the joy of direct sales

It's still always such a buzz when I sell a book and while I get excited about stats to do with the online retailers that my books are available on, when I get a direct sale, it just somehow means more. And today I got two sales!!!!

Somehow these readers stumbled across my writing, went to my shop, and chose to buy a book from me. It feels more personal and visceral. So getting an email while I was at work was just so deliciously thrilling, I wanted to celebrate it.

I'd encourage all writers, no matter what stage you're at, to establish an online shop. I use PayHip which has no monthly fees as a small percentage is deducted per sale. I've connected it to BookFunnel to sell my ebooks and audiobooks. I sell paperbacks where I package and post, however this is only within Australia due to fees. 

There are options to integrate with Bookvault to do print on demand physical books internationally, but I haven't done that. And can also integrate with Printful for merch, which I might do.

I connected my store to my own domain so it's my own branding

​https://pishukinpress.com/