A big thank-you to all who downloaded a Kindle copy of His Own Good Sword last week! The promotion was an enormous success; as I tweeted on Tuesday, I gave away more copies of the book in the first nine hours than I sold all last year. Still more exciting, the book slipped several times into the top five of all historical-fantasy downloads on both the US and UK sites (and into the top ten action/adventure downloads on the German site). Here’s a breakdown of the final numbers, for those of you who are interested:
- United States/India: 342 copies
- United Kingdom: 150 copies
- Germany: 34 copies
- Japan: 6 copies
- Canada: 2 copies
- Italy: 2 copies
- France: 1 copy
- Total: 537 copies
Which means that, on average, more than one-hundred copies were downloaded each day of the promotion. Which is awesome. So thanks again to all who participated and devoted their reading time, and also to those who helped spread the word through retweets and Facebook shares! I hope everyone enjoys the book. (If you didn’t get the chance to download a copy, and are now feeling a bit guilty, it’s still only $0.99 in the US Kindle store; the paperback version is currently $7.19.)
I'm a student, amateur historian, coffee connoisseur, movie buff, hockey fan, cat lady, and all-around nerd. I'm currently pursuing a degree in history and political science at the University of West Georgia. In my spare time, I write historical fiction and fantasy. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
