Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.
When you take the individual out of the equation, then you're making programming based on some marketer's idea of what will sell, and not based on the idea of what an individual would like.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
You really have to understand this isn't a business where you sit in the back room and do calculations - you have to be very concerned about employees and customers, because that's really what's going to bring you success.
If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.
My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.
I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part.
The income from sales now covers the expense of materials but I expect this to improve.
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
I don't really know anything about sales figures, to be honest with you.