A new all-time best selling book for me...
This may not mean much of anything to you all, but for the first time since 2020, my all time best selling book is one under my real name- Sean Oswald.
Why should that matter? David Burke is still me right? Yes, but it does matter.
I had such imposter syndrome that I couldn't get a book to sell well without it having spicy bits in it. Now, I can put that to rest.
Those are my 11 best selling books of all time. (self-published- doesn't count the stuff with Aethon)
4 of them are from Welcome to the Multiverse
3 of them are from Four Laws
2 of them are from Prism Academy
1 of them is from Crystal Core
1 of them is from Descend
Yes, I get that the majority of them are still Burke books. But by the end of the year Resistance will have passed Law of Freedom for the number 10 spot and will be closing in on Demis. Collapse will have passed law of family for the number 6 spot. And by spring (assuming projections continue) Countdown will be #3 on the list, Collapse #5 pressing for #4, and Resistance will be #8 or maybe even #7.
So I'm celebrating that I can still sell a book without spicy bits.
Thank you to all of you for your encouragement and support.
Comments (8)
I am reading through your law books the main gang is the Backstreet Boys and there pass phrase is I want it that way… phrasing anyone?
lol yeah all of the gangs are named after popular boy bands.
I agree, spicy bits are a complete no go for myself when reading/listening to a book. If your storytelling and characters are not compelling enough, nsfw scenes are not going to make the book any better. Many a good book have been ruined unnecessarily.
I wish that were the case. I wrote a book series that just sorta naturally included them, and that was why I created a pen name - for some separation. Then when those books outsold my other books, I spent far too much time panicking about the issue. That's something authors do though. We are always questioning the quality of our work.
I didn't realize all of those were you until I signed up here. All of those are permanently on my Kindle. I can't wait for more!
Thanks and glad you're enjoying them all. I like to think that all of my series have my style no matter which pen name they're written under.
I gotta say i love the wttmv series it cuts through the fluff alot of litrpgs have and it has what i consider a mature relationship reminds me of path of ascension in that regard. I personally hope for many more books in the series and that the universe you have created expands and interacts more.
The series is currently planned for 8 books, but if it continues to sell and if I can get the narrator to commit, I could easily make it 10 books. There is plenty left to explore. I'm glad that you're enjoying it. That's always a boost to an author. And yes, I think you'll get to see some expansion of the universe with some cross-over and so on.