Comments on: Saturday Guest Blogger, Stacia Kane/December Quinn, part two!

By: December Quinn/Stacia Kane

December Quinn/Stacia Kane — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:26:42 +0000

Thank you Fedora!

By: Fedora

Fedora — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:10:24 +0000

Stacia, I’m not a writer by any means, but what a treasure trove of information!! Thanks for taking the time to share it! And congrats on your successes! Woohoo!

By: December Quinn/Stacia Kane

December Quinn/Stacia Kane — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:45:50 +0000

Thanks, Robin and Estella! Glad you enjoyed it.

By: Estella

Estella — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:42:54 +0000

I am not a writer, but the info is great.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:33:34 +0000

Thanks, Stacia. And good luck with your novella, Jodi! I also get a ton of good information from my RWA chapter. I’d be lost without them!

By: December Quinn/Stacia Kane

December Quinn/Stacia Kane — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:02:57 +0000

Thanks Jodie! I hadn’t thought of the RWA groups, true, I guess because you have to be an RWA member to participate. Good luck with your novella!

Lol Julie, true. I’d forgotten about the royalty rate for ebooks from HQ or the NY houses. And Fictionwise takes another bite, too. I know with my ebooks that sold on FW, I had to sell 150 copies or so to get $25 (of course it’s been some time since I’ve checked those numbers, so I could be off on that. But it was a substantial number of sales to get a lot less money, I recall.)

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:31:07 +0000

I meant to add…that as pathetic as my numbers were on Dirty Little Secrets back in 2005, it was a bestseller at Fictionwise for a couple of weeks. Makes you wonder.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:04:50 +0000

Well, remember…I get a much lower royalty rate! Same as a print book. So instead of earning 40-50% royalty, I’m getting 8%. That’s a big difference. Although…I need to check this. I’m not entirely sure about that. I know that Dirty Little Lies sold better than Dirty Little Secrets…but it was just a couple of hundred books, all told.

I’ve yet to receive any statements on my Harlequin books now that they are available as ebooks. I’ll be very interested in seeing how they sell.

Robin, great question.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:03:06 +0000

This is so much great information, thanks!!

As for the reason for buying e-books. I’m not embarrased to go into the book store and buy erotica, but the covers do tend to pose a problem for me with 2 boys - who have lots of friends in and out or when I’m hanging out with them at the skate park. I can download them on my e-reader and nobody knows what I’m reading and I’m not brownpaper-wrapping the covers!

Thanks again for being here and for posting the links to check. I’m currently finishing my first novella and, of course, would love to get in with Ellora’s Cave but it’s nice to have all this information available to check out the others.

Another great resource is the published authors within my RWA online chapters. It’s very easy to see who is published with who, and everyone is so willing to share info about their experiences with those publishers that it’s easy to stay informed. But having those links is fantastic!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

By: December Quinn/Stacia Kane

December Quinn/Stacia Kane — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:22:32 +0000

Very true, Cher. EC’s sales are pretty much good across the board.

They have their own printing press now, EC does. So I guess it depends on whether the bookstores have ordered copies or if it’s just orders through the website.

I’m really surprised at that, too, Julie. I would have expected a lot more.

Robin, I can’t really speak from experience because my first novella with EC comes out next month. But as far as I know, longer sells better. I’ve heard that stuff like the themed Quickies, while they sell respectably, don’t make the numbers the novels do (also because they’re cheaper, they just don’t make as much $ for the author all around.)