Okay this post is strictly for us author nerds trying to interpret sales data

These authors have disclosed their numbers so we can probably glean something from this. I'm mainly looking for ideas of how to track my numbers.

• Marsha Canham discusses her earnings from print vs digital books and the costs involved in selling them
• Gemma Halliday
• Debra Holland sales for 2011
• Debra Holland shares her results after one calendar year of indie book sales
• Trish McCallen   (also check the sidebar at this linked page for more blog posts about sales figures)
• Courtney Milan compares two different royalty statements—one from a publisher, one on her indie book
• Lisa Mondello
• Nina Pierce shares a reality check of sales figures
• Theresa Ragan   (also check her Sales Ranking Chart)
• Cate Rowan tracks her first year of sales (August 2010-2011) on The Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood
• Eric Wilson, a NYT Bestselling Author, discusses the reality of earnings from his commercially published books
• Nora Wilson shares her 2011 sales results