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48 Of My ‘Bold Coast’ Books Ready To Be Delivered To ‘Dockside Treasures’, In ‘Lubec’, Maine.

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by Anura Guruge
on May 11, 2024

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Always NICE to piles of your own book. SMILE.

24 copies of the ‘Ambling Guide for Seniors‘. This is THE most popular. I am THRILLED. I did have any expectations for that book! Wow. I am so chuffed. OK … I will let you into a SECRET. I v. rarely tell folks, even family, as to what my next book will be. I don’t like to tempt fate. But, on June 1, 2024, I plan to start writing ANOTHER ‘Ambling Guide for Seniors‘. No, NOT for the Bold Coast — but it somewhere else in Maine. I am getting nagged to write one for THIS area, i.e., ‘Lake Winnipesaukee‘. That might have to be next year. SMILE.

12 copies each of the ‘Two Days or Less‘ & ‘Souvenir & Guide‘. That is COOL. The lady who runs the ‘Dockside Treasures‘ is a consummate retailed. She knows her stuff. WOW. She knows exactly what sells. So, the title she orders, & the quantities, give me the BEST gauge of what sells. I am very grateful.

So, YES, I am off to Lubec next week to deliver the books. Smile. Yes, of course, I could have had the books shipped, BUT this gives me an excuse to visit Lubec, & how can I resist that.

I ordered a few more books, for MYSELF, to give away as gifts. That is ANOTHER joy & privilege of being an author.

SMILE.

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50 Copies Of My ‘Bold Coast’ Books Ready To Be Delivered To ‘Lubec’ (Maine) Next Week.

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by Anura Guruge
on May 18, 2023

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These 50 going to ‘The Inn of the Wharf‘ in Lubec.

The book for sales in their gift shop last year.

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I don’t get a chance to see this many of my books, stacked high in one place, that often. Kind of nice. Gratifying.

I will be delivering these 50 to Lubec next week.

My other two outlets in Lubec, i.e., ‘Dockside Treasures‘ & ‘The Eastland Motel‘, already have their copies in hand. They ordered a few months earlier.

This is great. This time last year I only had ONE Bold Coast book. Now there are five.

Very grateful to the three Lubec outlets. They have all been WONDERFUL. I sell more copies in Lubec than I sell online. I am happy. Thank YOU.

Amazon Sold 361 Copies Of My ‘Bold Coast’ Books Last Year.

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by Anura Guruge
on February 18, 2023

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5 Bold Coast books. 591 Pages in TOTAL!

All 5 books now available on Amazon (worldwide).

I don’t keep track & I had no idea UNTIL I had to go looking for the ‘1099’ form to do my taxes. 361 was more than I realized. I am happy.

These are the copies sold by Amazon. It doesn’t include the 40 to 50 author copies I got to distribute to folk. Plus, I might have sold a FEW other eBooks on other platforms.

I am NOT sure what to make of the 361. Yes, of course, I would have liked to have sold more. But, 361 is better than a kick in the teeth. The the title that sold the most, i.e., ‘Cut to the Chase’ only became available as of July 28, 2022 & the next one down, i.e., ‘In Two Days or Less’, as of May 27, 2022. So, neither of them were available for the full season.

Other than the Owner of ‘Dockside Treasures‘ in ‘Lubec‘ who sold a LOT of books I really had no other outlets OR support from anyone. I don’t know the exact numbers but she bought a BUNCH of books DIRECTLY from Amazon because I couldn’t get her author copies quick enough (given the mandatory 2-week DELAY Amazon imposes on author copies to impede us competing against them). It would have been nice if I got some help from folks in Maine but …

C’est la vie. I have already moved on.

I was going to do another Bold Coast AMBLING book & I even started working on it, but I have now lost interest. Working on a whole new theme — & it is not even popes!

Well, it will be Spring soon & we can see if there is continued interest for these books. ‘Dockside Treasures‘, to their credit, already ordered a bunch, which was nice & good. I am glad of that.

Amuses me to see that my ‘Central Pain‘ book sells some — 1 a month. SMILE.

Well, bottom line, as some know, these books don’t even pay for the wine it takes to keep me alive. On average I make LESS than $1 a book, given that on some of the eBooks, the royalty is like 60 cents! Smile. If not for the fact that I have owned a ‘few’ Amazon shares for over a decade I would be yet another starving writer. Smile.

Quite The Kick To See My ‘Bold Coast’ Books For Sales At Two Stores In Lubec, Maine.

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by Anura Guruge
on June 21, 2022

At ‘Dockside Treasures‘ on ‘Water Street’.
At the Gift Shop at ‘The Inn on the Warf‘ on the warf.

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‘Dockside Treasures‘ on left.

It has been awhile since I have seen any of my books for sale at a bookstore.

So, this was a quick. I actually got to see a copy of the ‘Two Days or Less‘ being sold at ‘Dockside Treasures‘. That was neat. It was the owner of that delightful store (that I will write about more this week), Wanda Corey, that got the ball rolling once she had seen my ‘Ambling Guide‘. I am very grateful to her.

The co-owner of ‘The Inn on the Warf‘ told me that she had sold two copies, one of each, to the same person. I was humbled. Wow.