S7S HC: 56

2009Q1:
DLYM PDF - 16 + 16 = 32
DLYM SC - 0 + 62 = 62

DRYH PDF - 39 + 29 = 68
DRYH SC - 1 + 85 = 86

SOTC PDF - 62 + 14 = 76
SOTC SC - 0 + 174 = 174
SOTC HC - 4 + 0 = 4

SOTS PDF - 18 + 9 = 27
SOTS SC - 0 + 8 = 8

S7S HC - 0 + 56 = 56

Lifetime:
DLYM: 374 + 16 + 62 = 452
DRYH: 1964 + 29 + 85 = 2078 (milestone!)
SOTC: 3354 + 14 + 174 = 3542
SOTS: 480 + 9 + 8 = 497
S7S: 56

A solid quarter in a downturned economy. I'm happy.

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2009Q2: April - OBS, Lulu, e23, YGN

Q2 2009 starts off with S7S getting into the mix. Remember, I don't include IPR numbers until the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter, so this is strictly other sales sites.

OBS:
DLYM PDF - 10
DRYH PDF - 14
SOTC PDF - 20
SOTS PDF - 2
S7S PDF - 44

Lulu:
DRYH PDF - 3
DRYH SC - 1
SOTC PDF - 3
SOTC HC - 1

YGN:
DRYH PDF - 1

e23:
DRYH PDF - 2
SOTC PDF - 2
SOTS PDF - 1

2009Q2:
DLYM PDF - 10
DRYH PDF - 14 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 20
DRYH SC - 1
SOTC PDF - 20 + 3 + 2 = 25
SOTC HC - 1
SOTS PDF - 2 + 1 = 3
S7S PDF - 44

Lifetime:
DLYM: 452 + 10 = 462
DRYH: 2078 + 20 + 1 = 2099
SOTC: 3542 + 25 + 1 = 3563
SOTS: 497 + 3 = 500
S7S: 56 + 44 = 100

I'm liking April.]]>
2009Q1: January-March, IPR

What's particularly interesting about our IPR sales is the volume to retailers. Do some quick thumbnailing to figure out the approximate percentages, and you'll see what I mean.

DLYM PDF: 16
DLYM SC: 62 (41 to retailers, 3 at cons)

DRYH PDF: 29
DRYH SC: 85 (52 to retailers, 2 at cons)

SOTC PDF: 14
SOTC SC: 174 (107 to retailers, 2 at cons)

SOTS PDF: 9
SOTS SC: 8

S7S HC: 56

2009Q1:
DLYM PDF - 16 + 16 = 32
DLYM SC - 0 + 62 = 62

DRYH PDF - 39 + 29 = 68
DRYH SC - 1 + 85 = 86

SOTC PDF - 62 + 14 = 76
SOTC SC - 0 + 174 = 174
SOTC HC - 4 + 0 = 4

SOTS PDF - 18 + 9 = 27
SOTS SC - 0 + 8 = 8

S7S HC - 0 + 56 = 56

Lifetime:
DLYM: 374 + 16 + 62 = 452
DRYH: 1964 + 29 + 85 = 2078 (milestone!)
SOTC: 3354 + 14 + 174 = 3542
SOTS: 480 + 9 + 8 = 497
S7S: 56

A solid quarter in a downturned economy. I'm happy.

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2009Q2: April - OBS, Lulu, e23, YGN

Q2 2009 starts off with S7S getting into the mix. Remember, I don't include IPR numbers until the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter, so this is strictly other sales sites.

