Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
It's time for another report from the Friends of OpenDocument to the
OOoAuthors team on the sales of printed copies of your books. Sales
began in mid-November of last year. These figures are through 28 Feb 2006.
GS=Getting Started, WG=Writer Guide
Number of copies sold
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Month GS WG Total
Nov 18 14 32
Dec 40 24 64
Jan 22 26 48
Feb 43 36 79
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Total 123 100 223
Income (USD)
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Nov 141.46
Dec 272.40
Jan 225.34
Feb 353.01
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Total 992.21
Expenses (USD)
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Proof copies 32.55
Review copies 48.90
Commission to FoOD* 111.50
2 x ISBN** 298.00
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Total 490.95
* 50c/book
**For GS & WG 2nd edition, in preparation
Surplus: approx. $500.00
Note: Looking ahead to finishing more books, we should
set aside at least another $180 each for the Draw Guide,
Calc Guide, and Impress Guide (costs of proof and review
copies + ISBN), so this money is all marked for future
publishing-related purposes. Starting with this month
(March), we should start generating some real income.
--Jean
This is great. I hope that we can spread this information about the
books further than this site. I have donated one book to our local
library. I have not heard back from them yet, but, I hope that it will
be positive. Libraries are worried about copyright at this time.
Chris
