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Chasing the Bard
Follow Shakespeare into the world of the Fey
Scribe can count
People often ask me ‘show how popular was Chasing the Bard podiobook?’ and truthfully I didn’t know. It was something that didn’t really bother me, since I knew plenty of people enjoyed it enough to contribute and give me feedback. I also studied Statistics at university and know the various ways they can be massaged by those that create them to justify many things. That is why I view podcasting numbers with some suspicion, but that’s another rant that can wait for another day.
However, after meeting with my agent Laurie, the most switched on person I know (sorry for the extra emails that just generated for you Laurie) and she asked about numbers, I sat down and did some spreadsheeting. And so here they are.
Between 31st March 2008 and 31st February 2010 Chasing the Bard was downloaded 502,534 times. That is approximately 23,930 listeners per episode (including the podiobooks.com version).
The top 10 Listening nations are United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Israel, New Zealand, Turkey and the Netherlands.
To say I am happy is an understatement.
There are big exciting things coming down the pike in my writing life, and this was just a nice little incentive to keep going. For all of you who contributed to those numbers- I thank you, from the bottom of my needy little podcasters’ heart. And I think you are going to enjoy what is coming…
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