tracking amazon sales

[snappytype]

How do I tell how many books I've sold via amazon?  I assume that the lulu sales numbers just reflect lulu sales, but I could be wrong.

[kevinlomas]

With a a Lulu ISBN a sale anywhere is a 'Lulu Sale'. Eventually they will show up on your My Lulu pages, but not as to where they were sold, just the money.

[stevenwarren]

I have purchased my own listing of ISBN's and so I imagine that everytime a copy of one of my books is printed then this appears in my revenue after the allotted period of time whether this someone purchasing directly from my relevant websites (which include the link to my Lulu profile for ordering) or the fact that a print has been made from an Amazon request? 

Kind regards,

Steven

[Peter May]

A book is sold either from the Lulu site or via distribution and that fact is noted in 'My Revenue' in 'My Lulu'

The most obvious difference is that you receive much more for a book sold directly by Lulu,  and after the book title will come -- Print

If thebook is sold via Amazon it will have, after the book title - -- Distribution - UK or Distribution - US etc

If you have an ePub edition it will say, for example -- Apple iPad CA, -- Apple iPad UK etc

It is not possible to tell if the book is sold by Amazon or another site (such as BookDepository) ,

[ABN397]

If you look into Google for Amazon sales tracking (or something like that) you will find several websites which claim to monitor sales on Amazon (including .uk and others). I haven't studied these in detail, but www dot novelrank dot com seems to be OK. However it will only track sales once you enter the ISBN with them.

[EJowsey]

Do you know how long it takes for sales to show up on the revenue page? I presume it will take longer for sales via Amazon to show and lulu quicker?

[Peter May]

Lulu sales appear amost instantly - sales via distribution are reported monthly on Lulu, on around the 8th of the month. But there can be a delay.

[EJowsey]

Thanks Peter.