The Anne Boleyn Collection

I’m spending my life celebrating at the moment because it seems that we keep keep hitting targets and reaching milestones!

On the 8th March, three weeks after publication, I was reporting hitting the 1000 sales mark and now, on the 19th March, four and a half weeks after publication, we’ve hit 2000! Today, at 11.44am Central European time, The Anne Boleyn Collection had sold 2006 copies! It’s also still No. 1 on one of the Amazon Best Sellers Charts.

I can’t quite believe it and am so grateful for the support and the way that people have spread the message – Thank you!

More bubbly for me today, I think!

Just to let you know that I am happy to sign paperbacks and Kindle copies of The Anne Boleyn Collection and can do so in the following ways:-

• Signed bookplates – I’ve had some lovely Anne Boleyn themed bookplates printed so that I can sign them and send them out to people who own the paperback. Go to Signed Books for more details.
• Kindlegraph – If you have a Kindle copy of my book then I can also sign it. Simply go to my author page at Kindlegraph – click here – and click on “Request Kindlegraph”. I will then sign your Kindle version for you.

You can email me at claire@theanneboleynfiles.com if you have any questions about this.

The rollercoaster ride continues! It’s only been just over a week since I posted that The Anne Boleyn Collection book had sold its 1000th copy and things are crazier than ever!

Today marks the one month anniversary since The Anne Boleyn Collection went live for sale on Amazon.com and at 8 o’clock this morning it had sold 1706 copies in total.

It’s still at No. 1 in the Biographies & Memoirs/Historical section of Amazon UK’s Kindle store:-

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #344 Paid in Kindle Store
#1 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical
#6 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > History > UK
#6 in Books > Biography > Historical > Countries & Regions > Europe

I’m obviously thrilled to bits by its success, but what makes me even happier is that there are that many people out there reading about Anne Boleyn right now! Hurrah!

I’m excited to announce that today on Amazon UK The Anne Boleyn Collection hit the Number 1 spot on the bestseller list for Historical Biographies! Yay!

Here are the rankings from Amazon.co.uk:-

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #416 Paid in Kindle Store
#1 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical
#6 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > History > Europe
#6 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > History > UK

And from Amazon.com:-

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,874 Paid in Kindle Store
#3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > History > Europe > England
#7 in Books > History > Europe > England
#13 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical

Am I allowed some more bubbly?

Thank you so much for all the support and for joining me on this journey!

What a rollercoaster ride it has been! On the 23rd February 2012, one week after publication of The Anne Boleyn Collection, I reported the progress of the book. I had reached a high of 2,582 in the Amazon Sales Rankings and was No.6 on the Kindle Store for History>Europe>England. Well, here is a screen capture from the 7th March:-

As you can see, I got to 1,598 in the rankings and to No. 4 in the History>Europe>England bestseller list for Kindle books. I was also No.1 in Hot New Releases in that category and No. 2 in Top Rated. The book also now has sixteen 5 star reviews, which is wonderful – thank you to all those who’ve left reviews!

As it is exactly three weeks today since the Kindle version went live on the Amazon website (16th February), I wanted to share with you the sales figures. I looked at 10.30 this morning (Spain time) and the total for Kindle and paperback sales was 1024 copies sold! Over 1000 copies in three weeks! I was stunned and thrilled.

The response to The Anne Boleyn Collection has been overwhelming and I’ve received so many lovely comments and emails from happy readers, which is what every author wants at the end of the day. So, a big thank you to those who have bought the book, those who have spread the message and those Tudor history bloggers who’ve been a part of the virtual book tour I’m doing at the moment – Thank you!

Today marks the start of my virtual book tour as I hop from Tudor blog to Tudor blog (or Facebook page) doing giveaways, guest articles, interviews and Q&As. I only wish that I could do it in the real world as it would be very exciting travelling from Spain to the USA, Canada, Australia and Slovenia!

I thought this was the perfect way to spread the message about “The Anne Boleyn Collection” and also thank the Tudor history community for all their support and encouragement over the past three years. I love interacting with other websites, blogs and Facebook pages and I hope you enjoy this tour. Perhaps you’ll discover a blog you didn’t know about and make some friends on the way!

Today I’m visiting Barb and followers at the Tudor Tutor – click here. I’m off there now so do pop in!

Here is the schedule for my virtual book tour and I’m pleased to be able to add an extra day, so a 6 day tour!

• Monday 5th March TODAY The Tudor Tutor – I’ll be answering questions from Barb’s blog and Facebook followers and giving away a signed copy of “The Anne Boleyn Collection” plus a set of Henry VIII and Six Wives drink charms.

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