Penn Cole

Girl, how much time did this take? So much time.

Girl, how much time did this take? So much time.

I started to see my book growing in sales without a viral moment at a very steady, regular pace.

I started to see my book growing in sales without a viral moment at a very steady, regular pace.

I started to see my book growing in sales without a viral moment at a very steady, regular pace.

And it was just by talking to people, replying to comments when people said, oh, I'm interested in that book, or asking questions about it, looking at videos that people who had read my book, if they made a video about it, thanking them and talking to them in DMs about what they liked or what their theories were, really engaging with them The first month, I sold maybe 100 copies.

And it was just by talking to people, replying to comments when people said, oh, I'm interested in that book, or asking questions about it, looking at videos that people who had read my book, if they made a video about it, thanking them and talking to them in DMs about what they liked or what their theories were, really engaging with them The first month, I sold maybe 100 copies.

And it was just by talking to people, replying to comments when people said, oh, I'm interested in that book, or asking questions about it, looking at videos that people who had read my book, if they made a video about it, thanking them and talking to them in DMs about what they liked or what their theories were, really engaging with them The first month, I sold maybe 100 copies.

I can't remember exactly. And it was like $1,000, and I was stoked. I was so excited. I thought I had just had the greatest, you know, debut release of all time, making that $1,000. Of course, it cost me way more than that to put out the book, so I was still deeply in the red. And then the next month, it like...

I can't remember exactly. And it was like $1,000, and I was stoked. I was so excited. I thought I had just had the greatest, you know, debut release of all time, making that $1,000. Of course, it cost me way more than that to put out the book, so I was still deeply in the red. And then the next month, it like...

I can't remember exactly. And it was like $1,000, and I was stoked. I was so excited. I thought I had just had the greatest, you know, debut release of all time, making that $1,000. Of course, it cost me way more than that to put out the book, so I was still deeply in the red. And then the next month, it like...

quadrupled and then the next month it like added a digit wow and it it grew and grew i think um by the end of the first year i think we'd sold like 300 000 copies of the books those numbers were just kind of mind-boggling

quadrupled and then the next month it like added a digit wow and it it grew and grew i think um by the end of the first year i think we'd sold like 300 000 copies of the books those numbers were just kind of mind-boggling

quadrupled and then the next month it like added a digit wow and it it grew and grew i think um by the end of the first year i think we'd sold like 300 000 copies of the books those numbers were just kind of mind-boggling

There's still a huge segment of the market that doesn't read e-book at all. So I knew that I had the potential to really grow my reader base in a significant way if I could get into those bookstores. But that door was pretty much shut to me, other than a handful of bookstores that had stopped my books.

There's still a huge segment of the market that doesn't read e-book at all. So I knew that I had the potential to really grow my reader base in a significant way if I could get into those bookstores. But that door was pretty much shut to me, other than a handful of bookstores that had stopped my books.

There's still a huge segment of the market that doesn't read e-book at all. So I knew that I had the potential to really grow my reader base in a significant way if I could get into those bookstores. But that door was pretty much shut to me, other than a handful of bookstores that had stopped my books.

I think by the end of the year, we're going to hit a million copies sold in about a year and a half of the books being on the market, which is unheard of. I mean, even the average traditionally published book is only selling maybe five figures if they're lucky, right? It's just, it's crazy to think about.

I think by the end of the year, we're going to hit a million copies sold in about a year and a half of the books being on the market, which is unheard of. I mean, even the average traditionally published book is only selling maybe five figures if they're lucky, right? It's just, it's crazy to think about.

I think by the end of the year, we're going to hit a million copies sold in about a year and a half of the books being on the market, which is unheard of. I mean, even the average traditionally published book is only selling maybe five figures if they're lucky, right? It's just, it's crazy to think about.