In which the author is easily amused
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, it says here that Carousel Tides (published November 2010) has earned out and paid its fond author royalties. This is the second period in which this has happened, so, yay! Carousel Tides!
Carousel Sun (published February 2014) only has $520 to earn back until it, too, can begin contributing to the author's income stream. Last period, it had more than $1,800 to earn back, so -- well done, Carousel Sun!
For the completists -- Carousel Seas was only published in February 2015 (2015, The Longest Year Ever), so no royalty report this time. Maybe next time.
Across all the royalty statements, sales of ebooks are slightly ahead of hard copy sales. In the case of the books we've written under contract with Baen, of which Trade Secret is only the most recent example, esales paid back the advance in the first six month's of the titles lives. Which is interesting, if these sorts of things happen to interest you.
And, no, no report for Dragon in Exile -- maybe the time after next time.
So, that.
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Tomorrow bids fair to be an Odd Day. Tai Chi from 9-10 am, then change into my impression of business clothes, and head out to the hospital for the afternoon shift. No one has told me precisely where to report, or even pointed out the employee's entrance, though I think I know where it is. Also, there's some snafu with my badge, so I won't have it, going in. Well, at least I know my boss' name, and the location of her office. The rest can be figured out.
This evening, having finished the errands, and cleaned All The Things, it's time at last to get to work, though what I really want to do is curl up on the couch under a floofy blanket and take a nap.
Ah, well.
Maine continues to labor under a snow-free forecast for at least the next 10 days. This is just. . .eerie. Mind you, I'm not complaining; there's a very significant part of me that is Perfectly Happy Never to Shovel Snow Again, but, still -- this is Maine.
And so to work.

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Date: 2016-01-26 10:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-26 10:32 pm (UTC)The book has earned out. I have received two royalty payments from its sales since earn out.
Which are boring sentences, but more accurate.
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Date: 2016-01-27 01:37 am (UTC)If your Baen books are earning out in 6 months, that's really good news. Well done.
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Date: 2016-01-27 04:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-27 04:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-27 03:21 am (UTC)Hum... okay, three possible referents for "this has happened." Could be the bundle (earned out and paid royalties), could be earned out, or it could be paid royalties. Now, with a smidgeon of inside knowledge that earning out is a one time event (it means the book has sold enough to cover the advance payments, kind of like paying off the mortgage on a house), we are left with ... second period in which the book has paid royalties. And a round of applause for books that keep on earning their way (this is sometimes referred to as the long tail, although no one seems to mind being hit with that long tail, unlike crocodile tails, kangaroo tails, and other long tails that I can think of).
Yes, I'm enjoying my lunch break and splitting grammar at the same time. Thanks!
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Date: 2016-01-27 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-27 07:05 pm (UTC)