OBS:
DLYM PDF - 10
DRYH PDF - 14
SOTC PDF - 20
SOTS PDF - 2
S7S PDF - 44

Lulu:
DRYH PDF - 3
DRYH SC - 1
SOTC PDF - 3
SOTC HC - 1

YGN:
DRYH PDF - 1

e23:
DRYH PDF - 2
SOTC PDF - 2
SOTS PDF - 1

2009Q2:
DLYM PDF - 10
DRYH PDF - 14 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 20
DRYH SC - 1
SOTC PDF - 20 + 3 + 2 = 25
SOTC HC - 1
SOTS PDF - 2 + 1 = 3
S7S PDF - 44

Lifetime:
DLYM: 452 + 10 = 462
DRYH: 2078 + 20 + 1 = 2099
SOTC: 3542 + 25 + 1 = 3563
SOTS: 497 + 3 = 500
S7S: 56 + 44 = 100

I'm liking April.]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2009/05/double-update-on-sales-figures/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/370441.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/370441.html#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:24:30 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/370441.html
Lulu DRYH Soft - 2
Lulu SOTC HC - 3
Lulu SOTC PDF - 2

YGN SOTC - 1 (on sale discount -- seems to be the only way I can move product at YGN)

e23 DRYH - 1
e23 SOTC - 1
e23 SOTS - 3

OBS DRYH - 20 (12 via bundle)
OBS SOTC - 51 (Many on sale; 12 via bundle)
OBS SOTS - 11

Our totals for this month:

DRYH PDF: 2+1+20 = 23
DRYH Print: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 3
SOTC PDF: 2+1+51 = 54
SOTS PDF: 3+11 = 14

Our totals, for the quarter to date:

DRYH PDF: 14 + 23 = 37
DRYH Print: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 5 + 3 = 8
SOTC PDF: 25 + 54 = 79
SOTS PDF: 31 + 14 = 45

Spirit of the Season tapered a bit, not shocking now that we're past the initial release, but SOTC really packed a whallop. This was our second biggest month on OBS ever. Our lifetime update:

DRYH: 1391 + 23 + 2 = 1416
SOTC: 3040 + 3 + 54 = 3097
SOTS: 131 + 14 = 145]]>
Lulu DRYH Soft - 2
Lulu SOTC HC - 3
Lulu SOTC PDF - 2

YGN SOTC - 1 (on sale discount -- seems to be the only way I can move product at YGN)

e23 DRYH - 1
e23 SOTC - 1
e23 SOTS - 3

OBS DRYH - 20 (12 via bundle)
OBS SOTC - 51 (Many on sale; 12 via bundle)
OBS SOTS - 11

Our totals for this month:

DRYH PDF: 2+1+20 = 23
DRYH Print: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 3
SOTC PDF: 2+1+51 = 54
SOTS PDF: 3+11 = 14

Our totals, for the quarter to date:

DRYH PDF: 14 + 23 = 37
DRYH Print: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 5 + 3 = 8
SOTC PDF: 25 + 54 = 79
SOTS PDF: 31 + 14 = 45

Spirit of the Season tapered a bit, not shocking now that we're past the initial release, but SOTC really packed a whallop. This was our second biggest month on OBS ever. Our lifetime update:

DRYH: 1391 + 23 + 2 = 1416
SOTC: 3040 + 3 + 54 = 3097
SOTS: 131 + 14 = 145]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/06/2008q2-may-for-lulu-obs-e23-ygn/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/362216.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/362216.html#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 17:39:48 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/362216.html
Lulu: SOTC Hardcover: 5
Lulu: SOTC PDF: 2
Lulu: SOTS PDF: 1

YGN: SOTS PDF: 3

e23: DRYH PDF: 2
e23: SOTC PDF: 2
e23: SOTS PDF: 2

OBS: DRYH PDF: 12
OBS: SOTC PDF: 21
OBS: SOTS PDF: 25

Our totals, then, the first of this quarter:

DRYH PDF: 2+12 = 14
SOTC Hardcover: 5
SOTC PDF: 2+2+21 = 25
SOTS PDF: 1+3+2+25 = 31

A pretty solid start. I'm glad to see Spirit of the Season continue to perform. Our lifetime update:

DRYH: 1377 + 14 = 1391
SOTC: 3010 + 30 = 3040
SOTS: 100 + 31 = 131]]>
Lulu: SOTC Hardcover: 5
Lulu: SOTC PDF: 2
Lulu: SOTS PDF: 1

