So, $1033-$475 table cost -100ish in on-site expenses = $458 profit. (I'm not up to doing the math on much I spent buying my own books to gather stock, but generally, I pay 1/2 of cover price, so if we're folding stock costs in, I made $229. 7/?
I worked 44 hours, between set up, selling, and breakdown across 4 days and one evening. So somewhere between $5/hour and $10/hour depending on how you count my profits. 8/?
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That compared pretty favorably with other authors at the convention at a similar level in their careers. Especially when you consider that I'm not particularly good at the "grab people and make them buy" carnival barker style of sales that performs well at these events. 9/?