Wow!  What a launch day!

After spending the day posting to dozens of sites, sending dozens of messages on Goodreads and Twitter (and getting politely asked to stop by the former and suspended by the latter!), and clicking on the “Refresh” buttons on the Kindle Direct Publishing sales report and the Amazon book page, I called it quits around 6:30 pm.  I was happy with the results.  Sales stood at 125, breaking the triple-digit goal I’d set.  Comfortable in that this metric had been met, I headed out for a local concert with some friends.

A good time was had by all.

By the time I got home and checked One Last Time, though, sales were over 200!  That’s twice the goal I’d set.  And, the book stood at #25 in the General Humor category for free Kindle books, just under 2,000 overall.  Not too shabby for first novel.

And then, this morning, this greeted me:

That’s right.  Almost 300 downloads, three times my goal.  Whoot!

Curious, I headed over to the book’s Amazon page and saw this:

#13?!  That’s above the fold.  And teetering on the top 900 overall!  [And the news is even better.  In the time it’s taken me to compose this post, the book has climbed to #12 in General Humor and #863 overall.]

I share all this with you, well, because I’m so excited.  But more so to say thank you to all those who lent their support and spread the word.  Writing the book is only part of the process, and I owe a debt of gratitude to all those who have helped make this launch a success.

And the launch goes on.  Today is The Point of Escape‘s second “promo” day (i.e. it’s free!), so keep spreading the good word, and I’ll keep you posted on how things shake out.