2018 ended with a bang for Moonlight Mesa Associates, Inc. Despite a summer of dismal sales (probably partially due to no one being in the
office for three months) the year-end results pretty much surprised everyone. “November and
December were terrific,” Moonlight Mesa publisher Becky Coffield
said. "Almost unbelievable."
Coffield and staff were amazed to see the final tally on
book sales. There were some genuine surprises and some disappointments too.
Moonlight Mesa’s top-selling book for 2018 was A Beginner’s Guide to Owning a Mule. This
includes copies distributed by Ingram and sold by the publisher. If only
Ingram sales are considered, however, Casey
Tibbs – Born to Ride, squeezed out A
Beginner’s Guide to Owning a Mule at the very tail end of the year, the
Tibbs book outselling the mule book by three copies.
J.R. Sanders’ Some
Gave All came in third for sales by
Ingram, and Lee Anderson’s Developing the
Art of Equine Communication took fourth.
As for Kindle and other e-book sales, Casey Tibbs and Equine
Communication had decent sales. Jere James outsold the other
two titles, but Jere also has seven books available. Not all Moonlight Mesa titles are available as ebooks due to photos and file size.
Finally, Moonlight Mesa will no longer be carrying Paula
Silici’s yummy western romance, A Way in
the Wilderness. The author has asked
for her rights back, and due to Silici's precarious health situation, Coffield
agreed to return the author’s rights – except for a 10% publisher right to any
movie rights. "I really loved that book," Coffield said. "I read some parts three and four times!"
The plan now is to get Saving
Our Oceans completed and uploaded for printing. “We’re close, but there’s
still a lot of work to do. It doesn’t help that our beloved cover designer is
migrating to Ecuador,” Coffield said. “He insists there will be internet there,
but it just won’t be the same."
Next up will be Lee Anderson’s book, “The View from My Saddle”. Coffield insists the book will be out in the fall.
Next up will be Lee Anderson’s book, “The View from My Saddle”. Coffield insists the book will be out in the fall.
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