We're in the process of putting together our numbers and seeing how things are going. From this we've made some graphs. The first shows the number of books sold per quarter since 1 July 2009 through to 30 September 2012. We've left out sales of the limited editions and ebooks because they're kinda sorted differently.
The second graph shows the number of titles that have had at least 1 sale during a quarter. Last quarter 25 titles sold at least 1 copy.
The last graph shows the average number of copies per title sold during the quarter. It kind of shows that even though we've added more titles to our catalog, each title over the last 3 quarters has, on average, sold less.
So that's how things are going. In pictures. There's room for things to get better. Or worse.
Just for our own amusement, the artwork for each of our 2012 releases, in alphabetical order.
The 400-Million-Year Itch - Steven Utley
artwork by Charles R. Knight
Aramaya - Jane Routley
stock art
Bloodstones - Amanda Pillar (ed)
stock art, design by Amanda Pillar and Russell B. Farr
Bread and Circuses - Felicity Dowker
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Damnation and Dames - Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar (eds)
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Fire Angels - Jane Routley
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Mage Heart - Jane Routley
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Midnight and Moonshine - Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
artwork by Kathleen Jennings
Wild Chrome - Greg Mellor
artwork by Leanne and Jamie Tufrey
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2011 - Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (eds)
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Greg Mellor's science fiction collection, Wild Chrome, was recently launched at Smiths Alternate Bookshop in Canberra.
We're told that the bookshop sold out of its entire stock for the night. The incredible Jack Dann was MC, and the amazing Cat Sparks was on hand to take some fabulous pictures.
(l-r) Greg Mellor, Tor Roxburg and Craig Cormick (photo by Cat Sparks)
Buy Wild Chrome in paperback http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=120
limited edition hardcover http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=121
Felicity Dowker will be signing copies of Bread and Circuses this Saturday at Notions Unlimited Bookshop in Melbourne.
When: 13 october, 4-7pm
Where: Notions Unlimited Bookshop, Shop 9, 426 Nepean Highway Chelsea 3196
A huge congratulations to Angela Slatter on winning the British Fantasy Award!
Her story, "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", first published in A Book Of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books), won the short story category.
You can find this story (and 31 others) reprinted in The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene.
You can buy it here: http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=114
We're incredibly pleased to be able to reveal Pia Ravenari's incredible art for the cover of Juliet Marillier's collection, Prickle Moon.
We just love it.
Pia Ravenari talks about the creative process at her blog http://ravenari.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/cover-announcement-prickle-moon/
The wonderful Peter Tennant reviews two TP titles in the latest issue of Interzone, including Lisa L. Hannett's World Fantasy Award nominated Bluegrass Symphony. We're roundly chuffed when he concludes:
"a very strong collection, one that I unreservedly recommend."
Buy issue 242 of this impressive publication to read the full review here http://ttapress.com/1397/interzone-242/
Bluegrass Symphony is available in tradepaperback $25 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=97
Limited hardcover edition signed by Hannett and Ann Vandermeer $75 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=98
The wonderful Peter Tennant reviews two TP titles in the latest issue of Interzone, including Felicity Dowker's amazing collection Bread and Circuses. We're unreservedly happy when he concludes:
"These stories and six others make for a showcase volume ... it amply demonstrates that fantasy fiction down under is in good hands.."
Buy issue 242 of this impressive publication to read the full review here http://ttapress.com/1397/interzone-242/
Bread and Circuses is available in tradepaperback $25 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=118
Limited hardcover edition signed by Dowker and Trent Jamieson $75 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=119
Publishers Weekly have given Greg Mellor's debut collection Wild Chrome a wonderfully positive review. We're mightily happy when they start with
This collection of 21 stories, half reprints and half originals, firmly places prolific Australian author Mellor as a champion of intellectual science fiction.
You can read the full review at http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-921857-24-9
You can order this fantastic collection at indiebooksonline.
Tradepaperback ($25) http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=120
Limited edition hardcover ($75) http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=121
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