Looking for "not new" income

Yep, this is a blatant plug for books I've written. The 1099s are starting to roll in and I fear my sales may have dropped precipitously this year. It's my own fault. I've always said I can't live on my book sales, but I can vacation on them -- and this year I failed to take a vacation. One of the nice thing about writing a book is it continues to deliver income over time. That "not new" income helps. Of course, if you really want the book sales to produce, you need to do some marketing and I have not...that's "work!" But, I suppose I should bite the bullet and do some promotion. The books are actually well received. My parodies are dang funny and readers tell me they get some laughs out of my novel as well. (It's a pre-dystopian, adventure romance.) Ideal for young and new adults with less-than literary tastes (fun reads, not deep). They would make great Valentine gifts. Available wherever books are sold (except bookstores...you'll have to special order them if you go to the store, but that won't cost any extra). Available in all e-formats, too. Here are the links for the kindle versions (in the US): TwiLITE (was on the kindle Too 100 parodies list for over 2 years) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005AJN7AQ ; Catching On Fire http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VTEC4S

When new books are cheaper than used

I get most of my fiction books for my kindle, though I absolutely refuse to pay more for the kindle edition than the print edition (as so many publishers charge). Non-fiction books I usually get in print as it is far easier to flip around to the sections I need, when I need them. (Likely, if I were more adept at using my kindle, I'd be able to easily flip around between my bookmarks, but I'm not there yet and may never be.) While I prefer to support local bookstores, the only bookstore that is convenient for me announced recently that they are closing, so I am back to using Amazon.com which is unbeatably affordable and convenient. I love the way Amazon lists all the various sales modes on the book's page. I can usually buy a great used book at a great price. Today, wanting some very current material, that was not the case. In fact, I found myself faced with buying the used book for a couple dollars more than a new book (identified as publisher's overstock). While I did go and spend more on the used gloves last week, I am buying the new book as I don't think it will impact the book's production in any way. Hope I'm not wrong.