Kindle Book sales

I was hoping that by putting my electronic books for sale in Amazon Kindle format, I could cash in. The books have sold some copies on there but not enough.

My Presentation book -

has sold two copies.
My vegan recipe book -

has sold two copies.
My Easy Money Management book -

has sold one copy.
My novel -

has sold two copies.

In order to be sent a cheque in $US I have to have made $100 (and wait 60 days after that) and have only made just over $11. I am hoping that my next book will be a lot more popular and sell more. I am also going to add to the keywords so hopefully the books will turn up in more search results.

New Business

I know that mu husband woudl love to start up a new business. He loves the idea of running his own business but I think that he has come down to earth at last with regards to the amount of hard work that it takes and the fact that he is lucky to be in a well paid job. I think that the idea of choosing employees, motivating the team, doing trade shows with pop displays and everything else that seems fun about a new business is very appealing. However, it is important to remember that most new businesses do not make a profit for a long time and there will be a lot of hard work and stress involved as well.

August Earnings

Pay to Blog - £7.70
PayU2Blog - £2.75
Bloggerwave - £2.20
Blog Article - £2.75

Writing - £181.50
Article Writing - £181.50
Other - £35.45
Waterproof Memo Board - £10.00
Pure Profile - £25.45


Making a grand total of £224.65

This was another month with children home from school and so I did not look for work. I was pleased with the money that came in and hope to make a lot more next month.

New Ideas

With the children going back to school tomorrow, I am thinking of some new ideas of things to make money. I have decided to write another kindle book, different to the last one and see if that can raise some money, that will probably take me about a week as I have already got one story to go in it (it will be a sort story collection). I will also look for small writing assignments too. The children need a new computer each and a new chest of drawers and so that could cost me money. I woudl love some new clothes but I think that I will either be looking at wholesale clothes or something like that or waiting for a while. I am guessing that waiting will probably be the option I will end up going for.

I Predict a Big Spend.......

My husband is getting really carried out thinking about the loft converstion now. He thinks that because we could save a few hundred pounds if we did it sooner rather than later that we should do it now. the thing is that I would much rather have the mortgage paid off first but I have a feeling that I will be talked out of it again like I was with all of the other work we have had done in the house, soon I will be planning what pedestal sinks to put in the en suite bathroom and what colour stair carpet to get......

Loft Conversion

I have found the details of a company we want to do a loft conversion for us. I decided to contact them in order to find out whether it was possible and how much it would cost so I could calculate how much we woudl need to save up after we have paid the mortgage off. My husband is now all excited about it and wants the work done as soon as possible. He thinks it will not be too expensive but seems to be forgetting the costs of the shower room, carpets and furniture. We need a new wardrobe and chest of drawers for the children anyway and having tehir own room will mean they will need one each. We will also be losing our fitted wardrobe because the stairs will go there and so we will need one as well. This will add a thousand to the cost so I think it will end up costing us at least 25k altogether. I think we will be able to start saving 10k a year and therefore have the mortgage paid off in five and woudl rather wait until we have done this and then save up for the loft conversion. I predict that the boys will not really need separate rooms until they are at secondary school anyway which gives us six years. I guess not that long!

Books Still Selling...

I am still selling books on Amazon bit by bit. These are my electronic books and it is really good to see that a few are selling despite the fact that I have done no research at all. it has certainly got me thinking about writing another one and seeing how well that sells as well. I will do another fiction title but do something a bit different to the last, which was a romance, in order to see whether this type sell better.

Update

I have not had a lot of work in lately, probably because I have not been looking that hard with the children home on holiday. I am working on something at the moment which is fun and should earn me around $100 which is good but looking at our finances and planning for the future, I really want to start working hard to get the mortgage paid off. I know that we can do it in five years but if I earn a lot we could get it done even sooner and that woudl be fantastic. I must do some calculations to motivate me...watch this space!

July Earnings

Pay to Blog - £35.20
PayU2Blog - £33.00
Bloggerwave - £2.20

Writing - £203.40
Article Writing - £203.40


Making a grand total of £255.10

A little disappointing but considering the final week I did nothing at all then it will do! I do need to concentrate on picking the total back up next month and have already $54 today which will help!

Back From My Holiday

I have returned from my holiday feeling very much more relaxed. I cannot believe that I managed to survive a whole week without a mobile phone signal or an Internet connection!n It was lovely being able to spend time with the family and be fully committed to them all of the time rather than worry about work. We indulged ourselves which was fun and I am now thinking that I will need to invest in some corsets because I have put on so much weight! We also did not worry about how much money we were spending. This lack of concern will probably continue this week as well because my husband is off work and we are going to various places on visits. I will have to try to fit in some work though and start to think about the finances as the children desperately need a new wardrobe and it is tehir birthday soon so I have to pay for the party.