YGN: SOTS PDF: 3

e23: DRYH PDF: 2
e23: SOTC PDF: 2
e23: SOTS PDF: 2

OBS: DRYH PDF: 12
OBS: SOTC PDF: 21
OBS: SOTS PDF: 25

Our totals, then, the first of this quarter:

DRYH PDF: 2+12 = 14
SOTC Hardcover: 5
SOTC PDF: 2+2+21 = 25
SOTS PDF: 1+3+2+25 = 31

A pretty solid start. I'm glad to see Spirit of the Season continue to perform. Our lifetime update:

DRYH: 1377 + 14 = 1391
SOTC: 3010 + 30 = 3040
SOTS: 100 + 31 = 131]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/05/2008q2-april-for-lulu-obs-e23-ygn/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/349481.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/349481.html#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:54:58 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/349481.html
Again, remember that Q1's numbers still don't include the numbers for the quarter from IPR -- I won't see those until I get the end of quarter report from IPR around April 15th.

e23: 1 copy of SOTC

YGN: Best month at YGN ever -- and almost entirely due to the sale. YGN seems to get sales only when I discount my products, with a small number of exceptions, which sort of undercuts the whole "smaller cut than OBS" angle. 3 SOTC, 5 DRYH, and 1 Spirit of the Season

OBS: GM's Day promotion was a huge success. This was the best month I've had with OBS ever in terms of volume AND revenue (even with the promotional discounts), with the only exception being the first full month I had on OBS (July 2007) when all the products were new to that audience. 38 SOTC, 16 DRYH.

Lulu had a surge in hardcover sales: 9 SOTC Hardcover, 1 DRYH Softcover.

March's DRYH sales are the equal of January and February combined: 21 DRYH PDFs, with a bonus of 1 softcover sale (total of 22 sales).

On the SOTC front, 42 SOTC PDFs were sold and 9 SOTC hardcovers were sold, for a total of 51 -- which also beats January plus February's totals combined.

March also marks the first sales of Spirit of the Season (1 copy), of which we'll see more at mid-month when the IPR preorder and PDF sales report comes in.

Q1 2008's running tallies, combining this with January+February's data:

DRYH: 21 + 22 = 43 (42 PDF, 1 softcover)

SOTC:
6 HC + 9 HC = 15 HC's
40 PDF + 42 PDF = 82 PDF's.
Total SOTC so far: 97

Spirit of the Season: 1 PDF!

Lifetime tally (which already included January and February):

DRYH: 1235 + 22 = 1257
SOTC: 2673 + 51 = 2724
SOTS: 1]]>
Again, remember that Q1's numbers still don't include the numbers for the quarter from IPR -- I won't see those until I get the end of quarter report from IPR around April 15th.

e23: 1 copy of SOTC

YGN: Best month at YGN ever -- and almost entirely due to the sale. YGN seems to get sales only when I discount my products, with a small number of exceptions, which sort of undercuts the whole "smaller cut than OBS" angle. 3 SOTC, 5 DRYH, and 1 Spirit of the Season

OBS: GM's Day promotion was a huge success. This was the best month I've had with OBS ever in terms of volume AND revenue (even with the promotional discounts), with the only exception being the first full month I had on OBS (July 2007) when all the products were new to that audience. 38 SOTC, 16 DRYH.

Lulu had a surge in hardcover sales: 9 SOTC Hardcover, 1 DRYH Softcover.

March's DRYH sales are the equal of January and February combined: 21 DRYH PDFs, with a bonus of 1 softcover sale (total of 22 sales).

On the SOTC front, 42 SOTC PDFs were sold and 9 SOTC hardcovers were sold, for a total of 51 -- which also beats January plus February's totals combined.

March also marks the first sales of Spirit of the Season (1 copy), of which we'll see more at mid-month when the IPR preorder and PDF sales report comes in.

