According to my SmashWords dashboard page, I haven’t made a single sale through their site. However, the free sample page they set up for me seems to be working great – I don’t see any other explanation for the recent spike in my Amazon e-book sales.

I really wish it were possible to see a day-by-day sales on the Kindle Publishing menu, but it looks like my average sales tripled since I put up that free sample on SmashWords. So far this month, I’ve sold 153 copies, as well as two copies for British Kindle users. If my math is correct, that means I’ve finally crossed over the $300 monthly profit threshold!!! If my new book (which I’ve just finished writing and am currently editing) does just as well, I’ll be making $600 a month in passive income – and that’s just from Kindle sales! I have no idea how much B&N, Kobe and Apple sales will be, but it will probably get me a few extra bucks…

Lessons learned: SmashWords is awesome and should be used by everybody. That, and apparently people love free book samples.