by • March 21, 2013 • Follow
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As part of the business side of publishing, one of the many things self-published authors have to keep track of is their book sales.
Tracking book sales is easy if you just have one book and are just publishing it through one distribution channel, ie Amazon. It can get quite cumbersome if you’re trying track your book sales through multiple distribution channels. We’ve compiled a list of tools for you to make tracking sales easy.
Tools:
1. TrackerBox
-Tool for indie authors by indie authors
-Imports all your sales from various various and lets you track sales trends on each channel.
-Price: $60
– Susan Kaye Quinn goes over the program here.
2. Amazon Author Central program for book tracking and more.
-Let’s you pull in from various retailers
-Data pulls in from Neilson BookScan
-Let’s you upload all your sales spreadsheets and gives you reports based on the data
-Cost $49.50
Some additional tips for tracking your book sales.
Other useful articles:
Tracking Sales by Susan Kaye Quinn
How to Track Your Book Sales in Real Time with Amazon by Laurie Lewis
All About Amazon Author Central
Amazon’s Author Central: Keeping Track of Your Books by Darcy Pattison
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Kate Tilton is the marketing associate for BiblioCrunch, an author assistant, and a book blogger.
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