This won’t be a full financials post, mostly because I did a massive breakdown of 2023 just recently. But it turns out January is worth remarking on, even though the Smashwords numbers aren’t in yet (and won’t be for a while—reporting and payment from their wide distribution partners, e.g. Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, etc. takes … More Finances 5: Happy New Year (Again)!
Cozy New Year, friends and fellow publishing nerds! Here we are in 2024, following Wyngraf’s biggest year by far. It’s time to take stock of our finances, reflect on what worked and what didn’t, and share everything we can in hopes it might help other indie presses and authors. Yes indeed, friends, it’s time for … More Finances 4: What a Year!
Here we are at the start of a new month—and the launch of a whole new experiment for us, a Kickstarter campaign! What better time to assess our finances and share them with the world? Yes, folks, it’s time for another numbat numbies numbers post. The Big Picture If you’re some sort of weirdo who … More Finances 3: Little Victories
Our back-room numbats have been crunching the numbers, and they inform us it’s time to take the next tiny step forward. Today, Wyngraf is proud to announce we’re increasing our pay rate to 1.5 cents per word. We will offer this rate starting with our third issue, which opens for submissions January 1st. While a … More Authors: We’re Increasing Our Pay
As we’re at the start of a new month and prepping for our next issue, it seems like a good time to do another post about The Numbers, aka The Numbies, aka an insectivorous Australian marsupial called the numbat. First Things First Let’s start with the bottom line. Across both issues combined, Wyngraf has lost … More Finances 2: Revenge of the Numbat
July 27th was a momentous day for cozy fantasy, and Wyngraf in particular. Yesterday, someone in the United Kingdom bought a paperback edition of Wyngraf #1, marking our 136th copy sold and officially putting us over the line of our initial budget of $682.14. As we discussed in our numbers post, we wound up paying … More We Did It! Wyngraf #1 Breaks Even
Well, here we are! Wyngraf #1 has been out for (a little over) a month, giving us our first peek at how, exactly, the Magazine of Cozy Fantasy is doing out there in the big world. Short answer: pretty well! Much, much longer answer… Issue 1 Budget Going Global Let’s start with the numbers (or, … More The Numbers: Not a Disaster!
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