Less Than Random Thoughts From a Science Fiction Author and Generally Good Guy [ Fawkes ]

Monday, January 17, 2011

What's It All About - Statistics













As a child of the 60's, helped by Jude Law's remake, I have always loved the phrase, "What's it all about, Alfie?" It doesn't mean much, figuratively or actually, but it's a great tag-line, you know? So, anyway, after my last pouty-post, whining about no downloads, I went to Libsynpro ( where the master-stats for Pobiobooks.com are housed ) and ran-the-numbers. Interesting results, to say the least. I have 3 podcast novels out there: Anon Time (AT), released 8/2009, The Innerglow Effect (IGE), released 1/2010, and The Prisoner of NaNoWriMo (TPN), released 8/2010. Over the times they have been out, 4525 people have begun AT, 1425 IGE, and 3200 TPN. Finishing stats are 4500 for AT (99%), 1425 for IGE (72%), and 740 for TPN (23%). Some of the relative lowness of TPN maybe that it is still serialized, or people start it and drop it - can't say. One-percent of AT and IGE's downloads are 'so far this month', so they are still in play. Seven percent of TPN are this month. Top 2 countries for total downloads is USA and UK, not surprisingly, for IGE and TPN. For AT, however, far-and-away the most downloads are from China! 17,000 total downloads (estimated to represent 1700 individuals). The USA is second for AT.
Bottom-line: 9150 people have started my podcasts, and about 6265 people have finished the books. Actually, this is very cool! In 18 months, starting from scratch, I have entertained almost 10K folks across the globe - literally. I do wish more people left me feedback, so I could know if my works are well-considered, but the numbers are very small. I hope the lack of reviews isn't along the lines of "if you don't have anything nice to say..."
My stats on ebooks are much much lower, in the 200 total range. This is due to the fact that podcasts are more rare than print, and Podiobooks.com is a fairly well known. Advertising print is, as mentioned before, difficult.
So, for all you newbies like me, those are the stats. These are the numbers you can hope to hit. Many PB.com authors have significantly more downloads. Horror and fantasy do much better on that site than standard fiction and sci fi.
So, I will push ahead, a bit more content. I love the writing process, and if my efforts have at least some worth, and are used, then I'm good. Have a relaxing MLK Day, and spread the word, okay?

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