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My debut novel, Child of Fire, was named to Publishers Weekly's Best 100 Books of 2009, and the two that followed received starred reviews.  My epic fantasy trilogy The Great Way was crowdfunded and, at the time, was the ninth-most funded Fiction Kickstarter ever. 

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One more and I’m out of here. 

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Amazon.com is giving 4 weeks of free Bookscan numbers to U.S. authors.  If you’re signed up for their Author Central, you can see sales not only for the Amazon.com site, but for all booksellers who report to Bookscan.  Details here.  Amazon.com’s FAQ here. 

Anyway, Bookscan says their numbers represent about 75% of all book sales, but the real figures vary wildly from 15% to 75%.  It really doesn’t tell you anything, and it isn’t important. 

But here’s what it looks like, except you can mouse-over each region for more info. ( Click through for full size)