…and we’ll see if what comes out in any way resembles a blog post worth reading.

So Benevolence Archives hasn’t been selling well lately.  And by “hasn’t been selling well,” I mean “has sold one copy in the last thirty days.”  Now, if I were to make a list of things that also have not happened in the last thirty days, “took even the slightest step to market Benevolence Archives” would have to be on the list, so this isn’t a waah waah poor me no one loves me type of post.  The book’s not selling right now because I’m not putting it in people’s faces and trying to sell it.  There are consequences to actions.  It’ll be OK.

What’s interesting:  a couple of weeks ago, having already noted this trend, I shrugged and set the book to perma-free at Smashwords.  I am starting to think that Smashwords isn’t even a real website, by the way, because even that caused it to move no copies, and the site now helpfully informs me that despite making no sales I am owed sixty-one cents by… someone.  ‘K.  Why did I do this?  Because I want the book free at Amazon, and I’ve been informed by numerous reliable people that the way to perma-free your book at Amazon is to make it permanently free at Smashwords, and then their magical Internet goblins notice and match the price.

They, uh, have not matched the price, despite the fact that I specifically ratted myself out to them.  Which is part of the reason I haven’t mentioned the book much around here lately, because “SPEND MONEY TO BUY MY BOOK BEFORE IT’S FREE FOREVER!” seems kinda rude, y’know?  But they won’t make it free.

So… spend money to buy my book before it’s free forever?  Yeah.  Go do that.  You’ll like it.

(Actually, gonna make this its own post.  The rest may wait until tomorrow.)

(Oh.  Something that happened today?  Actual progress on BA 8!  Miraculous!)