Q1 2008's running tallies, combining this with January+February's data:

DRYH: 21 + 22 = 43 (42 PDF, 1 softcover)

SOTC:
6 HC + 9 HC = 15 HC's
40 PDF + 42 PDF = 82 PDF's.
Total SOTC so far: 97

Spirit of the Season: 1 PDF!

Lifetime tally (which already included January and February):

DRYH: 1235 + 22 = 1257
SOTC: 2673 + 51 = 2724
SOTS: 1]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/04/2008q1-march-for-lulu-obs-e23-ygn/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/335640.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/335640.html#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:05:57 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/335640.html
All of these are electronic sales figures.

e23: 1 copy of SOTC
YGN: starting to show some movement -- due in part to the "Leap Week" sale I mentioned earlier -- with 3 DRYH (2 from the sale) and 1 SOTC (from the sale)
OBS: back with a vengeance -- 23 SOTC (up ten over January), 9 DRYH (up five over January).

Lulu has a smattering as always: 4 SOTC Hardcover, 1 SOTC PDF, 2 DRYH PDF.

February doubles January with 14 DRYH PDFs vs. the 7 we had last month.
It almost doubles SOTC's figures as well: 4 SOTC HC's (vs 2) and 26 SOTC PDF's (vs 14) for a total of 30 (vs 16).

Q1 2008's running tallies, combining this with January data:

DRYH: 7 + 14 = 21 (all PDF)
SOTC:
2 HC + 4 HC = 6 HC's
14 PDF + 26 PDF = 40 PDF's.
Total so far: 46

Lifetime tally (which already included January):

DRYH: 1221 + 14 = 1235
SOTC: 2643 + 30 = 2673]]>
All of these are electronic sales figures.

e23: 1 copy of SOTC
YGN: starting to show some movement -- due in part to the "Leap Week" sale I mentioned earlier -- with 3 DRYH (2 from the sale) and 1 SOTC (from the sale)
OBS: back with a vengeance -- 23 SOTC (up ten over January), 9 DRYH (up five over January).

Lulu has a smattering as always: 4 SOTC Hardcover, 1 SOTC PDF, 2 DRYH PDF.

February doubles January with 14 DRYH PDFs vs. the 7 we had last month.
It almost doubles SOTC's figures as well: 4 SOTC HC's (vs 2) and 26 SOTC PDF's (vs 14) for a total of 30 (vs 16).

Q1 2008's running tallies, combining this with January data:

DRYH: 7 + 14 = 21 (all PDF)
SOTC:
2 HC + 4 HC = 6 HC's
14 PDF + 26 PDF = 40 PDF's.
Total so far: 46

Lifetime tally (which already included January):

DRYH: 1221 + 14 = 1235
SOTC: 2643 + 30 = 2673]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/03/2008q1-february-for-lulu-obs-e23-ygn/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/326656.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/326656.html#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:41 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/326656.html
All of these are electronic sales figures.

e23: 1 copy of DRYH
YGN: a SHOCKING 1 copy of DRYH AND 1 copy of SOTC
OBS: 4 DRYH, 13 SOTC

Lulu brings in a couple print bits: 1 copy DRYH PDF, 2 copies SOTC Hardcover

So our tallies for 2008 start off with:

7 DRYH (All PDF) = 7 total DRYH
14 SOTC (PDF), 2 SOTC (Hardcover) = 16 total SOTC

Lifetime tally:

DRYH: 1214 + 7 = 1221
SOTC: 2627 + 16 = 2643]]>
All of these are electronic sales figures.

e23: 1 copy of DRYH
YGN: a SHOCKING 1 copy of DRYH AND 1 copy of SOTC
OBS: 4 DRYH, 13 SOTC

Lulu brings in a couple print bits: 1 copy DRYH PDF, 2 copies SOTC Hardcover

So our tallies for 2008 start off with:

7 DRYH (All PDF) = 7 total DRYH
14 SOTC (PDF), 2 SOTC (Hardcover) = 16 total SOTC

Lifetime tally:

DRYH: 1214 + 7 = 1221
SOTC: 2627 + 16 = 2643]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/02/2008q1-january-for-lulu-obs-e23-ygn/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/318970.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/318970.html#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:06:57 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/318970.html
e23 sold 2 copies of Spirit of the Century.

