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Book sales numbers

You Sold How Many Books?

July 17, 2019 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

By Wendy Lawton

Julie and editor, Raela Schoenherr

This week began with a celebration at Bethany House in Minneapolis to mark Julie Klassen’s one millionth book sold. Congratulations, Julie!

A million books! It reminded me what so many writers are …

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Career Triage

October 24, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

At our retreat I talked to our clients about retooling a lagging career or regrettable numbers. I figured it made sense to talk a little about that kind of triage here. So if your writing career is …

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What Not to Share

November 10, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  99 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I cringe when I see authors sharing inappropriate or proprietary information on social media or with friends. I know many argue for having nothing to hide but in business (and as published authors, we are businesspeople) that …

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Why Sales Numbers and Platform Aren’t as Important as Publishers Think

July 29, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  29 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Wendy apologizes that you aren’t reading a blog post from her today. She’s traveling and posting blogs, remembering what day it is, that sort of thing, flitted right out of her brain. She’ll be back next …

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Performance Anxiety

February 24, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  30 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear

Part 3 of 3

Several of my client phone conversations this week centered around sales. I’ve never seen such anxiety over sales numbers. Some of the things I’ve heard lately went something …

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The Numbers Game

May 10, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  21 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

First Published: February 10, 2009

Yesterday I wrote about book advances. I briefly touched on the issue of numbers and how they can affect advances. Today we’ll delve more …

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