Had three book sales but will only get paid for two
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43092)
Staten Island, New York
November 16, 2017 11:29am CST
I had three book sales and was very excited that I made some money, even though it was only around eleven bucks. Two of the sales were in October and the third in November. I would have earned much more for these sales had my books been purchased directly from Lulu.
I realized that I will only get paid for the October sales this month. That means I will have a leftover balance from the November sale that is under $5. I need to have a minimum of $5 to get paid. So, unless I get another sale in November I will not get paid for this sale. The balance will roll over to the next month and will keep getting rolled over until I get another sale and reach or exceed $5.
I hate that there are minimums in place even for published authors and book sales...
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
17 Nov 17
Hope new readers find your books worth purchasing and buy your books so that you could get money in return. All the best.
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@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Nov 17
Thank you! I wish I knew how to get more new readers and increase sales.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
20 Nov 17
@lovebuglena If your book(s) is interesting, readers would like to read it.
@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Nov 17
@dpk262006 A lot of people would rather spend money on something other than a poetry book. 
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@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 17
@lovebuglena I can imagine sales are low for some genres.
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@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Nov 17
It is. Good thing that I consider being an author a side thing and that my husband works. Can't really live off book sales, especially if the books are mostly poetry/lyric ones. Sales for these types of books are generally low.
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@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Nov 17
It's great that it rolls over but the only way to get paid that money is to get another sale. Hypothetically, if I never get another sale I'll never see that money. Hopefully, that will not be the case.
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@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Nov 17
Thank you! I always welcome new sales and check to see if I have any new ones. Thing is, that sales that happen on Amazon, etc. don't show up in my account until either the last day of the month or beginning of the following month for that previous month. So, when I check for any new sales and see none I may think I have no new sales, but then it turns out I do but they just didn't appear in my account yet.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Nov 17
At least you don't lose anything. It rolls over to an eventual payout.
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@lovebuglena (43092)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Dec 17
I had contacted support about that sale. The revenue was much lower than it should have been.They ended up adjusting my revenue for it and now I have more than $5, so will get paid mid-month. 
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