OBS sold 14 copies of SOTC and 7 copies of Don't Rest Your Head. This is pretty solid, but follows the "slowly dropping off" pattern expected with OBS.

Lulu sold 4 hardcovers of SOTC and 3 softcovers of Don't Rest Your Head -- no PDF sales.

IPR numbers won't be available until mid-month.

From this post:

DRYH gains 7 PDF and 3 print sales.
SOTC gains 16 PDF and 4 hardcover sales.

Updated quarter:

DRYH: 33 PDF, 8 Print = 41 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 57 PDF, 26 Hard = 83 for Q4 to date

Updated lifetime:

DRYH: 1053 + 10 = 1063
SOTC: 2231 + 20 = 2251]]>
e23 sold 2 copies of Spirit of the Century.

OBS sold 14 copies of SOTC and 7 copies of Don't Rest Your Head. This is pretty solid, but follows the "slowly dropping off" pattern expected with OBS.

Lulu sold 4 hardcovers of SOTC and 3 softcovers of Don't Rest Your Head -- no PDF sales.

IPR numbers won't be available until mid-month.

From this post:

DRYH gains 7 PDF and 3 print sales.
SOTC gains 16 PDF and 4 hardcover sales.

Updated quarter:

DRYH: 33 PDF, 8 Print = 41 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 57 PDF, 26 Hard = 83 for Q4 to date

Updated lifetime:

DRYH: 1053 + 10 = 1063
SOTC: 2231 + 20 = 2251]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2008/01/2007q4-obs-ygn-e23-lulu-december/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/315052.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/315052.html#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:50:16 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/315052.html
I'm just going to lump these into the q4 numbers rather than try to back-tally the pre-October bits into things.

e23 sells only PDFs. Looks like this:

DRYH PDF
Sep: 2
Oct: 1
Nov: 0

SOTC PDF
Sep: 1
Oct: 2
Nov: 2

e23's outstripping YGN at the very least.

Updated quarter:

DRYH: 26 PDF, 5 Print = 31 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 41 PDF, 22 Hard = 63 for Q4 to date

Updated lifetime:

DRYH: 1050+3 = 1053
SOTC: 2226+5 = 2231

When I get a chance, I'm hoping my next post will be about the completion of my first offset printing job, to the tune of 1100 new copies of Spirit of the Century, now all boxed up and sitting in one of my storage rooms.]]>
I'm just going to lump these into the q4 numbers rather than try to back-tally the pre-October bits into things.

e23 sells only PDFs. Looks like this:

DRYH PDF
Sep: 2
Oct: 1
Nov: 0

SOTC PDF
Sep: 1
Oct: 2
Nov: 2

e23's outstripping YGN at the very least.

Updated quarter:

DRYH: 26 PDF, 5 Print = 31 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 41 PDF, 22 Hard = 63 for Q4 to date

Updated lifetime:

DRYH: 1050+3 = 1053
SOTC: 2226+5 = 2231

When I get a chance, I'm hoping my next post will be about the completion of my first offset printing job, to the tune of 1100 new copies of Spirit of the Century, now all boxed up and sitting in one of my storage rooms.]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2007/12/e23-sales-to-date/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/313985.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/313985.html#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:59:17 +0000 Driving Blind http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/313985.html
I haven't figured out how to get visibility to my sales numbers at e23, but I think I've made a few sales over there, in case folks have been wondering.

I switched Lulu over to monthly payments by Paypal at midmonth, after getting some confirmation that their method of payment, like OBS's, doesn't deduct a paypal commission; I didn't want to make less money in exchange for the convenience of not processing a paper check. As a result, Lulu numbers will start to become a monthly thing, though I'm going to have to play catch-up here.

