My goal in writing about birds and photographing them for children’s books has always been to increase the joy and enjoyment of nature for families. It has never been to make money. This morning I paid the sales tax bill for last year, and closed the account on last year’s sales. While certainly not required, I wanted to update folks on my children’s book sales financial results.
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Net financial gain over the past two years … 2019 and 2020 (Snowy’s Search for Color and Do You Hoot?): $180.
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I have taken ZERO money out of my book account for myself. All proceeds have been used to pay for publishing, shipping and taxes. I am certain the $180 gain will be put towards future book expenses.
- Books Given Away at no charge (PDF copies): 633 copies
- Printed versions of books sold: 366 copies
- Total books sold or given away: 999 copies
Thus, you can see this effort is not a “get rich scheme”. If you would like to download a free PDF copy of any of my birding children’s books and perhaps obtain the 1,000th copy, please follow this url. Thank you. (direct link: Snowy’s Search for Color)