Karma Girl has been out almost two weeks now, and I’ve been trying to figure out how well it’s doing. Mostly by checking my online Amazon and Barnes & Noble rankings every day. Yes, I am that obsessive. 😎
I also got some good news from my editor. Karma Girl was #22 on the B&N trade romance list last week and #36 on the BookScan list.
At least, I think this is good news. I have no idea what those numbers actually mean. Copies sold? Shipped? Returned? Put in a big pile and burned to ash?
Actually, I have no idea what any of the best-seller numbers mean. Why is Publishers Weekly different from the New York Times list? Why are both of those different from USA Today? And those lists don’t count actual copies sold, right? They look at books shipped … or something.
If anyone knows of an article that explains the numbers game, please pass it on. Inquiring minds want to know how well the book is doing …
And here’s another shot of me at Mountain Empire Comics on Saturday.
Here’s a shot of me with everyone’s favorite webcrawler, Spider-Man. This was taken during my booksigning Saturday at 