YourGamesNow managed to sell no PDFs at all for me in November -- though that's not much of a drop: in the two prior months, it managed to sell one PDF per month. Overall a pretty weak performer -- some folks have said that YGN does best if there's some kind of promotion, but then, the discounts given in such a promotion would mostly offset the 10% profit gain in getting someone to go there instead of OBS, so I don't see myself pushing too hard for that in the future. I might try doing some sort of short-term exclusive PDF launch there at some point, just to take a little advantage of that -- though with that said, IPR's 15% cut vs. YGN's 25% does leave YGN as the odd man out yet again.

Anyway. On to the non-zero numbers. Lulu's first.

LULU OCTOBER
DRYH Print: 3
DRYH PDF: 1
SOTC Hardcover: 7

LULU NOVEMBER
DRYH Print: 2
DRYH PDF: 1
SOTC Hardcover: 3
SOTC Hardcover Retail: 12
SOTC PDF: 1

LULU TOTALS, OCT+NOV
DRYH Print: 5
DRYH PDF: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 22 (direct and retail)
SOTC PDF: 1

Not too shabby, given Lulu's general minimization. I love that the hardcovers continue to move a bit.

Next up, OneBookShelf (RPGNow/DriveThruRPG). I've already given the October stats for them, so this is all November.

OBS NOVEMBER
DRYH PDF: 11 (vs 9 last month)
SOTC PDF: 16 (vs 19 last month)

So, this appears to be roughly the cruising altitude for OBS sales at the moment, despite the late-October-to-early-mid-November doldrums I was seeing.

Add it all up with the Q4 numbers and DRYH and SOTC to date look like this:

DRYH: 23 PDF, 5 Print = 28 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 36 PDF, 22 Hard = 58 for Q4 to date

And lifetime:

DRYH: 1032+11+2+5 = 1050
SOTC: 2187+16+1+22 = 2226

Dragonmeet gave me some fun moments meeting fans. Apparently some of the Esdevium crew (a UK-based distributor) are really, really thrilled with Spirit of the Century -- I got gushing and requests to sign four copies of the book, as well as the important information that the bath-products store Lush has product labels that could all be turned into a variety of saucy aspects. I also met a woman who was very grateful that in Don't Rest Your Head she finally found a game that matched the level of dark she wanted, and which enabled her to make a tableful of male gamers utterly disturbed.

Q4's looking pretty good. :)]]>
I haven't figured out how to get visibility to my sales numbers at e23, but I think I've made a few sales over there, in case folks have been wondering.

I switched Lulu over to monthly payments by Paypal at midmonth, after getting some confirmation that their method of payment, like OBS's, doesn't deduct a paypal commission; I didn't want to make less money in exchange for the convenience of not processing a paper check. As a result, Lulu numbers will start to become a monthly thing, though I'm going to have to play catch-up here.

YourGamesNow managed to sell no PDFs at all for me in November -- though that's not much of a drop: in the two prior months, it managed to sell one PDF per month. Overall a pretty weak performer -- some folks have said that YGN does best if there's some kind of promotion, but then, the discounts given in such a promotion would mostly offset the 10% profit gain in getting someone to go there instead of OBS, so I don't see myself pushing too hard for that in the future. I might try doing some sort of short-term exclusive PDF launch there at some point, just to take a little advantage of that -- though with that said, IPR's 15% cut vs. YGN's 25% does leave YGN as the odd man out yet again.

Anyway. On to the non-zero numbers. Lulu's first.

LULU OCTOBER
DRYH Print: 3
DRYH PDF: 1
SOTC Hardcover: 7

LULU NOVEMBER
DRYH Print: 2
DRYH PDF: 1
SOTC Hardcover: 3
SOTC Hardcover Retail: 12
SOTC PDF: 1

LULU TOTALS, OCT+NOV
DRYH Print: 5
DRYH PDF: 2
SOTC Hardcover: 22 (direct and retail)
SOTC PDF: 1

Not too shabby, given Lulu's general minimization. I love that the hardcovers continue to move a bit.

