It may be that selling books on Kindle (otherwise Amazon KDP) is no longer A Good Thing To Do. Sales for the last year have not been anything like they have in the past. Amazon tells me I have clicks, for which they charge, but the charge for clicks outweighs the profit from sales.

KENP  (page reads)are also just about vanished. My career as an author is just about over even though I am 40,000 words into a new Regency romance.

Audible (talking books) is taking over so they say and I think that is sad on many levels. Reading is a skill that needs to be practiced, whereas anyone can listen. Every time I have tried listening to a book, I have fallen asleep, only to wake  a little later to find I have missed a good deal of the book. Often it is two in the morning and then I struggle to get back to sleep, so maybe this colours my view!  The less one reads over time the harder it seems to be when one comes back to it.

I look at this photo of Stac Polly and think once upon a time I climbed to the top of that (and almost got eaten alive by the infamous Scottish midgie) but now the thought of doing it again makes me smile, sit down and read a book.