Next up, OneBookShelf (RPGNow/DriveThruRPG). I've already given the October stats for them, so this is all November.

OBS NOVEMBER
DRYH PDF: 11 (vs 9 last month)
SOTC PDF: 16 (vs 19 last month)

So, this appears to be roughly the cruising altitude for OBS sales at the moment, despite the late-October-to-early-mid-November doldrums I was seeing.

Add it all up with the Q4 numbers and DRYH and SOTC to date look like this:

DRYH: 23 PDF, 5 Print = 28 for Q4 to date
SOTC: 36 PDF, 22 Hard = 58 for Q4 to date

And lifetime:

DRYH: 1032+11+2+5 = 1050
SOTC: 2187+16+1+22 = 2226

Dragonmeet gave me some fun moments meeting fans. Apparently some of the Esdevium crew (a UK-based distributor) are really, really thrilled with Spirit of the Century -- I got gushing and requests to sign four copies of the book, as well as the important information that the bath-products store Lush has product labels that could all be turned into a variety of saucy aspects. I also met a woman who was very grateful that in Don't Rest Your Head she finally found a game that matched the level of dark she wanted, and which enabled her to make a tableful of male gamers utterly disturbed.

Q4's looking pretty good. :)]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2007/12/november-sales-numbers-update-lulu-obs-ygn-e23/feed/ 0 http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/300355.html http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/300355.html#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:52:30 +0000 In the big car of life... http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/300355.html
Spirit of the Century: 23 PDFs sold (compared to 23 last month, 45 the month before)
Don't Rest Your Head: 14 PDFs sold (compared to 16 last month, 24 the month before)

Pretty hot -- I can't say I had expected the second-month-plus sales to stay steady, but as you can see they pretty much have. Even only getting 65% of the sales revenue, I'd be pretty happy to see a sustained 23-or-so SOTC and teenish DRYH sales trend.

We got onto YourGamesNow at about mid-month, so I haven't been expecting much there. And not much is what I got:

Spirit of the Century: 0 PDFs sold
Don't Rest Your Head: 1 PDF sold

Obviously I'd like to see more through that sales channel, but my expectations, so far, aren't high. Which is fine, really -- PDF sales are not Evil Hat's backbone, they just happen to help. :)

We also got listed on the e23 store within the last week, but I don't have any visibility into whether or not that amounted to anything yet.

The running lifetime totals:

DRYH: 848
SOTC: 1723

In my next post -- Lulu numbers. IPR numbers won't be coming until mid-October.]]>
Spirit of the Century: 23 PDFs sold (compared to 23 last month, 45 the month before)
Don't Rest Your Head: 14 PDFs sold (compared to 16 last month, 24 the month before)

Pretty hot -- I can't say I had expected the second-month-plus sales to stay steady, but as you can see they pretty much have. Even only getting 65% of the sales revenue, I'd be pretty happy to see a sustained 23-or-so SOTC and teenish DRYH sales trend.

We got onto YourGamesNow at about mid-month, so I haven't been expecting much there. And not much is what I got:

Spirit of the Century: 0 PDFs sold
Don't Rest Your Head: 1 PDF sold

Obviously I'd like to see more through that sales channel, but my expectations, so far, aren't high. Which is fine, really -- PDF sales are not Evil Hat's backbone, they just happen to help. :)

We also got listed on the e23 store within the last week, but I don't have any visibility into whether or not that amounted to anything yet.

The running lifetime totals:

DRYH: 848
SOTC: 1723

In my next post -- Lulu numbers. IPR numbers won't be coming until mid-October.]]> http://www.evilhat.com/home/2007/10/third-full-month-of-obs-sales-plus-ygn-pdf-storefront-report/feed/ 0